Alright, I'm looking to upgrade my Ryxen 1800x heatsink. I'm usually good about this all, but there are's so many options now, asking for assistance seems to be the best way to go. I really don't want to go AIO as I've had issues in the past with some of them being loud, but I haven't ruled them out. My main concern is cooling and this Hyper 212 ain't cutting it anymore. Idling, it sits at 45-50c, under load, it hits 70-75c. Sure, my thermal paste may need to be redone, but I feel it's time for this cooler to go.
These would be going into a Fractal R5 Define, with 1 exhaust and two intakes on the front. So far I'm looking at the following;
- Noctua NH D15
- BE QUIET! PURE ROCK 3 Pro
- BE QUIET! PURE ROCK 4 Pro
- NZXT X62
- Corsair H110i
Any thoughts on these? Looking to pull the trigger today, so I can play with it this weekend.
Is that taking the 20℃ offset for an X-series CPU into account?
I don't have a recent photo of things after they were tidied up a bit (slim SATA cables are so much nicer) but here's what the NH-D15 SE AM4 is like in a Fractal Define R5:
It typically idles around 25℃ and reaches 50-55℃ under load (which may read as 45/70 depending on the tool you use) but ambient temperatures do affect that.
I'd say that the NH-D15 is almost too big though. It's significantly larger than the older NH-D14.
As you can see, it sits very close to the GPU, and will block you from using anything but the smallest PCIe cards in that first slot.
That makes it pretty awkward to remove the fan clips or the GPU, since there's a lock on the end of the PCIe slot obscured by the fan. I have to get a wire and hook it onto the fan clip to release it.
I'd maybe look into the NH-D15S, which I think is offset vertically, plus an AM4 mounting kit, instead of the SE AM4 edition. Back when I built the system, this was the only option.
Other than that, it does its job and I'll always choose a big air cooler over there being a risk of a leak killing hardware in the system.
I don't care about whether the warranty covers all your hardware or not - some hardware is not replaceable, and it's a hassle that I don't want to deal with.
My old i5-2500K system still has an NH-D14 in it and while it's not in constant use, I do still boot it up from time-to-time.
If that used a closed-loop liquid cooler, it would be past its warranty period by now.
