The BEST Cooling Solution - Air or Water - FINAL ANSWER
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2018-05-06
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1,248 words · ~6 min read
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this video on air versus water cooling
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has two million views it looks like crap
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time for an HD remake and it's not just
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a pure sellout move to capitalize on an idea that we already know works because
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a lot more has changed since that video
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then our production values around here in particular AMD's high performance not
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to mention huge and hot 180 watt thread
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Ripper CPUs are pushing the limits of all types of cooling systems in ways
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that we haven't never seen before so what's the ultimate cooler for the
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ultimate CPU we have the answer
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the white dark bass pro 900 from be
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quiet features a modular design to support a variety of layouts and
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configurations check it out at the link below we'll be testing six coolers that
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on previous platforms have delivered comparable results three air and three
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liquid four water coolers MD helpfully
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provided an ASA tech compatible TR for mount in the CPU box so we're able to
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use our existing stable of compatible course our H series a iOS which is cool
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because that means so can you we've got
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120 millimeter 240 millimeter and 280
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millimeter radiator versions with all of them featuring the same ASA tech design
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CPU block and in the H 115 eyes case a
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slightly more powerful pump in a stroke
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of either luck or AMD foresight the blocks are just big enough that even
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though the heat spreader sticks out the heat producing die area for thread
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Ripper is covered so while these are
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mainly meant for more square cpus we
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have no reason to believe that you should worry about it as for our air
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coolers well due to their wildly varying
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shapes and mounting mechanisms not many
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of them have been retrofitted with support for socket tr4 yet which is
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where naktu as new line-up comes in they're visually and for the most part
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functionally identical to their non tr4 cousins but when you turn them over you
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are immediately greeted with plates big and shiny enough to host a fancy dinner
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party this huge mount is common on each
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of them right down to the 92 millimeter Nhu 9 because Noctua decided to bake in
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support for AMD's on socket mounting
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points a good idea because well let's
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just say that taking this apart isn't a
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good idea now to testing while our old standard
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death version of this video discussed performance with different
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and configurations inside a case our video today will focus on the
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temperature differences between the coolers themselves right out of the box
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so it should then be noted that you could get slightly better performance
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out of these AI OS by adding more fans
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in a push-pull configuration and the same can be said of the two tower
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coolers another trick up our sleeve this time around is that we're going to be
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running our Threadripper nineteen fifty X in both stock and overclocked
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configurations furthermore this time we
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are in a climate controlled twenty four degrees Celsius environment not my
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garage during the winter so our results should be more comparable to what you
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can achieve at home but enough talk let's do the results starting off then
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with our H Adi GT and Noctua n hu nine
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we're seeing some pretty ok numbers for
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stock performance with similar low temperatures and package power
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overclocked on the other hand shows again similar numbers but markedly lower
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package power for the H Adi GT meaning
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that it's throttling more to maintain that same 87 degrees so in the
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lightweight category air cooling comes away with a clear victory the next step
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up is the NH u 12 s and H 100 IV two and
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again we see almost identical numbers
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between these guys at stock speeds looking now at the overclocking results
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we've got a much narrower lead for the Noctua fan over the Corsair AIO as far
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as package power goes meaning that they've throttled just about evenly so
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we're gonna call this one a tie bringing us to the main event the Nhu 14
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s weather versus the h 115 i've rhaegar both of them lasted all 12 rounds
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maintaining maximum performance in both the stock and overclocked tests and this
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is incredible considering we've got all 16 cores pinned to 3.9 gigahertz but
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this kind of a match isn't about pinning and the knock - I ran a few degrees
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cooler so we have to award it the win by technical knockout of course performance
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is only part of the equation aesthetics and physical compatibility are key
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considerations as well water coolers do
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come with an additional mechanical point of failure the pump but they look sexy
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and it's becoming more and more common for small form-factor cases to have
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mounts for 120 or 240 millimeter radiators but not enough clearance for
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comparable air coolers and it's also
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worth considering that large AIO coolers like the h 115 i are generally far
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easier to work around inside a chassis than a larger air cooler especially
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where RAM slots are concerned with that
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said price is kind of a big deal - and
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not too as solutions even though they're not the cheapest air coolers out there
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generally come out ahead of the water cooling equivalents by a significant
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margin here so TL DR then if you're not
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planning on overclocking Threadripper it's actually a relatively easy beast to
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tame but overclock it and you'll need to set aside some budget for a beefy cooler
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also if your priority is performance you'll reach for an air cooler or custom
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water cooling but water cooling is a great choice if a more compact easy to
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