I recently reworked my gaming setup and started to move from my big tower to a Fractal Terra case which takes up less space than any PC I’ve ever had before.
The specific relevant content for this request, if necessary, delimited with characters: Picking the right parts was hard especially since I knew the Intel i7-14700k I planned to build into it can get very hot, and you need a good cooling system. In the first place, I hoped a Noctua NH-L9i could bring enough cooling to the system, but it turned out that my CPU now thermal throttled at around 98°, down to 3.8 GHz, which wasn’t really the upgrade I hoped for.
After spending another huge amount of time on Reddit, I found two more contestants I wanted to give a try:
- Deepcool AN600
- Thermalright AXP90-X47 in Copper
I started testing with the Thermalright and while the temps went down a little, they were still in the lower 90s. Someone on Reddit recommended swapping out the fan on the Thermalright with the one from the Noctua, and it actually showed quite a good result, reaching the 80s.
As I am using a RTX 3080 Founders Edition, I’m able to move the divider of the case quite close to the two, and it allowed me to try the Deepcool AN600, which showed perfect results after an intense gaming session of 1.5 hours:
Max temps reached the mid 70s, which is super “cool” for such a high-power CPU and the small form factor of the case.
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