Stock cooler that came with me athlon64
Old Corsair H50i, standard in the rest
Stock cooler
intel i5 2500k
Old rig: 5-year old Corsair H100i 240mm cooling a i5-4670K @ 4.4Ghz. Overall very quiet and kept the processor under 65c most of the time. Everyone's situation will be different between ambient temps, cpu vcore if overclocking, case design, no. of case fans etc.
New rig: Thermaltake Floe 280mm for an i5-8600K @ 4.8Ghz. Ambient temps around 23c, load mid 50's. Pump is quite noisy at idle, almost like there is an air bubble in there, but once any kind of load is put on the system it goes quiet. Very strange!
custom build from overclockers, just as good as the other ones
Stock cooler, Intel Core i5-3350P.
- I wasn't interested in overclocking so didn't spend extra money on a CPU that could be overclocked, so the the stock cooler does the job just fine for my needs.
Well, I am using the stock cooler for my Intel i5 3450 CPU :( The temps are fine, but it is REALLY slow and I can't really do good gaming on it. But it does the job I guess.
Noctua NH-D9DX i4 for my server with E5-2650v2, Noctua NH-L9i for my ITX desktop with E3-1275Lv3, stock cooler for everything else. I don't overclock and only use a third party cooler if the stock of is too noisy.
Noctua NH-D15S CPU on a core i7 2600k
Both my rigs are using Aqua-Computer Cuplex Kryos water blocks and full custom watercooling loops.
My rig runs an i7-5930K and the wife's runs an i7-6900K. They are both kept very cool and very quiet.
Custom water on my pc. Radiators are a Coolgate G2 360mm and a Coolgate CG360. Both rads are mounted in a box on a windowsill and each rad has 3x 120mm OCUK/Silverstone fans on them. CPU block is a EK Supremacy Evo but will soon be chaned to a Alphacool Eisblock XPX. GPU block is a Aquacomputer Kryographics for GTX1070/1080. Water pump is my trusty old Aquaextreme 50z which is soon to be replaced by a D5 Vario. Reservoir is a XSPC Photon 270. Tubing is 16/10mm Mayhems and coolant is Mayhems X1 Red. In winter I get stupidly low water temps in single figures (no I don't get any condensation issues). Lowest ever was 4.2 degrees C in 2010 and this winter saw it drop to 6.4 degrees C. My water temps never exceed 28 degrees in the summer and I tend to keep it around the 22-24 degree C range although this is dependant on outside temperature. It's a little noisy in the summer if it starts to heat up (not that often here though) and for the rest of the year it's pretty much silent.
Ryzen 1700 with a BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 2 with AM4 adapter. Very happy. Much quieter than any of the AIO's I've tried (Corsair, Antec, Coolermaster).
An Arctic Cooling Freezer 13. Low cost but, quiet and very effective.
3dcandy
Old Corsair H50i, standard in the rest
^^Same, it's been a great little quiet cooler.
Be Quiet Shadow Rock Slim (as not to interfere with clearance with my Vengeance Pro's heatsinks) Damn quiet and keeps my i7 4790k's temps in check.
Noctua NH-U14S CPU Cooler with NF-A15 Fan. Processor Intel Core i7 4960X. Currently at 22 degrees C whilst browsing. Fan speed 507rpm.
Corsair H150i Pro - gives me excellent temperatures on my 7700K after delidding it.
Cooler Master 212 on both my computers. They are both many years old now but still run Quiet and cool nicely. I clean out the dust every once in awhile. These are great units.
Years ago I was water cooled but sold that stuff and have never looked back.
NZXT Kraken X61 on a 5960X
System starting to get old, But just don't see any reason to upgrade anything other than the main gpu's each year or two.
Next cpu cooler on new build will be the newly announced NZXT X72, What a beast!
CoolerMaster Hyper 212EVOs on 7700K & 8700K. Keep both at about a 15% overclock. Used mainly for database & number crunching, very rarely encounter a heavy load.
Wraith Spire. Default for the 1700. Will have to reinstall the screws. Installing the screws were not easy.
I was thinking of going water cooling. The Wraith Spire is doing a good job so that's that.
The poor buggers with Intel stock coolers. At least AMD make an effort.
My i5 has a Scythe Mugen, that has been handed down from a socket 775 chip to now. Huge. Fan barely comes on. Very quiet.
New Ryzen build is using the stock Spire cooler. Nice and quiet.
