Ok, my friend is going to be building a machine with an FX9590. (Gigabyte 990FX UD7 board.) He is not going to ever overclock, that is just not his thing. The question I have is what do you guys recommend for an AIO cooler of the 120mm size? Or does he have to go with a 240mm cooler to cool this beast?
I kind of figured that would be the case. However, at the very least, an H80I could also be good since he does not do benchmarking or stress testing. The most stressful thing he will do on that machine is gaming at only 1080p resolutions.
I kind of figured that would be the case. However, at the very least, an H80I could also be good since he does not do benchmarking or stress testing. The most stressful thing he will do on that machine is gaming at only 1080p resolutions.
Before you direct him to a AIO cooler, show him this review of the Noctua NH-d15. Cliffs notes: it beats a lot of AIO coolers with the stock fans. Yowza!
The d15 is a monster. You can switch to better fans than the Noctua OEM fans for better performance as well. I have two 120mm, 100 cfm fans strapped to my d14, though the d15 may work better with 140mm fans due to its additional width. Not 100% sure about that though.
I have the Thermaltake Water 2.0 Pro and it works quite well. However, the socket area does heat up faster since I do not have any air flow of the heatsinks on the VRM's. (Asrock 990FX Extreme 9 in a Fractal Design R3 case.) I have no place for a fan either but I do have 2 low speed, quiet 120mm fans on the top blowing upwards.
Ok, my friend is going to be building a machine with an FX9590. (Gigabyte 990FX UD7 board.) He is not going to ever overclock, that is just not his thing. The question I have is what do you guys recommend for an AIO cooler of the 120mm size? Or does he have to go with a 240mm cooler to cool this beast?
Most 120mm AIOs run out of steam in the 150-200W dissipation range. Not enough for the FX-9590 at stock clocks. Don't bother unless you are going to fine tune a custom speed/voltage setting to match the available dissipation.
Ok, my friend is going to be building a machine with an FX9590. (Gigabyte 990FX UD7 board.) He is not going to ever overclock, that is just not his thing. The question I have is what do you guys recommend for an AIO cooler of the 120mm size? Or does he have to go with a 240mm cooler to cool this beast?
I just ditched my H220 AIO as it really couldn't handle my 9590 very well. After I added my Hydro Copper 780 into the mix, it just couldn't handle it. If you are going to be overclocking the 9590 at all, I wouldn't recommend an AIO. That's just my experience though. Others may say it's ok, but the 9590 does get pretty warm. I have mine running @ 5.3Ghz as we speak and my temps are awesome. Couldn't get anywhere near that with my AIO. If you need any help once you do get going, feel free to look me up. Good luck:wheee:
I have the Thermaltake Water 2.0 Pro and it works quite well. However, the socket area does heat up faster since I do not have any air flow of the heatsinks on the VRM's. (Asrock 990FX Extreme 9 in a Fractal Design R3 case.) I have no place for a fan either but I do have 2 low speed, quiet 120mm fans on the top blowing upwards.
The Thermaltake Water 2.0 Pro is a decent cooler for this chip, I received one with a Combo deal at NewEgg with my 9590 just recently, I didn't run it for long because I went with a full loop I had, just a few days but it kept up well with keeping the temps in check. I just ran it stock so I can't tell you how this would do overclocked but with 30 minutes of Prime95 it had a 62C socket temp, so it was doing just fine cooling a stock clock at 100% load. If you do an overclock, you definitely would want to cool those VRM's, which I do anyway with a full loop.
A few 120mm AIOs may just barely make it for a stock clock under load, but imo it's just cutting it too close to maximum safe temperatures. I wouldn't go with anything less than a 240mm rad. Corsair H105 would be my choice.
Late to the party as usual but I wanted to let the OP know that I had good results with the Cooler Master Nepton 140XL on my 9590. Not a single 120 rad as the OP asked but it's a lot smaller than a dual 120.
This is positive - Did you use the system with a good load? - So a Corsair H100i or Coolermaster equivalent 280mm radiator would be able to use the 9590 out of the box at full load without any problems in a good air flow case?
Most 120mm AIO cooler are design basically the same. The only real difference are the fans. I had a H100 and with stock fans barely can handle a FX-8320 at 4.5ghz with 1.45v and 60C. Then I change my fans out with 2 AP-29 and I got it to 4.9ghz 1.56v and 50C.
Most 120mm AIO cooler are design basically the same. The only real difference are the fans. I had a H100 and with stock fans barely can handle a FX-8320 at 4.5ghz with 1.45v and 60C. Then I change my fans out with 2 AP-29 and I got it to 4.9ghz 1.56v and 50C.
Most 120mm AIO cooler are design basically the same. The only real difference are the fans. I had a H100 and with stock fans barely can handle a FX-8320 at 4.5ghz with 1.45v and 60C. Then I change my fans out with 2 AP-29 and I got it to 4.9ghz 1.56v and 50C.
OK but I don't know much about this - So you got an H100 Corsair AIO cooler then you got some extra fans to get great results - Which fans specifically did you get? -
OK but I don't know much about this - So you got an H100 Corsair AIO cooler then you got some extra fans to get great results - Which fans specifically did you get? -
-OK they are not available now but I could look them up - What is another example that is available now and is very very good? - Then I can learn about a basic modding of a cooler. Think of it like this - Intel / AMD have a CPU > The CPU comes with a stock cooler > which is not very good > so people go and buy a good air cooler like Phanteks > but this isn't good enough to cool a volcano like 9590 > so somone goes and buys an AIO cooler that is better than the air cooler > but after using it someone realises that the performance could be even better > so they discard the included fans with the AIO cooler and replace them with better ones > then the performance is volcano proof
- A bit of humor
So I'm thinking which fans would be best to do this and who makes them?
After a while I'll just know which makes are good and what the best options are and that'll be because I'vr arrived at Overclock Net - Thanks
-OK they are not available now but I could look them up - What is another example that is available now and is very very good? - Then I can learn about a basic modding of a cooler. Think of it like this - Intel / AMD have a CPU > The CPU comes with a stock cooler > which is not very good > so people go and buy a good air cooler like Phanteks > but this isn't good enough to cool a volcano like 9590 > so somone goes and buys an AIO cooler that is better than the air cooler > but after using it someone realises that the performance could be even better > so they discard the included fans with the AIO cooler and replace them with better ones > then the performance is volcano proof
- A bit of humor
So I'm thinking which fans would be best to do this and who makes them?
After a while I'll just know which makes are good and what the best options are and that'll be because I'vr arrived at Overclock Net - Thanks
It really depend on the noise level you want. I have some Delta fans that sound like a small jet engine taking off, but static pressure of those bad boys are around 14.5 mm/H2O. For semi quiet fans. I would look at any fans around 3-4 mm/H2O.
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