Need help with refrigeration
Posted by Brazilian_Zoomer@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 29 comments
I am simply incapable of finding something better than underwhelming, bellow average or _almost_ decent when it comes to cooling fans and cooler boxes. I live in a very, *VERY* hot place, 40 degrees celcius every day (that's 100 farenheit) and a good refrigeration system is not even a must but a requirement to surpass the bios screen. I need help to find something slighty better than eletronic garbage, and I would really appreciate any tips and thoughts about making a good airflow. Thank you and sorry for the inconvenience I love you all bye.
Naerven@reddit
Part of this will depend on what CPU you are trying to cool, but most any 360mm AIO cooler is about the best you will find.
You should never use actual refrigeration in a PC due to the condensation it can cause.
Naerven@reddit
The wraith prism cooler is pretty much a bare minimum device. Any sort of twin tower air cooler or 240mm or bigger AIO would be a noticable improvement.
Brazilian_Zoomer@reddit (OP)
My cpu is a ryzen 7 7800x3d
aragorn18@reddit
That CPU is power limited and doesn't generate much heat. You don't need anything special to cool it.
Brazilian_Zoomer@reddit (OP)
The problem is that my cpu was reaching 85°c with the pc case I bought along the fans and termal paste, and that was worriyng me
aragorn18@reddit
85C is fine. It can go up to 89C.
Brazilian_Zoomer@reddit (OP)
I mean I just bought this PC and it's already getting dangerously close to 90°C, it may give me headaches with prolounged use. I have friends with similar specs that get 60, 65°C on games
aragorn18@reddit
What cooler are you currently using?
Brazilian_Zoomer@reddit (OP)
Cpu came without a cooler box, so I bought an amd cooler that came with termal paste, amd wraith prism
Cpu case came with some acegeek fans RW12, I bought some other fans to replace then, montech RX 120 pro, a total of 6
My cpu case is a mini tower model
aragorn18@reddit
The Wraith Prism is a weak cooler. Swapping it for a good dual tower cooler would help your temperature a lot.
Brazilian_Zoomer@reddit (OP)
Oh sheesh, that might be the problem then. But what stats should I be looking for in a cooler? Like what rpm, static pressure
aragorn18@reddit
Just buy any dual tower air cooler. Look at the Thermalright Phantom Spirit as an example. RPM and static pressure numbers don't really matter. Just make sure it has two stacks of cooling fins.
Brazilian_Zoomer@reddit (OP)
That's a relief because I was frying my neurons trying to find cooler and fans with higher rpm and pressure than the ones I got, I was finding expensive crap with lower specs and getting mad
Sarm-ally_Pirate@reddit
Honestly it just gets to the point where you should just air condition the room.
My 3080 would cook me in my office till winter.
Brazilian_Zoomer@reddit (OP)
That's the plan but I won't be able to get an ac untill august
Sarm-ally_Pirate@reddit
Does your pc have a removable side cover?
Brazilian_Zoomer@reddit (OP)
It doens, but the amount of dust in the air is ungodly, we clean the house twice every day
Sarm-ally_Pirate@reddit
I would just remove the cover and then clean the pc with the blower or something
Andy202007@reddit
We need the hardware specifications of your computer and what software you want to run to be able to assess what cooling is appropriate.
Brazilian_Zoomer@reddit (OP)
It's AM5, I have an RX 7600 8gb, Ryzen 7 7800x3d, and a Gygabite b650m D3HP AX with 16 gb ram. What do you mean with software I want to run, like OS? It's Windows 11
Andy202007@reddit
What case do you have? Some have good airflow for cooling, and some are not so good. (Software would include things like games or local AI or video editing software that needs a lot of computing power.)
Brazilian_Zoomer@reddit (OP)
Aigo darkflash durin 275m, mini tower
I didn't know the case could be a problem, I just bought the most affordable I've saw
Elitefuture@reddit
The base temperature regardless of what cooler you get will start at 40C then go up from there by almost an equal amount vs others.
So if others can maintain 70C when their room is 20C, you'd be at around 90C when your room is 40C.
A thermalright phantom spirit will still work well, or another dual tower air cooler from deepcool or others.
As for airflow, you need a good case and plan the fans out properly.
Btw, your ideal solution is probably just to buy a window air conditioning unit in your room to have a lower temperature overall.
Brazilian_Zoomer@reddit (OP)
I see. Thanks!
Tks1991@reddit
That's a horrible CPU to cool. Is very low power, but the problem is that it is locked so while you can undervolt it via CO, you cant take the edge off the frecuecy max, which is what marks the voltage you're running it at.
Get yourself a 240-360mm AIO and a test bench. You're not gonna do better than that.
Baddger_223@reddit
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE for air; Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro for AIO
Brazilian_Zoomer@reddit (OP)
I'll take a look
aragorn18@reddit
What CPU and case do you have? Even with the ambient temperature being 40C, a good dual tower air cooler like the Thermalright Phantom Spirit is enough for most systems.
Brazilian_Zoomer@reddit (OP)
Ryzen 7 7800x3d