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[furpile]

What is an acceptable temperature for the 1600AF? Haven't been watching it too closely but I think it is in the 60's while gaming. Installed Prime95 last week and running that the temps go up quite quickly to above 80C. I stopped the test at 84C which only took a few minutes. This is with the stock Wraith cooler. This cooler was installed by Wootware when I sent the parts (faulty CPU) so not sure if it needs to be cleaned and installed with new thermal paste, or if a better cooler is needed (one of the Scythe coolers mentioned by @_kabal_ )?

 

[UrBaN963]

What is an acceptable temperature for the 1600AF? Haven't been watching it too closely but I think it is in the 60's while gaming. Installed Prime95 last week and running that the temps go up quite quickly to above 80C. I stopped the test at 84C which only took a few minutes. This is with the stock Wraith cooler. This cooler was installed by Wootware when I sent the parts (faulty CPU) so not sure if it needs to be cleaned and installed with new thermal paste, or if a better cooler is needed (one of the Scythe coolers mentioned by @_kabal_ )?

Those temps are perfectly acceptable.

What's the rest of your cooling setup look like? Case fans?

 

[deesef]

What is an acceptable temperature for the 1600AF? Haven't been watching it too closely but I think it is in the 60's while gaming. Installed Prime95 last week and running that the temps go up quite quickly to above 80C. I stopped the test at 84C which only took a few minutes. This is with the stock Wraith cooler. This cooler was installed by Wootware when I sent the parts (faulty CPU) so not sure if it needs to be cleaned and installed with new thermal paste, or if a better cooler is needed (one of the Scythe coolers mentioned by @_kabal_ )?

I have a 5600X with one of these (very pretty lighting}

Cooler Master MAM-T4PN-218PC-R1 MasterAir MA410M 120mm RGB CPU Cooler - Wootware

Buy Cooler Master MAM-T4PN-218PC-R1 MasterAir MA410M 120mm RGB CPU Cooler at Wootware with fast shipping & superb service.

www.wootware.co.za

Temps flat-line at max 70 Celcius, regardless of how long I run a stress test.

 

[airborne]

I have a 5600X with one of these (very pretty lighting}

Cooler Master MAM-T4PN-218PC-R1 MasterAir MA410M 120mm RGB CPU Cooler - Wootware

Buy Cooler Master MAM-T4PN-218PC-R1 MasterAir MA410M 120mm RGB CPU Cooler at Wootware with fast shipping & superb service.

www.wootware.co.za

Temps flat-line at max 70 Celcius, regardless of how long I run a stress test.

That looks like a decent cooler but have you run Prime95?
It’s the main mother, most hardcore torture test.

 

[deesef]

That looks like a decent cooler but have you run Prime95?
It’s the main mother, most hardcore torture test.

I don't remember what app I was using, but it was maxing out the CPU in the task manager. I'll try Prime when the loadshedding has passed.

 

[furpile]

Those temps are perfectly acceptable.

What's the rest of your cooling setup look like? Case fans?

It is an older case (from Matrix), Aerocool X1. 2 front intake fans, 2 top exhaust fans, psu at the bottom of the case, and a Radeon X570 8GB. GPU temps are ok, just wondering if the CPU temps should be better. But if they stay in the 60-70C range while gaming that should be fine?

 

[UrBaN963]

It is an older case (from Matrix), Aerocool X1. 2 front intake fans, 2 top exhaust fans, psu at the bottom of the case, and a Radeon X570 8GB. GPU temps are ok, just wondering if the CPU temps should be better. But if they stay in the 60-70C range while gaming that should be fine?

Yea, totally within spec, no issues.

 

[deesef]

That looks like a decent cooler but have you run Prime95?
It’s the main mother, most hardcore torture test.

Ok, I downloaded and ran Prime95. The CPU temp maxed out at 67 degrees, with the fan at about 95% of it's Max speed.

