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For my Ryzen 9 7950X3D, should I get a 360 AIO liquid cooler or a Noctua air cooler?

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[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You are always going to have to talk me down from Noctua.

[–] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

Go custom loop then you can slap Noctua fans on your rads.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can't unassociate linus tech tips from noctua in my head and so can't bring myself to buy them given that channel's incredible bias and how much they shilled for them.

[–] Dumbkid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

I mean I think everybody shills for them, they make amazing products

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I use a large tower cooler with a graphite pad because I'm kind of lazy, and fans are easy to replace should they go bad.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Can't speak for the 7950 but my 7900 idles near 60c and peaks at 85c on a 240mm aio. It's hotter than I'd like, but my understanding is that the X3D models run quite hot regardless of how much cooling you give them.

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The single CCD X3Ds generally operate at a lower power budget. I think the same is true to an extent with the 7950x3d