Need help with CPU Water Cooling

[OldGunney]

Trying to get some more speed and better performance out of my AMD 3+ Socket mother board.

I have a AMD FX-6300 six core CPU installed, but I have another FX-8259 eight core in my desk drawer. The faster CPU tended to overheat and faulted out and the pipes heat sink didnt do the job. I think last year I wa talking to Animalll about the issue and he thought I needed a water cooler. Dont think my current case has room for one.

Please tell me how water gets circulated with a water cooler? Recommendations?

I'll probibly get a new case soon with my fans. The one I have has a SoundBlaster sticker on it. I'm guessing 25 years old.

 

[Dan_]

By FX-8259, do you mean an AMD FX-8350 or Intel i5-8259U?

I wouldn't bother with liquid cooling.
Air cooling is more reliable (unless you're bringing your computer to LAN parties, where a heavy heatsink can warp your MB), easier to install and maintain, has a longer life span, and doesn't have as catastrophic of failures.
Noctua is top of the class for air coolers, and their NH-D15 outperforms a lot of liquid coolers. It would actually be overkill unless you're overclocking.
For an FX-8350, I would recommend the Noctua NH-U12A.

Your issue could also be the case. Your cooler wont matter if your case can't provide it with enough fresh air. How many intake and exhaust fans do you have, and what are their sizes? Can you take a picture of your case?

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[OldGunney]

Mine only has one fan. I see that one has a push pull configuration.

 

[Dan_]

Mine only has one fan. I see that one has a push pull configuration.

Yeah one fan is not enough LOL. If you can add more fans to your current case, I would try that.

 

[OldGunney]

Lookin at this case. Hope it has the rear port open for my USB cables.

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[Dan_]

Doesn't look too bad. If you have the option for the 2 200mm fans, larger fans can push more air while producing less sound (in general). Though, if you're getting a new case, I would see about getting some filters to go over the intake fans. Keeps the inside clean and mostly dust free, so you only have to wipe of the filters. Plus, filters will make the positive air pressure more close to even air pressure.

What do you mean by "rear port open"?

 

[OldGunney]

Doesn't look too bad. If you have the option for the 2 200mm fans, larger fans can push more air while producing less sound (in general). Though, if you're getting a new case, I would see about getting some filters to go over the intake fans. Keeps the inside clean and mostly dust free, so you only have to wipe of the filters. Plus, filters will make the positive air pressure more close to even air pressure.

What do you mean by "rear port open"?

lol, meant rear motherboard ports that have internet, USB and sound jacks. The photos for it didnt show the back side.

Had not heard of filters for the front fans. Will look into them.

 

[OldGunney]

What I was concerned about for this case was the SSD drive slots. Dont know what they are talking about for the 2 Combo ports. I've still got a CD drive with about three smaller SSD drives.

 

[CHUPS_M]

What I was concerned about for this case was the SSD drive slots. Dont know what they are talking about for the 2 Combo ports. I've still got a CD drive with about three smaller SSD drives.

what about full tower cases? You will get enough space inside

 

[Dan_]

lol, meant rear motherboard ports that have internet, USB and sound jacks. The photos for it didnt show the back side.

Had not heard of filters for the front fans. Will look into them.

You can kind of see the rear IO port through the side panel. These are pretty standard for ATX cases.


This is what I use for my filters. You'd search for something similar for the size of your fans.

https://www.amazon.com/ThreeBulls-Cooler-Filter-Dustproof-Computer/dp/B01N950ZB6/

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What I was concerned about for this case was the SSD drive slots. Dont know what they are talking about for the 2 Combo ports. I've still got a CD drive with about three smaller SSD drives.

What they mean by 2 x Combo 3.5" / 2.5" is that there are two drive bays that you can mount either 3.5" or a 2.5" hard drives to. A slot for a CD drive is a niche these days, you'd have to specifically search for a case that supports that. It was hard for me to give it up when I got my case (I own a shelf of CDs), but I realized that I never actually used it, and that an external CD drive that connects with USB would be all I needed.

