By: Gian-Carlo Pascutto (gcp.delete@this.sjeng.org), August 14, 2019 1:33 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Linus Torvalds (torvalds.delete@this.linux-foundation.org) on August 13, 2019 12:12 pm wrote:
> But even there I tend to limit myself. I'm currently using just a Noctua NH-U12S CPU cooler, because the
> 140mm double-fan setup I had in my previous build was just such a pain. Everything got very tight around
> the CPU, and so when I did my i9-9900K build I decided I'd scale back just to make the build simpler.
That's one huge advantage of water cooling though: you get rid of the huge clumsy chunk of metal right in the middle of the mainboard. It makes working in the machine easier, as well as dealing with airflow. Also easier to put an extra low RPM fan on a large radiator, than trying to fit it inbetween the VRM heatsink and RAM...
As far as I understand, for typical TDP like 105W air cooling is supposed to be just as quiet if not quieter than AIOs, but the latter definitely have some extra flexibility.
>That's why I think a 3950X would work fine with my simplistic model.
16 cores with decent IPC at 105W/145W looks very attractive.
I look forward to reading a rant about the current state of AMD's BIOSes and memory support though. (Goes on to RMA some DDR4 because it won't boot in his 3900X...)
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GCP
> But even there I tend to limit myself. I'm currently using just a Noctua NH-U12S CPU cooler, because the
> 140mm double-fan setup I had in my previous build was just such a pain. Everything got very tight around
> the CPU, and so when I did my i9-9900K build I decided I'd scale back just to make the build simpler.
That's one huge advantage of water cooling though: you get rid of the huge clumsy chunk of metal right in the middle of the mainboard. It makes working in the machine easier, as well as dealing with airflow. Also easier to put an extra low RPM fan on a large radiator, than trying to fit it inbetween the VRM heatsink and RAM...
As far as I understand, for typical TDP like 105W air cooling is supposed to be just as quiet if not quieter than AIOs, but the latter definitely have some extra flexibility.
>That's why I think a 3950X would work fine with my simplistic model.
16 cores with decent IPC at 105W/145W looks very attractive.
I look forward to reading a rant about the current state of AMD's BIOSes and memory support though. (Goes on to RMA some DDR4 because it won't boot in his 3900X...)
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GCP
