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I have the stock cooler for my Ryzen. I've never had any cooling problems

I've overclocked every CPU I've owned since the mid-90s on stock coolers. Only one that died was a first-gen P3. Generally stock cooling is fine. An aftermarket air cooler is better. Liquid cooling is typically retarded unless you're looking to break a record. They're cool to look at though just a pain in the ass to maintain.

>>977370 (OP)

If you have the case for, take one of those bigger heatsink that has a larger fan that can rotate slower. It makes less noise for the same heat transfer.

>>977370 (OP)

The included coolers from AMD are better than what Intel provide for their chips (my Ryzen 5 1600 came with one that had a copper core). But I still recommend using a third-party air cooler for OCing. Preferably one of the beefcakes if your case is large enough.

Only really matters if you're OC'ing. You can get by with some relatively cheap air coolers if you're not doing that (like an Evo with a 7700k can still technically work).

>>977450

>Liquid cooling is typically retarded unless you're looking to break a record.

Don't people use those for 24/7 stable overclocks?

>They're cool to look at though just a pain in the ass to maintain.

This is what's making me shy away from it. I had a cheap AIO (Corsair) and it died, and people seem to agree that they last a couple of years. A cooler shouldn't die sooner than a hard drive. Also the danger of leaks worries me.

I have a Core-X.. I feel safer just using AIO personally. I don't think you need one for anything less.

>>977467

>Don't people use those for 24/7 stable overclocks?

An overclock is either stable or it's not. If you're going liquid you're looking for an extreme overclock which is going to require getting a good chip. You're basically paying a lot more to eek out a little bit more performance. That money would be better spent on just buying a faster chip in the first place. They're only really justified if you're buying a high end chip already and want to see how far you can push it.

>Also the danger of leaks worries me.

This is why I don't run them combined with having to drain the loop every time I need to do basic maintenance inside of the case. I had a custom loop for shits and giggles in one machine and it was mostly a pain in the ass.

My current machine has a Noctua NH-U14S. I feel like I overpaid for what it is but it works well enough. Dropped my temps about 15-20C from the stock Intel cooler that the person that built it put in. They used too much paste when they initially installed the stock cooler so I'm not sure how much of the temp decrease came from that. Anyway I OCed the processor after that and didn't notice it heat up too much compared to the stock clock. All I use this machine for is editing/encoding video so it stays pegged out at 100% pretty much all day. I'm not shilling for this company in particular and you probably shouldn't pay $60 for a cooler but the big fan is nice. It keeps it cool while staying quiet. I run the fan at full speed all the time and don't notice it at all (the case fans are a lot louder).

>>977469

Yeah, that has a lot to do with it. I should have waited a little bit... their newest chips are getting rid of TIM.

>>977472

>I'm not shilling for this company in particular and you probably shouldn't pay $60 for a cooler but the big fan is nice.

$60 isn't much and Noctua is widely known to be a great brand. They went as far as to prove they're amazing by shipping brown+beige fans for years and still not going bankrupt for it.

>All I use this machine for is editing/encoding video so it stays pegged out at 100% pretty much all day.

Funny, that's most of my use case and the reason I'm going Ryzen. also anti-semitism

I use virgin blood to keep my cpus young

>>977490

Don't you get tired of cutting yourself?

>>>/g/

>>977370 (OP)

IIRC AMD CPU OC isn't temperature-capped, ie. you'll bottleneck somewhere else before overheating becomes a major concern when it comes to overclocking them.

>>977658

This isn't a /g/ thread.

BeQuiet or Noctua if you want to spend, Thermalright (Grand Macho is pretty good) if you want the same performances for a lower price.

>>>/g/

>>977472

>If you're going liquid you're looking for an extreme overclock which is going to require getting a good chip.

...or I just like my PC to stay silent even under heavy load.

>>978366

You never precised passive watercooling.

>>977494

damn.

>>978373

hahahahahaha woah

>>978373

isn't the cpu fan turning in the opposite direction than the psu fan? if that's the case they're not pushing any air just creating a massive turbulence. flipping the cpu fan would help you a lot, or ideally placing it to blow on the side of the heatsink

>>979687

That wouldn't do much at all, because then the hot air coming from the PSU would just blow right on the heatsink.

Hyper 212 Evo is the best bang/buck/noise cooler. Noctua is horrible bang for buck, and shit unreliable AIOs are just that and will not last you the life of the computer if you actually build computers with the intent of maintaining them. That money will give a 2600X the headroom it needs to OC itself very well - yes the stock cooler will keep the CPU cool enough to do so, but it will be louder. $30 for the performance boosts without the downside of the noise is worth it to me. Also extremely important that you choose a good case with good air flow (or one that can be modified easily to have such) and a bottom-mount PSU that does not dump extra heat into the case.

>>977421

Never heard of that. Good to know. Any more info about brands/price range worth-it ratio?

>>978373

Why in fuck would you put a cover plate over your CPU cooler? At that point I would take out one of the PCI brackets to let the GPU at least suck some cold air in through the back and gouge a hole in the top rear of the thing, too. Geezless.

>>979728

I liked the small case and I wanted to make a sleeper build.

And yeah, taking out the brackets would be a good idea. I was also thinking about drilling some holes in the side of the case by the GPU.

>>979748

>sleeper build

i'm curious, are you a homosexual or do you just have a small penis? (same thing tbh) computers should be thicc and sexy, that means a big ass case, voluptuous cooling setup, rgb everything. custom waifu rgb paintjob if it's in your budget. sleeper is gay.

>>979794

fucking formatting wtf