Good cooler for FX 9370?

Mindystorm · Nov 24, 2014

My FX 9370 is running stock at 1.5375v (4.7ghz). Anything lower and it isn't stable (even if I reduce frequency). Anyways, my H80i is loud, and fails to keep the processor under 60 degrees when playing BF4. Running P95/IBT or any other cpu benchmark makes the processor throttle, but I believe that is my NB's fault. Anyways, I do believe i'm done with closed loop coolers (unless there's actually one that can beat the noise/performance ratio of a high end air cooler). I was planning on getting an NH-D14 or NH-D15 (I have Kingston Blu so ram clearance should be fine) but now I see the Raijintek Tisis, which is considerably cheaper and is also a dual tower. However I can't find many reviews of this cooler and the company isn't that well known. But now I found the NH-U14s and apparently it's performance matches the NH-D14. My case is a Cooler Master HAF XB EVO and my mobo is a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3.

TL;DR: Need an upgrade from my H80i to a more silent and better performing cooler.

blue17echo · Nov 25, 2014

The D15/D14 are never bad choices. The Raijintek Tisis looks okay, but you can't go wrong with a noctua cooler.

Sorry about the 9370. 225 watt processors are a nightmare to cool

maxalge · Nov 25, 2014

Mindystorm :

My FX 9370 is running stock at 1.5375v (4.7ghz). Anything lower and it isn't stable (even if I reduce frequency). Anyways, my H80i is loud, and fails to keep the processor under 60 degrees when playing BF4. Running P95/IBT or any other cpu benchmark makes the processor throttle, but I believe that is my NB's fault. Anyways, I do believe i'm done with closed loop coolers (unless there's actually one that can beat the noise/performance ratio of a high end air cooler). I was planning on getting an NH-D14 or NH-D15 (I have Kingston Blu so ram clearance should be fine) but now I see the Raijintek Tisis, which is considerably cheaper and is also a dual tower. However I can't find many reviews of this cooler and the company isn't that well known. But now I found the NH-U14s and apparently it's performance matches the NH-D14. My case is a Cooler Master HAF XB EVO and my mobo is a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3.

TL;DR: Need an upgrade from my H80i to a more silent and better performing cooler.

You are not going to find a cheap solution.

Anything short of a full custom loop is going to be running balls to the walls to cool that thing.

RobCrezz · Nov 25, 2014

They run hot.

Have a look at the Corsair H105 (or any other 240mm AIO). Phanteks TC14PE, Noctua D14/D15

Calculatron · Nov 25, 2014

Raijintek is a new company. A lot of reviews for them, and that product, are in german, so if you want to deal with Google Translate, they're there. Meanwhile, there is this: http://www.reviewstudio.net/1900-raijintek-tisis-review-actions-speak-louder-than-words/temp-and-noise

The Tisis may run a couple degrees hotter than the Noctua solutions, but it should be able to get the job done.

mdocod · Nov 25, 2014

Best solution to solving those throttling problems would be to turn off Turbo. That will revert the chip to 4.4ghz@ ~1.45V. Then take the fan off the stock AMD cooler and mount it over the VRM heatsink on your UD3. You can also experiment with disabling APM.

Mindystorm · Nov 28, 2014

mdocod :

9370 didn't come with a stock fan

. The H80i is usually fine for cooling it, it's just not quiet enough for me. Will an NH-D14/15 outperform the H80i by a lot while being much quieter?

blue17echo · Nov 28, 2014

The noctua coolers should slightly outperform the h80i, while being much quieter.

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