Help to find a small air cooler for a 7 5800X
Posted by ALG_974@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 6 comments
So i have a problem. Currently i have a 7 5800X with the air cooler that came with py previous 5 3600. Obviously im the cooler is having difficulties cooling down my CPU and so i was looking for CPU coolers.
Problem is i have a small case (157mm max for the air cooler) and i want to have some wiggle room incase my ram is too tall.
For now im considering either a THERMALRIGHT Assassin King 90 (heigh : 125mm; price : 35$) OR a THERMALRIGHT Assassin Spirit 120 Vision (height 154 mm; price 45$)
My gut is telling me to go for the King 90 but i dont know if it will be enough to cool down my CPU.
Should i pick the king 90 or the Assasin spirit 120 ? If you have better suggestion i wouldnt mind too but i am limited in terms of models available in my area
Australasian25@reddit
Any thermalright cooler would be fine. Check their website for products.
Even single tower has managed to cool someone's 5900x from throttling down to 71 deg when compared with stock
Bearded_Coffeepot@reddit
The "Be Quiet Pure Rock Pro 3" is 155mm tall and rated up to 250W. Might worth a look. I bought mine for my 5950x for 42.-
resetallthethings@reddit
https://www.amazon.com/Thermalright-Knight-Cooler-1500RPM-Desktop/dp/B0DJXJSL9L
get this
it is engineered not to block the ram slots
ALG_974@reddit (OP)
Unfortunately they're not sold were i live but this looks promising ! Maybe its just me being paranoid but isnt 156mm a bit too close since the max height for my case is 157 ? I
resetallthethings@reddit
no, I wouldn't imagine so
generally I find cooler heights are over-exaggerated and case clearance under-rated to avoid conflicts
Huge_Valuable9732@reddit
the king has 5 heat pipes so should really cool better tbh.
not that you listed it, but i have a burst assassin, i had to off set the fan a couple mm so i could use my first ram slot.