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Mephisto_Helix said:
Hey guys, I have a cooling question ......

I was looking at either the Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black for it's simple effectiveness or the Kraken x53 AIO 240mm if I'm feeling fancy on the day, lol. Thoughts on these choices? The new case is the Phanteks P600S and the mobo is a Z490 Aorus Elite AC (Socket LGA 1200) - is there any cooling to totally avoid for this setup? As in too large and cramped or just not very good, etc?
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I have the Lian-Li Galahad 240mm AIO and it does a great job at cooling my 3700X, so can personally vouch for it. The Hyper 212 is a fantastic cooler and definitely will serve you well unless you're doing some serious overclocking.

Air is always more stable than liquid in the long terms - AIOs can leak, pumps can fail etc so that's something to consider.
 
L-Dog said:
Been looking at some RTX 3060 and I don't understand why the pricing differs so much ?

Most seem to have the same clock speed and cudo cores only the boost clock differs. Now if I havce a choice between paving R 10 500 and R 16 000 for the same thing surely I take the cheaper option or does the boost speed make a big difference ?
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The difference comes in in build quality, cooling solution design and clocks.

Cooling solution is a big one because the better it is, the longer the card can maintain higher boost clocks and thus performance. But you're talking on the order of 2-5% difference in performance, nothing major.
 
UrBaN963 said:
The difference comes in in build quality, cooling solution design and clocks.

Cooling solution is a big one because the better it is, the longer the card can maintain higher boost clocks and thus performance. But you're talking on the order of 2-5% difference in performance, nothing major.
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I think if you have great case airflow then you can go for the cheapest 3060
 
Thanks just waiting for the pricing to drop a bit or want to get a 3060 TI. What is the lowest build you can go for without bottlenecking the GPU ? Happy to buy new or 2nd hand
 
What games do you play? What resolution?

A Ryzen 3600 is sufficient for most things, GPU is almost always the bottleneck, especially at higher resolutions.
 
deesef said:
If you really want a "cool" effect for your cpu cooler, have a look at this argb unit. I have one on my Ryzen 5600x and temps never exceed 70 degrees. It comes with a controller that allows control via the motherboard argb or it's own unit. It can also be used to monitor the cpu temperature. Lights are blue when the cpu is cold, moving to red as temps increase.

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MAM-T4PN-218PC-R1 CoolerMaster MasterAir M410M Air Cooler, 4x High Performance Continuous Direct Contact Copper Heatpipes, Aluminuim Hexagon Fin Cutout, Thermal Sensor with Smart Lighting, Addressable RGB, 2 x MF120R...

MAM-T4PN-218PC-R1 CoolerMaster MasterAir M410M Air Cooler, 4x High Performance Continuous Direct Contact Copper Heatpipes, Aluminuim Hexagon Fin Cutout, Thermal Sensor with Smart Lighting, Addressable RGB, 2 x MF120R...
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Mephisto_Helix said:
Hey guys, I have a cooling question ......

I was looking at either the Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black for it's simple effectiveness or the Kraken x53 AIO 240mm if I'm feeling fancy on the day, lol. Thoughts on these choices? The new case is the Phanteks P600S and the mobo is a Z490 Aorus Elite AC (Socket LGA 1200) - is there any cooling to totally avoid for this setup? As in too large and cramped or just not very good, etc?
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See my previous post #6684 for a "cool" cooler
 
Mephisto_Helix said:
Hey guys, I have a cooling question ......

I was looking at either the Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black for it's simple effectiveness or the Kraken x53 AIO 240mm if I'm feeling fancy on the day, lol. Thoughts on these choices? The new case is the Phanteks P600S and the mobo is a Z490 Aorus Elite AC (Socket LGA 1200) - is there any cooling to totally avoid for this setup? As in too large and cramped or just not very good, etc?
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I have a Raijintek AIO in my old PC, and while it hasn't given me any issues I will stick to air in future.

The hoses and pump are clear, so I can see what's going on. The water level drops over time and there is deposit buildup that needs to be flushed out every now and then. I do it once a year or so.
There is also the concern that it could spring a leak. It hasn't yet in the last 4 and a half years, but could it eventually?

