Ty John!
Ty John!
These AIO coolers seem to all have round or square contact surfaces. With the X3970, that leaves ~.5-1 inch exposed CPU lid on each of the long ends of the rectangular CPU. Not sure where the chips are underneath the lid, so I am not quite sure if that is a problem or not. Under full load, temps are hovering around 67c. That is using the 3-fan Kraken X72, and not OC. Is that temp normal? I wonder if something that covers the whole CPU lid would be better, something like this?:
https://www.newegg.com/noctua-nh-u14...9SIA73MA6Y4497
That's what I'm using on my 2990WX machines. I ordered the optional 2nd fan for it also. Don't know how it would do with the new ones.
The noctua won't be able to hold the 3970X, at least with my case. Mine was in the mid 80s when crunching MCM on WCG. Mumak, the author of HWinfo64, also used the Noctua and his was also in the low 80s. So i'm pretty sure the Air cooler won't be able to keep up with these new TRs. Your temp is actually better than mine, Z. I'm using deepcool castle 360ex and my temp was at low 70s while crunching MCM. I haven't dare to crunch Asteroids yetOriginally Posted by zombie67
Oz would know better than me, but I've had 2 of the NH-D15'a running on overclocked 3770's for years and they've kept pace with any water cooler I tried. The new TR's are probably a different animal altogether so don't put much weight behind anything I have to say. I will say, they are a HUGE air cooler and require a case with lots of room.The noctua won't be able to hold the 3970X, at least with my case. Mine was in the mid 80s when crunching MCM on WCG. Mumak, the author of HWinfo64, also used the Noctua and his was also in the low 80s. So i'm pretty sure the Air cooler won't be able to keep up with these new TRs. Your temp is actually better than mine, Z. I'm using deepcool castle 360ex and my temp was at low 70s while crunching MCM. I haven't dare to crunch Asteroids yet
Don't get me wrong! I'm a fan of Noctua as well. The Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3 cooling both of my 2990WX and have no problem at all, even with a slight OC. The NH-D15 is also keeping my 3900X@4ghz under control, no problem. But these new TRs, they're in another league
Considering the 3990X can draw 280W when pushed hard at stock, i'm not sure there's any air cooler in existence that can handle that. In fact, Intel and AMD both strongly recommend water for anything 250W and above. That is in their own documentation. Unfortunately the 3980X and 3990X seem to still be under NDA so we can't see what coolers the reviewers used. Please don't even attempt a Noctua contraption on these Threadrippers lol
The Enermax Liqtech TR4 II has a full coverage cold plate, but all Enermax coolers have been failing at ridiculously high rates over the past year. I'd avoid them until they get their shit together.
Water Cooling is DEAD. Meet the THERMOSIPHON!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M13dWRL9qkc
Yeah there's that. But the retail version is about 1/3 the size and can't handle the TDP of a 3990X, or even a 3970X with a mild OC. I'll be getting a couple of those for regular desktop CPUs though
In case you're wondering if you're missing anything from Intel, this should put your mind at ease...
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