The Official Thermal Interface Material thread

[Space Lynx]

It *claimed* to be a 250W+ TDP cooler. -Grabbed it after reading TPU's review on it.
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At the time, it seemed like one of the 'best value' coolers one could get.

I'm not particularly interested in going to AIO LC route. (Especially, after I just had 2 'shelved' units fail in quick secession.)
However, the TR Assassins are looking very attractive, today.

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https://www.amazon.com/Thermalright-Peerless-Assassin-120-Cooler/dp/B0C5MBLHD2

yeah I prefer dual tower air coolers myself. Thermal right Frost Commander 140 is the king imo, but the assassin is a close second for sure. @freeagent which thermal right cooler would you recommend him to tame his 5800x3d? also, just use the paste the thermalright cooler comes with, there is nothing wrong with it. best stick with simple, sometimes going fancy just ends up not working.

 

[freeagent]

I have one running under a PS120 EVO. It handles my 58X3D with no trouble at all.

Just my opinion here, but I think old cooler designs cannot handle modern CPUs.

I have pretty much all of the upper end Thermalright coolers, they are impressive.

I also have some old ones that were impressive.. not so much anymore

Edit:

I also use SYY-157, it is cheap, and it is the bestest.. or up there with them.

 

[LabRat 891]

yeah I prefer dual tower air coolers myself. Thermal right Frost Commander 140 is the king imo, but the assassin is a close second for sure. @freeagent which thermal right cooler would you recommend him to tame his 5800x3d? also, just use the paste the thermalright cooler comes with, there is nothing wrong with it. best stick with simple, sometimes going fancy just ends up not working.

The Frost Commander 140 was also 'coming up' as the best air cooler, in my research.
I do need to measure clearance on my 'new' case, though. I'm a bit doubtful a nearly 2 decade old all-alu. Lian-Li has 14cm tower coolers in mind.

edit: Looks like the 'ole Lian Li PC60-derivative has about 6" of clearance for a tower cooler.

The case will not be windowed, and is 'in the white'; would the FC140 black be any tangible improvement over the FC140? (or, just look nicer?)

 

[freeagent]

The case will not be windowed, and is 'in the white'; would the FC140 black be any tangible improvement over the FC140? (or, just look nicer?)

Nah. I have the grey and white FC140 and their performance is identical..

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

. proper 'paste' will flow into the HDT's very uneven base much-better than PTM7950. -making better contact with the 5800X3D's IHS.

Lap the cold plate

adding a thermal shim would act like a coldplate base for the HDT cooler, more evenly cooling the 5800X3D's MCMs

If the cooler base doesn't make contact with the shim it is no better, and if it does it only acts as a thicker IHS with worse thermal conductivity.

 

[freeagent]

Lap the cold plate

No cold plate, just pipes and canyons

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

No cold plate, just pipes and canyons

Dang, you're right. LabRat could still lap it but the gains would be less and there would be risk of taking too much off.

Sounds like a thinner paste might actually be of use. I run a PA-120SE with TF-7 - I can try stress-testing it tomorrow and seeing if it holds up.

Is Prime95 detected and down clocked on 58X3D?

Hadda thought - if you were willing to fabricate a small heat spreader/shim to fit between the heat pipes and the IHS, you could use liquid metal or even solder between the new heat spreader and the heat pipes, dramatically improving heat transfer.

 

[LabRat 891]

Ending up realizing no manner of TIM or cooler mods will 'do'.
The Windale 6 is simply too tall.

Thanks for the input; moved my inquiry to a dedicated thread:

New Air Cooler for 5800X3D (height constrained, retro chassis)

Currently, I have an HDT-type FSP Windale 6 atop my 5800X3D, and regularly bounce off the CPU's thermal limits. Yes, I'm aware I can improve the situation, with better (ducted) airflow and a good paste (instead of PTM7950). Looking for a $30-90,

www.techpowerup.com

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

I run a PA-120SE with TF-7 - I can try stress-testing it tomorrow and seeing if it holds up.

Click to enlarge. I guess it could run faster, but small FFT is pretty rough. It isn't necessarily the most reliable indicator.

 

[freeagent]

I just let p95 run for a little bit as I have to go to work, I can let it run longer when I get home..



I ran Linpack for a couple of iterations and you can see everything gets hit harder by it