I'd rather just use a can of compressed air to blow out an air cooler every now and then than deal with that kind of maintenance.
 
UrBaN963 said:
What games do you play? What resolution?

A Ryzen 3600 is sufficient for most things, GPU is almost always the bottleneck, especially at higher resolutions.
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Probably 1080 or maybe 1440 will also need to get a new monitor later this year. Currently playing Dota, Counter Strike and COD Warzone and black ops cold war. Looking to future proof to some extent as I am excited for the new Halo and Boundary
 
L-Dog said:
Probably 1080 or maybe 1440 will also need to get a new monitor later this year. Currently playing Dota, Counter Strike and COD Warzone and black ops cold war. Looking to future proof to some extent as I am excited for the new Halo and Boundary
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Put your money in the GPU and not the CPU then.

My 3700X sits about about 40% usage in Cyberpunk at 1440P. GPU sits at 99%.

Similar story with Warzone.

 
UrBaN963 said:
Put your money in the GPU and not the CPU then.

My 3700X sits about about 40% usage in Cyberpunk at 1440P. GPU sits at 99%.

Similar story with Warzone.

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Thanks the 3700X is already a mid-high end CPU looking for a low-mid range CPU, only use the PC for gaming, excel and wife does some photo editing but basic stuff
 
L-Dog said:
Been looking at some RTX 3060 and I don't understand why the pricing differs so much ?

Most seem to have the same clock speed and cudo cores only the boost clock differs. Now if I havce a choice between paving R 10 500 and R 16 000 for the same thing surely I take the cheaper option or does the boost speed make a big difference ?
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You pay for rgb and looks.

I have palit R10500 one works fine.

150 core oc and 900 on memory, everythign silky smooth 1440p with RTX!
 
L-Dog said:
Thanks the 3700X is already a mid-high end CPU looking for a low-mid range CPU, only use the PC for gaming, excel and wife does some photo editing but basic stuff
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Watch the video.

Edit: My recommendation is based on you going 1440P. The lower the resolution the higher the demand on the CPU..

But yea, 3600 is the sweet spot for CPUs at the moment.
 
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Barbarian Conan said:
I have a Raijintek AIO in my old PC, and while it hasn't given me any issues I will stick to air in future.

The hoses and pump are clear, so I can see what's going on. The water level drops over time and there is deposit buildup that needs to be flushed out every now and then. I do it once a year or so.
There is also the concern that it could spring a leak. It hasn't yet in the last 4 and a half years, but could it eventually?

I'd rather just use a can of compressed air to blow out an air cooler every now and then than deal with that kind of maintenance.
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My exact fears and bother, lol. Thanks for the added insight
 
Barbarian Conan said:
I have a Raijintek AIO in my old PC, and while it hasn't given me any issues I will stick to air in future.

The hoses and pump are clear, so I can see what's going on. The water level drops over time and there is deposit buildup that needs to be flushed out every now and then. I do it once a year or so.
There is also the concern that it could spring a leak. It hasn't yet in the last 4 and a half years, but could it eventually?

I'd rather just use a can of compressed air to blow out an air cooler every now and then than deal with that kind of maintenance.
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If you go water you either go all the way or not at all.
My loop has run unchanged for 2.5 years, and around 3 years before that. The only reason I changed the water was because I moved across the world. The trick is to add silver into the loop which kills any bacterial buildup. My reservoir is 500ml, so I don't really care if I lose 20ml a year either.
Had the same pump for I think 8 years now as well

But it's expensive as fark and yes you need to trust yourself to be vaguely decent with regards to installation. But if it didn't leak in the first 24 hours it probably never will, unless you like playing basketball with your PC of course.
 
That a 3060 costs what my 3070 cost 2 months ago... and that a month ago the 3060ti was cheaper than that. And even back then I thought GPUs were overpriced. Ridiculous. I’d rather hang on to my old GPU and wait a year for prices to reach sane levels again.
 
You know what a nice, cheap upgrade is? A new mouse mat. R200 and if you weren’t using a decent one before it’s life changing. So smooth!
 
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