Noctua NH-D15. Great but seems like a dust magnet, may well be my room though I don't have it on the floor. Would recommend if you have a big enough case and mobo.
Cooler Master Nepton 140XL, a bit noisy at full tilt but keeps temps down really well.
Only hits full speed on video encoding to which I leave it to it then so no issue.
Custom water cooled with an EK supremacy water block.
Corsair H105 for now, upgrade planned which isn't american.
I7 3770K @ 4.5 with a Noctua NH-D14 running 24/7.
Installed in a HAF XB case with two Noctua 140 at the front, and one 120 rear fan connected to a BitFenix Recon contoller, the system is very quiet. Fan speed is adjusted with the GPU (1080Ti FTW3) heatsink temp.
I slightly modded the case by cutting away some plastic behind the front mesh to improve air flow, and by making a magnetic dust filter. Very easy to keep clean.
I want to go water cooling but common sense prohibits.
Some noname waterblock around 15 years old on the custom (half of it from junkyard) water loop. I7 still runs well :)
Corsair H80i cooling a overclocked (3.9GHz) i5-4690K.
silent all the time except when in playing space engineers.
just run geekbench 4 and the temps never went above 63c
With my current 7700k -a Corsair 115 it works quite excellently but the cost …
I built a Ryzen 1700x system recently for my nephew and installed a Noctua NH-U12s - This thing is massive but does it ever cool! and far cheaper than water cooling, and NO noisier!
… I will be going back to air cooled next build
Two CPUs in a 360mm rad loop. Temps don't go above 60. It's incredible.
Hoonigan
Corsair H150i Pro - gives me excellent temperatures on my 7700K after delidding it.
I'd love to delid my 6600K, the DELID-DIE-MATE 2 looks good just sweating with the idea of breaking the i5 though lol.
Also is it worth reliding as ive seen people just clamp it back without resealing the lid?
will19565
Corsair H80i cooling a overclocked (3.9GHz) i5-4690K.
silent all the time except when in playing space engineers.
just run geekbench 4 and the temps never went above 63c
I might get one of them when its my birthday (Sad i know but thats the only time i have spare money :( )
Saw some reconditioned ones quite cheap.
Coolermaster Hyper 212x.
Noise and temperatures vastly improved from stock AM3 cooler.
But it isn't the only source of noise,so can't judge it on its own.
I have the Antec Mecury 360 which is a cheap and chearfull 360mm AIO cooling my 8700K. I took a chance with it as it was on sale at a great price…just under 100 bucks. Keeps my 8700K which is overclocked to 4.9Ghz at 26 to 28 Degrees C at idle and at load Prime95, Aida64 etc maxes out at just under 80 degrees c. Apparantly the pump is a little faster than the astek units moving water at just over 200 Litres per hour but is still quiet as I have never heard the pump over my case. I have changed the fans that came with it to Corsair HD 120's but overall, very happy.
Corsair h115i, can be a little noisy, but tweaking the settings really helps that.
Corsair H105. Stock fans are really loud, so swapped them for some Noctua items. Much better now
Stock Intel cooler which came with my i5 6500.
Scythe Mugen 3 - still compatible with 1151 \o/
Thermalright True Spirit 120. Probably overkill for my CPU but it keeps it cool and is very quiet.
Alpenfohn Brocken 3, very happy with it.
Cooler Master TX3 EVO with a second fan fitted. Keeps temperatures within limits but very noisy - nearly as loud as the system buzzer that sounded when using Handbrake with the stock cooler for my I5 2800K. I keep wondering about whether to go for a larger air cooler or switching to water.
Fractal Design Celsius S36 on a 7820x @ 4.8GHz. Great temps (mid 60s in heavy use, low 70s during stress testing), very low noise except when running stress tests.
recently changed from stock cooler to a Corsair Hydro H110i
I find it curious that back in the days of Prescott P4s and similar pumping out tonnes of heat & only using rudimentary power management water cooling was used by only the hardcore few.
Now everyone seems to be using it on processors that put out half the heat and use much more aggressive power management.
all of them are Corsair H series…
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I'd love to delid my 6600K, the DELID-DIE-MATE 2 looks good just sweating with the idea of breaking the i5 though lol.
Also is it worth reliding as ive seen people just clamp it back without resealing the lid?
It was that exact device that I used, very simple and easy process.
In regards to putting the lid back on - just use superglue. The glue breaks very easily if you need to remove the lid again, and it forms a very very thin gasket, helping to reduce the gap between the IHS and the core itself.
