Intel 13700KF cooling

Lovec1990 · Oct 30, 2022

Greetings,

im intrested in buying 13700KF but i wonder would Noctua NH-D15 be able too control its temperatures or should i go for Arctic liquid freezer II 420 AIO ?

ir_cow · Oct 30, 2022

If you set the power limit to P1=250 it will be fine.

Count Shagula · Oct 31, 2022

Kinda hilarious when one of the best air coolers money can buy is questionable whether it can cool an upper mid range cpu. Personally i'd go the D15. All my machines atm have AIO's or full custom loops and they're all a huge pain in the ass. Yes theres a noise benefit but when something stops working like an aio pump or what not its a huge pain in the ass

Lovec1990 · Nov 1, 2022

ir_cow said:
If you set the power limit to P1=250 it will be fine.

with all due respect why would i buy a 13700K then limit it?

wolf · Nov 1, 2022

@nguyen what cooler is on yours? seems like a relatively modest tower air cooler. Doesn't seem to hard to keep cool at all for gaming, but if ppl play cinebench all day I'm sure it gets toasty.

maxfly · Nov 1, 2022

Lovec1990 said:
Greetings,

im intrested in buying 13700KF but i wonder would Noctua NH-D15 be able too control its temperatures or should i go for Arctic liquid freezer II 420 AIO ?

From what I have seen the d15 will be plenty. If you want to go overkill (which just happens to be my mantra when it comes to cooling) the AF 420 is a fine option. From what I hear (I can't take credit for this, just repeating what's been said around the forum) you can catch some sweet deals on Arctics ebay page as well. Their b-stock AIOs carry full warranties.

nguyen · Nov 1, 2022

wolf said:
@nguyen what cooler is on yours? seems like a relatively modest tower air cooler. Doesn't seem to hard to keep cool at all for gaming, but if ppl play cinebench all day I'm sure it gets toasty.

Yeah I have the ID-Cooling SE-226-XT cooler that cost 30usd, peak CPU temp during gaming is 70C with room temp at 30C.

Cinebench with 120W TDP enforced (27k CB23 score, stock is 30k score), CPU temp is only around 75C.

Lovec1990 · Nov 1, 2022

so if i disable Multi core enhancement and make sure 13700KF does not go over 255W Noctua NH-D15 gonna handle it?

nguyen · Nov 1, 2022

Lovec1990 said:
so if i disable Multi core enhancement and make sure 13700KF does not go over 255W Noctua NH-D15 gonna handle it?

Yeah NH-D15 will handle 13700K just fine, there is no difference when you play game, and in heavy CPU workload will just show 1-2% difference against 360mm AIO

Lovec1990 · Nov 1, 2022

thanks everyone. things are alittle changing now i found out that early next year intel gonna release non-K CPUs and one of them gonna be 13700F plus hopefuly cheaper B760 motherboards

System Name	Itty Bitty
Processor	5800X3D
Motherboard	Asus x570 Tuff Wifi
Cooling	1860mm worth of rads
Memory	G Skill Sniper 3600mhz 64gig
Video Card(s)	EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra
Storage	Gigabyte Aorus 1TB NVME
Display(s)	ASUS ROG Swift PG259QNR 360hz + LG CX55 + Sanyo Z3 on a 10ft screen
Case	Coolermaster NR600
Audio Device(s)	Optical to home theatre amp, EPOS 670
Power Supply	Deepcool PQ1000m
Mouse	Roccat Kone Pro
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan Pro
Software	Win10

System Name	MightyX
Processor	Ryzen 5800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 I Aorus Pro WiFi
Cooling	Scythe Fuma 2
Memory	32GB DDR4 3600 CL16
Video Card(s)	Asus TUF RTX3080 Deshrouded
Storage	WD Black SN850X 2TB
Display(s)	LG 42C2 4K OLED
Case	Coolermaster NR200P
Audio Device(s)	LG SN5Y / Focal Clear
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 Platinum
Mouse	Corsair Dark Core RBG Pro SE
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK Compact w/pudding
VR HMD	Meta Quest 3
Software	case populated with Artic P12's
Benchmark Scores	4k120 OLED Gsync bliss

System Name	DadsBadAss
Processor	I7 13700k w/ HEATKILLER IV PRO Copper Nickel
Motherboard	MSI Z790 Tomahawk Wifi DDR4
Cooling	BarrowCH Boxfish 200mm-HWLabs SR2 420/GTX&GTS 360-BP Dual D5 MOD TOP- 2x Koolance PMP 450S
Memory	4x8gb HyperX Predator RGB DDR4 4000
Video Card(s)	Asrock 6800xt PG D w/ Byski A-AR6900XT-X
Storage	WD SN850x 1TB NVME M.2/Adata XPG SX8200 PRO 1TB NVMe M.2
Display(s)	Acer XG270HU
Case	ThermalTake X71 w/5 Noctua NF-A14 2000 IP67 PWM/3 Noctua NF-F12 2000 IP67 PWM/3 CorsairML120 Pro RGB
Audio Device(s)	Klipsch Promedia 2.1
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus PX-850 w/CableMod PRO ModMesh RT-Series Black/Blue
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Black Aluminun Mechanical Clicky Thing With Blue LEDs, hows that for a name?!
Software	Win11pro

System Name	The de-ploughminator Mk-II
Processor	i7 13700KF
Motherboard	MSI Z790 Carbon
Cooling	ID-Cooling SE-226-XT + Phanteks T30
Memory	2x16GB G.Skill DDR5 7200Cas34
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX4090 TUF
Storage	Kingston KC3000 2TB NVME
Display(s)	LG OLED CX48"
Case	Corsair 5000D Air
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Razor Viper Ultimate
Keyboard	Corsair K75
Software	win11

System Name	The de-ploughminator Mk-II
Processor	i7 13700KF
Motherboard	MSI Z790 Carbon
Cooling	ID-Cooling SE-226-XT + Phanteks T30
Memory	2x16GB G.Skill DDR5 7200Cas34
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX4090 TUF
Storage	Kingston KC3000 2TB NVME
Display(s)	LG OLED CX48"
Case	Corsair 5000D Air
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Razor Viper Ultimate
Keyboard	Corsair K75
Software	win11

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