Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black vs Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 A-RGB ACFRE00106A vs Dark Rock Elite

[Khanan]

Can you advise me what would be better for cooling 7800x3d? Water cooling is slightly cheaper than Noctua, depending on the model.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/GpbRsY/thermalright-phantom-spirit-120-se-6617-cfm-cpu-cooler-ps120se

Does the same thing for three times less money.

[r.linder]

Liquid cooling would be best for temperatures, Thermalright air coolers are more cost effective though, the low prices are because Thermalright produces their own coolers instead of outsourcing to other companies like how other brands like Noctua do

[Zef]

Both are good, i use a Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black to cool one (7800X3D), temps are fine.

However AIO will get you at least a few degrees cooler compared to the best aircoolers, no other way around it.

Pro aircooler:

- longetivity and lack of maintenance (beside fan dusting/replacement)
- usually cheaper

Cons aircooler:

- size (if you want one that can compare to AIO performance)
- not as performant as AIO

It's more up to you really.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

7700X and above yes I strongly recommend you use liquid cooling.

However do not buy Arctic Liquid Freezer II
Go look at the new Arctic Liquid Freezer III series. Much improvements and the magnetic pump-mounting fan will keep your VRMs very cool.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

Noctua fans last over 7 years...

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I have the Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black and it keeps my cpu a ryzen 9 3900x around 40 to 45 F at idle. 50 to 60 F during gaming.

[Viking2121]

Moved from the poo brown nh-d15 to a thermalright phantom spirit and Impressed with it, I get a little more room around the CPU area, and its pretty much the same performance if not a little better since it got new paste.