The only thing you really need to be aware of is top-mounted capacitors. The 7700K was completely bare on top, making the process much easier. I was lucky enough to be invited down to overclockers.co.uk where they took me through the entire process. The guy there responsible for delidding the CPUs that go into the 8Pack machines told me he's done roughly 3 or 4 thousand Skylake, Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake CPUs and lost roughly 10 or 15. So the risks are low.
My temps dropped around 30°C from delidding my 7700K.
I'll soon be writing a guide, along with photographs and results - I'll drop you a PM when it's done.
A photograph of my 7700K opened up
EKWB Spremacy MX in a custom loop…. works great!!
6year old Corsair H60 soon to upgrade to a EK Fluid Gaming A240R water cooling kit
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO. First and only tower cooler I've ever owned. Good and quiet cooling for my Xeon E3-1245 v2. Couldn't be happier.
One of the reasons I opted for this cooler, apart from its cooling properties was its low weight. I'm not fond of the idea of having a 1+ kg block of copper hanging at a 90 degree angle from my motherboard.
Corsair H100iGTX. Excellent performance and can customise fan and pump speeds to tailor noise levels as required. Only needs lowest speed setting when web browsing and non-gaming. Keeps an overclocked i7-4790K @4.4Ghz below high 30s degrees when gaming with overclocked NVidia 1060GTX 6G.
Kama Angle rev 2 cooler for me…. the best design I've ever owned. 90degree L shaped coolers, fittable any 90' direction. So in my case, blowing a Noctua through it aimed up and rearward as that's where the exhauset grills are.
Noctua NH-U12S
Stupidly quiet, handles Intel's consumer chips without breaking a sweat.
Corsair Hydro H70 on my i7-2600K.
A Maelstrom sigle fan liquide cooler
I wanted to go for maximum silence, so I'm cooling my Intel Core i7 6700K with the Be Quiet! Silent Loop 360. Pretty much overkill, but man is it quiet!
Also, the temps are fantastic, so I'm really happy with my choice.
An old Scythe Mine rev.2, from my 775 days (Q6600), now on an i5 3570K @ 4.1Ghz, keeps it very cool and rarely goes above 60c when gaming
For my 5930K ….had a Corsair H100 GTX (rma'd then sold it) , put my backup Coolermaster Evo on for the last yr or so , and now going to install this week a newly released Alphacool Eisbaer LT 360 .
Hoonigan
It was that exact device that I used, very simple and easy process.
In regards to putting the lid back on - just use superglue. The glue breaks very easily if you need to remove the lid again, and it forms a very very thin gasket, helping to reduce the gap between the IHS and the core itself.
The only thing you really need to be aware of is top-mounted capacitors. The 7700K was completely bare on top, making the process much easier. I was lucky enough to be invited down to overclockers.co.uk where they took me through the entire process. The guy there responsible for delidding the CPUs that go into the 8Pack machines told me he's done roughly 3 or 4 thousand Skylake, Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake CPUs and lost roughly 10 or 15. So the risks are low.
My temps dropped around 30°C from delidding my 7700K.
I'll soon be writing a guide, along with photographs and results - I'll drop you a PM when it's done.
A photograph of my 7700K opened up
Thank you Hoonigan, that sounds great.
You got the lid really clean, do you also rub down the tim with sandpaper too as i have read this gets you a better bond? 30°C drop in temperature is amazing!
Also how much superglue, on the corners or all the way around?
Over the course of several years, I built up a decent water cooling loop for my gaming rig. But somebody decided they liked it more and my complete setup was stolen shortly after Christmas, I am now trying to get by with just an old i5 NUC - don't advise trying to do any modern games on one.
This is going to take a fair while to replace due to my situation - financially challenged disabled pensioner.
Funny thing is that although I have been using this for years as an HTPC (they missed it when they stole the TV as it was hidden in the TV cabinet), it has suddenly sparked my interest in looking for ways to add extra cooling. I must say that from my research, that many people have found very inventive ways of cooling these things, even coming up with custom water cooling for them.
The i7-4770K in my rig is cooled by an Enermax Liqtech 120X AIO
Been using my Noctua NH-D15 for 4 years now, excellent air cooler. Noctua even gave me the AM4 mounting system for free :)
Stock cooler in my i7-2600K @4.4GHz
If I bought a new CPU, I would consider seriously a Noctua air cooling.