 

[shiryu_libra]

gunney
for those chips u need a cooler like this one

https://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-RR-212S-20PK-R1-Contact-Silencio/dp/B07H25DYM3

or maybe something like this

also a ram like Fury's are the one to get for those chips
DDR3 1866mhz x 16gb

https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-HyperX-FURY-2x8GB-1866MHz/dp/B00J8E8YZC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1UA9BEHVUNJRN&keywords=hyperx+fury+ddr3+1866&qid=1645652414&refinements=p_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A2253866011%2Cp_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A677429011&rnid=673240011&s=pc&sprefix=hyperx+fury+ddr3+1866+%2Caps%2C115&sr=1-1

i used to have my setup with watercooling, but it depends on your needs... but the watercoolin can be expensive unless you go for something like this one

Amazon.com

now if you wanna upgrade
B550 motherboard

https://www.amazon.com/ASRock-B550-Supports-Processors-Motherboard/dp/B089W8B8VY

cpu

https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-5600G-12-Thread-Processor/dp/B092L9GF5N/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=ryzen+5+5600x&qid=1645652835&sprefix=ryzen+5%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-4

ram

https://www.amazon.com/CORSAIR-Vengeance-3200MHz-Desktop-Memory/dp/B09C5TW31M/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=ddr4%2B16gb%2Bvengeance&qid=1645652858&sprefix=ddr4%2B16gb%2Bvenge%2Caps%2C114&sr=8-3&th=1

all those part are what am using right now, but microcenter can help you, like this

Custom AMD PC by Micro Center

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hope it helps

 

[OldGunney]

Shiryu. I had gotten some faster clock speed ram before but they didnt work. Not even at slower speeds. Sent them back. My manual for the ASUS M5A78L-M LX series mentions that any ram over DDR3 1333 needs overclocking. I am not knowledgable in that area.

Getting the double fan pipe cooler that Dan recommends.

 

[Dan_]

Shiryu. I had gotten some faster clock speed ram before but they didnt work. Not even at slower speeds. Sent them back. My manual for the ASUS M5A78L-M LX series mentions that any ram over DDR3 1333 needs overclocking. I am not knowledgable in that area.

Getting the double fan pipe cooler that Dan recommends.

I want to be clear that I don't recommend the NH-D15 as it's quite large and overkill for that CPU. I do recommend the NH-U12A. But, I would also make sure to measure the clearance in your case to make sure that the fin stack will actually fit.

 

[shiryu_libra]

I want to be clear that I don't recommend the NH-D15 as it's quite large and overkill for that CPU. I do recommend the NH-U12A. But, I would also make sure to measure the clearance in your case to make sure that the fin stack will actually fit.

it's not about overkill, that system, i have it before, they run hot, never drop 40 unless u're doing nothing, FX lineup was a hot mid day desert at august, without wind...

Shiryu. I had gotten some faster clock speed ram before but they didnt work. Not even at slower speeds. Sent them back. My manual for the ASUS M5A78L-M LX series mentions that any ram over DDR3 1333 needs overclocking. I am not knowledgable in that area.

Getting the double fan pipe cooler that Dan recommends.

the ram sticks i linked, it's about the faster ram u could use on those FX chips... they need to tweak at bios but they work wonderful.... the chip needs 1.42v to run without issues, and the RAM nees 1.37 to hold the system

the recommended cooler was the cooler master 212, no the noctua btw

 

[OldGunney]

Shiryu, I got the Cooler Master 212 and it didnt work out for the FX-8350.

 

[8bAd8]

Shiryu, I got the Cooler Master 212 and it didnt work out for the FX-8350.

it will not work . i had fx 8350 and it better with H100 .. make sure you paste right amount and tight a bit lock

 

[8bAd8]

make sure the profile is set for game for cooler . my guess you using desktop profile and you lose performance cause the heat
so you will need 2 profile to run as desktop and game /

 

[Dan_]

Well, if you got the space and money, the NH-D15 will be all you'll ever need. As 8bAd8 said, the thermal paste application is also pretty important.

 

[OldGunney]

make sure the profile is set for game for cooler . my guess you using desktop profile and you lose performance cause the heat
so you will need 2 profile to run as desktop and game /

There is a Profile for the cooler???

 

[8bAd8]

There is a Profile for the cooler???

try this . it show default but you can add it profile for games

If you have gpu nvidia then get msi afterburner for gpu fans speed.



Like Dan said , the NH-D15 is really good too as i had before .