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Queasy_Ability_2741•

Bought this to replace the stock cooler in my ASRock DeskMeet mini PC. Only running a i5-12400, but would end up thermal throttling. I then ended up getting the Noctua NH-L9i but continued to have problems (the case only has 1 fan, and that's the PSU that's exhausting.

Somebody suggested this Thermalright cooler, and it's dropped temps by close to 20 degrees at load, no more throttling.

Also i have to point out, it's far easier to install this cooler compared to the Noctua.

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similar_observation•

get yourself the bracket if you don't have one already. It'll help further.

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Plasticars2019•

What do you think the performance of this would be compared to an AMD wraith cooler? I don't see copper pipes but yk.

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similar_observation•

it's not bad. Far smaller. If you don't have space restrictions, look at the tower coolers. This type of cooler is for SFFPC and purposefully small.

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Reddituser19991004•

What can I realistically cool with this?

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Pyro0825•

I use it for my 5800x

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pirate_starbridge•

The 5800x runs really hot, are you undervolting/underclocking to avoid thermal throttling?

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Pyro0825•

I am undervolting otherwise it does still run very very hot

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VenditatioDelendaEst•

AMD AM4/AM5 Intel 1700/1150/1151/1155/1156/1200

Any CPU in those sockets has perfectly adequate temperature/power throttling capability, so realistically you can cool anything it fits.

But it's definitely sacrifices cooling performance for size, and even considering the price it doesn't look that much better than the stock cooler, so I wouldn't suggest using it unless you have very tight clearance requirements. The 53mm version is certainly better so it's worth actually measuring.

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Reddituser19991004•

yeah let me rephrase:

What can this actually cool without losing massive amounts of performance. I'm guessing 6 cores 130w or so?

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VenditatioDelendaEst•

Apparently 12 cores 140W works, although the same power into only 6 cores would be harder to cool. (20000-ish is apparently typical for CB r23 on that CPU, so there's no substantial clock deficit.)

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