The initial tests that I ran were in Feb last year just after I built the system. The ambient temp was in the high 30s. The CPU maxed out at 70 degrees at that time with the CPU fan at 100%.

 

[_kabal_]

Ok, I downloaded and ran Prime95. The CPU temp maxed out at 67 degrees, with the fan at about 95% of it's Max speed.

The initial tests that I ran were in Feb last year just after I built the system. The ambient temp was in the high 30s. The CPU maxed out at 70 degrees at that time with the CPU fan at 100%.

Assume this was blended. If you want to stress thermals and not ultimate stability, do “small FFT”

But 67 degrees sounds fine

 

[Rouxenator]

I panic bought at the start of the Ukraine conflict and blew R12k on this :

 

[Faux_Grey]

I panic bought at the start of the Ukraine conflict and blew R12k on this :

I have one of those cooler master cases in a cupboard somewhere, nice that they can take a full ATX PSU - but a pain to actually cool the components inside. 5700G is a boss CPU.
I'm having a great time with my fleet of NR200 cases though.

 

[Lupus]

Bought a 5600 and another 16GB ram, I just want all 4 slots full . Now is it worth replacing the 1600AF in the other machine with the 2600? Or just sell the 2600 with the new cooler that comes with the 5600?
Cause I've got a tower cooler that will work with the 5600 as well.

 

[Rouxenator]

Bought a 5600 and another 16GB ram, I just want all 4 slots full . Now is it worth replacing the 1600AF in the other machine with the 2600? Or just sell the 2600 with the new cooler that comes with the 5600?
Cause I've got a tower cooler that will work with the 5600 as well.

Hey kid, you like CPUs? Cause I have a 4750G in the back of my van.

For real though my 4750G is for sale (and a mobo and RAM).

I love this case, but will have to do something about the cooling. Currently I have the PSU flipped to it suck in air from the side and the CPU cooler is blowing down. I think I want to flip the PSU around so it sucks from the CPU and flip the CPU fan so it suck air up and blows it into the PSU. Hitting 95'C when rendering videos which is something I never saw on any of my older CPUs.

 

[Lupus]

Hey kid, you like CPUs? Cause I have a 4750G in the back of my van.

For real though my 4750G is for sale (and a mobo and RAM).

I love this case, but will have to do something about the cooling. Currently I have the PSU flipped to it suck in air from the side and the CPU cooler is blowing down. I think I want to flip the PSU around so it sucks from the CPU and flip the CPU fan so it suck air up and blows it into the PSU. Hitting 95'C when rendering videos which is something I never saw on any of my older CPUs.

I'm gonna have a spare one already ;-)

 

[UrBaN963]

Bought a 5600 and another 16GB ram, I just want all 4 slots full . Now is it worth replacing the 1600AF in the other machine with the 2600? Or just sell the 2600 with the new cooler that comes with the 5600?
Cause I've got a tower cooler that will work with the 5600 as well.

2600 is about 2% faster in games but worth more than 2% extra, so I'd probably just sell it.

 

[Lupus]

2600 is about 2% faster in games but worth more than 2% extra, so I'd probably just sell it.

Really? Thought the AF would be worth more, cool will re-sell.

 

[UrBaN963]

Really? Thought the AF would be worth more, cool will re-sell.

Hmm...maybe? Not sure actually. Check carb for pricing.

 

[Nike7]

Aren’t they the same CPU? I read that for some reason AMD ran out of 1600s and so they just started selling the 2600 as the 1600AF.

 

[cr@zydude]

Aren’t they the same CPU? I read that for some reason AMD ran out of 1600s and so they just started selling the 2600 as the 1600AF.

The 1600AF chips were slightly off spec 2600 chips. The 1600AF is slightly lower clocked but is a really decent CPU and was insane value for the price.

 

[Nike7]

I just learned that Apple brings in more revenue selling AirPods than nVidia does selling everything nVidia and that blows my mind.