Parts: Ryzen 1600x with a ASRock Taichi 370.
Cooler: Cryorig H7
Knowing I'd have to wait for an AM4 bracket for it that was on back-order I grabbed a cheap CPU cooler that was compatible out of the box. That cooler was the Deepcool Gammaxx 300 (20$)
Got it all running 3.8Ghz @ 1.35V after an hour of prime 95 the 300 keeps CPU temp 70C or less (peeks at 70 then hovers around 69.x mostly). I was excited knowing the H7 should be a better cooler.
AM4 bracket came in, installed H7. Same test, no change other than 300->H7. The H7 runs it at 76C under full load. I figure i'll remount it.
I unmounted it, clean everything, check it, remount it. Really tighten down screens to make sure there is no wiggle what so ever. I can see there is 0 thread left for the screws to go in to the HS, so it's physically as tight as it can get. 76 C...
Thinking i'm losing my mind, put 300 back on. It had came with pre-installed thermal compound. I use the Cryorig on this remount. 69C! Makes sense, the Cryorig thermal is probably better than pre-applied by 1 C.
Uninstall, remount H7. Same thing 76C +
I'm stumped. I've tightened, loosened, remounted, case sides on and off, etc. No change 300 always beats the H7.
Footprint of the HS is the same and I'm consistently using same amount of thermal between the too coolers. When taking them off the Deepcool looks well covered, the H7 looks well covered but seems to be thick towards the bottom side of the CPU compared to the top. This makes me think the HS is sagging a bit (can't visibly see it though). There is no way that thing is getting tighter though without me threading the screws or adding something under the back plate.
the H7 should be a better cooler. Has almost twice the cooling surface, rated at 140W TDP vs 130W TDP. However the 300 is beating it pretty handidly at same fan RPM, same noise level.
If it wasn't for the gamma fan being blue I'd throw the H7 out. The H7 looks nice and it should be better so I'm looking for suggestions on what is wrong.
Cooler: Cryorig H7
Knowing I'd have to wait for an AM4 bracket for it that was on back-order I grabbed a cheap CPU cooler that was compatible out of the box. That cooler was the Deepcool Gammaxx 300 (20$)
Got it all running 3.8Ghz @ 1.35V after an hour of prime 95 the 300 keeps CPU temp 70C or less (peeks at 70 then hovers around 69.x mostly). I was excited knowing the H7 should be a better cooler.
AM4 bracket came in, installed H7. Same test, no change other than 300->H7. The H7 runs it at 76C under full load. I figure i'll remount it.
I unmounted it, clean everything, check it, remount it. Really tighten down screens to make sure there is no wiggle what so ever. I can see there is 0 thread left for the screws to go in to the HS, so it's physically as tight as it can get. 76 C...
Thinking i'm losing my mind, put 300 back on. It had came with pre-installed thermal compound. I use the Cryorig on this remount. 69C! Makes sense, the Cryorig thermal is probably better than pre-applied by 1 C.
Uninstall, remount H7. Same thing 76C +
I'm stumped. I've tightened, loosened, remounted, case sides on and off, etc. No change 300 always beats the H7.
Footprint of the HS is the same and I'm consistently using same amount of thermal between the too coolers. When taking them off the Deepcool looks well covered, the H7 looks well covered but seems to be thick towards the bottom side of the CPU compared to the top. This makes me think the HS is sagging a bit (can't visibly see it though). There is no way that thing is getting tighter though without me threading the screws or adding something under the back plate.
the H7 should be a better cooler. Has almost twice the cooling surface, rated at 140W TDP vs 130W TDP. However the 300 is beating it pretty handidly at same fan RPM, same noise level.
If it wasn't for the gamma fan being blue I'd throw the H7 out. The H7 looks nice and it should be better so I'm looking for suggestions on what is wrong.
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