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But hey... feel free to stick with whiny dinosaur coolers. Whatever blows your kilt up. ![Wink ;)](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
The rest of us will enjoy our nice cool & happy Ryzens that scream silently. ![Grin ;D](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
mnem
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I have not seen any figures to back up reduced noise claims with even say the current gen stock Ryzen coolers. It may have held some weight when Intel was packaging shit with theirs but a pump and generally 2-3 fans attached to the case and associated resonance I doubt noise reduction is a positive. If noise is a claimed advantage then spend similar $ on an aftermarket air cooler will see it lost if not a negative to water cooling of both main types over air.
Examples of Intel shit air coolers using the @med example
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I wanna go into a whole long diatribe here... but I’ve already done this, and posted a detailed teardown (BECAUSE I was so impressed); y’all are my friends so I’m going to just say this:
I’ve tried them side by side. There simply is no comparison; both in the quality and volume of noise, as well as the cooling provided even by my cheapie AIO. The AIO is the clear winner, hands-down, on both fronts.
A lovely side-effect; due to my top-rad layout, my high-wattage GPU ALSO runs cooler, and the duty-cycle of its fans under load is noticeably shorter because it isn’t contending with the heat from the CPU.
If the price of migrating to this technology is having to buy a new AIO every couple years, I am totes down widdat. A FUCKING BARGAIN.
Cheers,
mnem
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