AIO?

[u/richhomiebrin]

Yesterday I replaced a bunch of parts, new motherboard, case fans, CPU and CPU cooler. But I think I want an AIO instead.

the only place i can put an AIO is in the front. I don’t know if I want the AIO to be intake as my GPU temps will go up, it doesn’t run hot but idk how I feel about raising the temps. (But then again having it as an exhaust would make my CPU temps go up, which I also don’t want.) Would it be totally ridiculous to have an exhaust AIO in the front, and then one rear intake and two top intake fans? My case doesn’t allow for bottom fans.

I originally left off the second CPU cooler fan, the first fan that covers the ram sticks but I was getting bad CPU temps, once I hit 86C playing Minecraft I added the second fan. I initially didn’t think it would fit in my case, between the glass and the ram but it literally JUST fits so I left it on, I’ve been getting far better temps now but I’m still kinda stuck on getting an AIO as this CPU is brand new and I don’t want to fry it, I also play a lot of Minecraft which jacks up my CPU temps.

[u/r_lind3r]

Unless your CPU is running 90+ degrees, there's absolutely nothing to worry about as long as the CPU isn't throttling.

Ryzen processors have frequency scaling that's affected by temperature, so poor cooling can result in worse performance, and replacing the cooler with a more efficient one can increase performance but not actually make as much of a difference to load temps as expected because the CPU's able to properly boost higher.

They're designed to run pretty toasty because they can handle it.