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I have an AMD FX-9370 8core processor and I am having overheating issues. Clearly my liquid cooling system isn't enough so I would like to ask what you guys think is a good cooling system
for my processor. I understand that it's going to get pricey. I also want to know a good case you guys recommend because I don't believe that mine would be able to hold a cooling system necessary for my processor.
 
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Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H55 Quiet Edition Liquid CPU Cooler

Case: Apevia X-SNIPER2-BL ATX Mid Tower

Motherboard: GA-990FXA-ID3 R5

PSU: TS XFX 850watts

I am not sure about the temperature right now because I just changed my motherboard yesterday because the previous one was not compatible with my processor. However, I was playing Dark Souls 3 on high settings and my pc froze, but I know it is an overheating problem because in a previous thread I sent an error code i received and the person helping told me it was an overheating error also I had Core Temp before switching motherboards and the temperature would spike when I ran video games. From 21C to about 60C in seconds.

 
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Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H55 Quiet Edition Liquid CPU Cooler

Case: Apevia X-SNIPER2-BL ATX Mid Tower

Motherboard: GA-990FXA-ID3 R5

PSU: TS XFX 850watts

I am not sure about the temperature right now because I just changed my motherboard yesterday because the previous one was not compatible with my processor. However, I was playing Dark Souls 3 on high settings and my pc froze, but I know it is an overheating problem because in a previous thread I sent an error code i received and the person helping told me it was an overheating error also I had Core Temp before switching motherboards and the temperature would spike when I ran video games. From 21C to about 60C in seconds.
 
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I'll be honest, my first instinct is to tell you to dump the FX for a much faster, much cheaper, much cooler i5, but if you want to make this work, it can be done.

I'm going to recommend you go with a high-end air cooler instead of AiO water. The Noctua D15 is a great cooler and will handle anything you throw at it. You may or may not want to invest in a faster (noisier) 120mm fan for the rear, and whatever fan you can fit in the front but I'm thinking that the Noctua D15 will solve your problems for the least cost.
 
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Thank you. I have to completely sure about everything though because I've been going through the process of trying to get this pc to work for about 5 months now I hope you understand that I have some more questions.

Are you sure that the D15 is a good idea because on a previous thread I was told to get a good liquid cooling system. Also about the i5 processor. I am using my pc for gaming and if you have any recommendations for a processor that matches the specs of my current AMD FX-9370 I sure would like to hear them.

Thank you very much for your help.
 
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The $200 Core i5 6500 can run on a $50 motherboard completely safely, and has a 65w TDP. It will run silently on a heatsink around the size of a deck of cards, and comes with one. Although it's only a 4-core CPU at ~3.4ghz, each core is very significantly faster than those of the FX CPU. Performance will be a little less in things like encoding, but very significantly higher in gaming. You could use a power supply as small as maybe 300-400w, even with a fairly high-end video card, because CPU power draw is negligible. Case fans can be slowed down and made silent, because the CPU dumps so little heat into the case.

Here is an example of a brand-new game running on DX-12 (which is supposed to help AMD CPUs out):

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Note that the i5 6500 will probably perform a little better than the 4670K in that graph.


If you want to overclock, I'll give a different recommendation, but an i5 6500 paired with a B150 or H170 motherboard and some inexpensive DDR4 would give you a silent, powerful and reliable gaming machine that you don't need to fiddle with - it will work perfectly right out of the box.
 
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Regarding cooling your existing CPU, AiO watercoolers generally aren't all that great. The pumps are noisy and unreliable, and dump heat into the loop, causing them to need to be larger than an air cooler to have the same cooling capacity. The Noctual D15 is as good as any dual 120mm AiO watercooler, probably better than most, cheaper, quieter, and easier to install.
 
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Your choices for the 9000 series:

Asrock 970 Performance
ASRock 990FX Extreme9
ASRock 990FX Extreme6
Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z
Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 R4.0\5.0
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7
MSI 990FXA-GD80V2
Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA
MSI 990FXA-GAMING

AMD.COM

Warning: This power draw of this CPU is almost twice that of the average CPU. Due to this, AMD recommends using at minimum a 850W to 1000W power supply. For cooling, AMD recommends using either either closed loop liquid cooling , h100i minimum or full system custom liquid cooling.
 
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I only know how to quote one post but this is directed at both of your previous post.

So with the i5 processor you recommeded games should be running just about as well as they would on my AMD right?

About the fans, thank you very much I think I will try this first since it is the cheaper solution however I might consider trying the processor instead if it will work just as well as my AMD.

Thanks again Ecky
 
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Thank you. Since you're here already I want to ask your opinion on the D15. Do you think it will be sufficient. This is my first pc I've built so I don't know much about cooling systems.
 
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Check the image I linked. The Intel i5 will actually perform a lot better than your AMD chip, and won't need an aftermarket cooler at all. AMD CPUs perform very poorly considering their clockspeed and core count.
 
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Thank you both for your help.
 
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The thermaltake water pro 3.0 the thick 120mm version cools this cpu fine i had mine maxed out to 4.9G for two years non stop and never let my pc sleep unless i needed a restart. The stock fans are loud but buy 2 2000 rpm noctua fans and the 9370 will never get past 55c
 
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