AMD's Ryzen Threadripper CPUs will reportedly launch with bundled liquid cooler

[WYP]

Good luck finding a TR4/SP3r2 compatible cooler at launch.



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[AlienALX]

Don't care, still awesome. Even more awesome if that cooler is actually half capable. Makes Intel seem even more expensive.

 

[The_Governour]

If they will ship an AIO of 240 with them then it would be a great deal. Would be very smart move fron AMD.

The thing is that I dont think a 240 AIO would be enough to cool that beast.... I would say it would at least need a 280 or 360 rad only for the cpu.

 

[AlienALX]

If they will ship an AIO of 240 with them then it would be a great deal. Would be very smart move fron AMD.

The thing is that I dont think a 240 AIO would be enough to cool that beast.... I would say it would at least need a 280 or 360 rad only for the cpu.

If it can only reach 4ghz I would say it won't be a problem

 

[TheF34RChannel]

It's gonna be a 120mm, mark my words. Whatever it is, excellent idea if it's halve decent like AlienALX said.

Still loving that Zenith board!! Looks like something you pull from an alien spaceship.

 

[ImprovizoR]

It's gonna be a 120mm, mark my words.

Most likely, yes. Every case has at least one 120mm fan mount in the back. Not every case has two 120mm or 140mm in the front or at the top. So for the sake of compatibility AND cost it will be 120mm. But that's still a lot better than any air cooling solution.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Most likely, yes. Every case has at least one 120mm fan mount in the back. Not every case has two 120mm or 140mm in the front or at the top. So for the sake of compatibility AND cost it will be 120mm. But that's still a lot better than any air cooling solution.

Exactly my train of thought. Hoping they'll opt for bigger though. Don't think it'll be beneficial to go for smaller. Bundle it with peltier maybe?

 

[Bartacus]

Most likely, yes. Every case has at least one 120mm fan mount in the back. Not every case has two 120mm or 140mm in the front or at the top. So for the sake of compatibility AND cost it will be 120mm. But that's still a lot better than any air cooling solution.

I would dispute this. A good air cooler can complete with a 240 AIO, and beat a 120 handily. A 120 would be a step up over a Wraith for sure, but not by as much as you may think. People tend to automatically assume even the crappiest AIO is better than air, but that's mainly due to bad testing by reviewers. Stress test an AIO for over an hour or 2 instead of 20 minutes and you'll see quite a difference in CPU temps.

 

[WYP]

There is no doubt in my mind, it will be 120mm if there is one. 240mm presents compatibility issues. Not all cases can fit a 120mm, but pretty much every case has space for a 120mm fan.

Hopefully, cooling will be decent, but this thing will no doubt produce an insane amount of heat when overclocked.

At Computex there were more than a few 360mm rads on show, which makes sense given the 16-core Threadripper and 18-core X299 CPUs that were announced there.

 

[AlienALX]

Well put it this way. The cooler on the Fury X was really thick (the rad like). So I reckon it could cope with a TR. It will also need a bigger pump/block too, like the one the Vega FEWC has.

 

[The_Governour]

I would say that Threadripper will only be ATX or maybe Maxt, so I would asume that one will mostly use a mid tower.

In MOST mid tower cases then a 240 AIO would fit. I would think due to costs that a 120mm AIO would be the route that AMD would do BUT a 240 AIO would be a win 100% at that price.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Going to take a while to get aio from Corsair/etc to fit this. They are going to have to remake there copper plates to the shape of the massive threadripper

 

[ImprovizoR]

I would dispute this. A good air cooler can complete with a 240 AIO, and beat a 120 handily. A 120 would be a step up over a Wraith for sure, but not by as much as you may think. People tend to automatically assume even the crappiest AIO is better than air, but that's mainly due to bad testing by reviewers. Stress test an AIO for over an hour or 2 instead of 20 minutes and you'll see quite a difference in CPU temps.

I failed to specify that I was talking about stock coolers. I'm aware that some air cooler can outperform some liquid coolers. But I think those are usually high-end air coolers, or average air cooler compared to a particularly low end liquid cooler.


I don't use liquid coolers. I don't trust the pumps and I don't want to risk leakage. I'm perfectly fine with a push/pull air cooler that only needs fan swapping in case one of them dies.

 

[MacLeod]

I'm kinda leaning to going back to a HSF cooler in my next build myself. My H100 has been great and I've got no complaints from it but I like the simplicity and long term reliability from a basic heatsink and fan.

I'm still looking forward to this release tho. I can't wait to see what the things are capable of and how they'll overclock.

 

[Bartacus]

I'd never go back to air, but the one element I DO miss is the fact that if you're OCing, gauging CPU temps, etc, then an air cooler hits your "worst case" scenario a lot quicker than an AIO or water cooling. That makes OCing a bit quicker. But once you go water (custom loop, not AIO), it's tough to go back.

 

[Dark NighT]

I'd never go back to air, but the one element I DO miss is the fact that if you're OCing, gauging CPU temps, etc, then an air cooler hits your "worst case" scenario a lot quicker than an AIO or water cooling. That makes OCing a bit quicker. But once you go water (custom loop, not AIO), it's tough to go back.

It wasn't tough for me to go back to air, running a bit less mental on the overclocks and the pc currently is really quiet, components just got so efficient that for me atleast, the costs of watercooling them isn't worth anymore.

Watercooling does look way way better.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

While I haven't personally water cooled and so can only stipulate, I feel custom water cooling is still a niche sector and is less necessary than it used to be. A R7 1700X at 3.9Ghz and a 1080Ti at 2000Mhz is easily cooled quietly and efficiently with big air. That's insane amount of power with very modest cooling. Water cooling is still for the elite. If you're going to cheap out, you may as well stick to air. That's if you want an all-round balanced system. If you want extreme overclocks and don't care about aesthetics, expandability, ease of maintenance and only have a small budget, you can do better with custom water, but that's about it. If you can afford €600-1000 for water cooling components then obviously go to town, but I know I don't. I'd rather buy a bigger SSD and a more powerful CPU and GPU than watercool.

 

[Excalabur50]

This is a BRILLIANT move by AMD as it solves the issue that they had on the launch of Ryzen that people had to wait for compatible parts for their coolers, now you just fit it and change later if you want or if it performs well just leave it alone

 

[Warchild]

It wasn't tough for me to go back to air, running a bit less mental on the overclocks and the pc currently is really quiet, components just got so efficient that for me atleast, the costs of watercooling them isn't worth anymore.

Watercooling does look way way better.

Watercooling has never been worth it in a price/performance scenario. Today its just about aesthetics. As you say, components are much more efficient. I'll never swap back though. Its just too fun to build.

 

[AlienALX]

Watercooling has never been worth it in a price/performance scenario. Today its just about aesthetics. As you say, components are much more efficient. I'll never swap back though. Its just too fun to build.

Aesthetics and noise mate