Currently rebuilding a 10 year old rig (Core 2 Quad Q8400, ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB, 8GB DDR2, 4x500GB Samsung HD) with a trusty giant CPU cooler - Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme. Had to get their 1151 adapter kit for the new build (MSI x370 Carbon, Intel i5-8600K, MSI GTX 1070, 16GB DDR4-3200, 500GB HyperX SSD, 4TB Seagate HD).
The original Antex P180 case and Antec 850W PSU still work fine with the new gear, but it would be nice to have a clear side panel to see it all.
Cooler Master Liquid Lite 120 cooling my ryzen 7 1700…
this the 2nd one ive had first one leaked…..
update – removed my coolmaster liquid lite 120 getting too hot on idle temps….
now using a cryorig h7 idle temps are now a lot better……
Stock. I've used fancy coolers in the past but I can't really be bothered nowadays!
Wraith Stealth for my Ryzen apu.
Heat has always been a problem until the new cpu's came out, I bought an i7-2600 6 years ago and with the stock Fan I have never had any heat problems at all, compared to previous AMD which I always used. Then I moved from Nvidia cards to AMD cards due to the massive difference in GPU temps and that also brought the temps down. I currently use the i7 2600K plus Gigabyte R9 270. My normal running temp is 56°C that is World of Warships on full graphics on 1920x1080 monitor settings. Fan speeds don't go to more than 50 -60 %. The CPU fan has been replaced once in 6 years.
Cryorig
Old AMD fx series ,and is cool.
NH-D15S. Keeps my old FX cool and quiet at 4.7Ghz
I have a custom loop on my 3930k@5,0 ghz and an EVGA 980 gtx hydrocopper.
- EK D5 pwm pump and reservoir combo.
- Phobya 400 x 200 x 85mm monsta rad.
- 4 bitfenix spectre pro 200mm fans push pull.
This giant radiator keeps my set up at acceptable temps with all fans and pump at 30%, COOL and QUIET !
I'm using Cooler Master's Hyper TX3 with dual fans on both of my CPUs (Core i7 7700).
Just installed the newly released Alphacool Eisbaer LT 360, and liking it thus far on my 5930k @ 4.4ghz 1.245v (using Corsair ML fans vs the Alphacool ones ).
Before the Alphacool it was my trusty backup cooler Coolermaster Evo used for months after having to rma a Corsair H100i GTX (after recieving the Corsair replacement , sold it) .
AMD spire std cooler on a ryzen 1600, previously Corsair H100 on a FX8350.corsair H100 was okay okay but the fx OCd pushes alot of heat.
I am using the all in one kraken x52 liquid cooler and it's keeping my gpu under 50C.
I have a few builds one for each room. I put Thermaltake AIO Water 3.0 performer on a fx8120 good for 4.2gz most of the time. had to cut it back to 4.0 for long 100% though windows 7 and this box cpu/cooler never overheat shutdown thermaltake is not the coldest option but works ok. a Fx8350 i kept the updated wraith but do not overclock it much. just adjust volts and run 4.2gz all the time ,no boost or anything.I do get heat shutdowns with handbrake after half hour or so. i do need to upgrade cooler. wraith is only ok. it's on a MSI970gaming board,not my favorite for what i had in mind but too old to invest more…use handbrake on my windows 10 machine… i use CM Hyper 212 i got years ago for my thuban x6 1080T @ a solid 4.0 or 3.96gz. i just put it back to 3.8gz after all these years. built that one in 2011 or 2012 and it keeps doing its thing. not the primary or go to.but i can run it days on end(Linux Mint 18.3. though power consumption is more and more an issue. am about to do a new. unfortunaely, i am not a very enthusiastic RGB color person. i like a couple of muted or subdued colors to accent the builds but not to overpower the room. i had to take out my MSI color software, i have a MSI480 gaming 8gb on the MSI board but do not like those ,fairly subdued too, color blink/throbbing . my fans had already had a little color for front and rear as did the psu.they clash. oh well time for a new build anyway. and i wanted to wait till amd had what i was looking for and had the same reasonable price points with competitive components. so far no good. crypto currency mining ruined the gpu market prices for too long lucky for me i didnt miss anything since my 480. 490 is a joke as was the 580(in terms of upgrade) i have not read anything good about the vega at all. maybe in 2019? my machines run what i have well. can run my 4k tv dolby vision hdr uhd whatever little interesting content i can get at least ..Underwhelmed in a word.