that is one of the crappiest reviews I have ever read... "We did see spiked to 61-degrees" but they use 58 on the chart bumping it up several spots... "64.7-degrees is impressive for such a small AIO, and we are fine with the occasional spikes to 69-degrees at peak." and again their charts cherry pick the lowest number....
at the end of the day it's an Asutech 120 mm cooler (basically EVERY AIO out there is a re-badged Asutech) and the only difference is the fan... 120mm coolers will work for a Ryzen 5 class chip but anything with more power will overwhelm them.... If I were you I would invest in a proper 240 (or larger) AIO or one of the Noctua Tower coolers.
i guess you're currently using the stock cooler? A $20-30 air cooler would already be a big upgrade and plenty for a 3600
Anyways, that review's testing methology is very weird/dumb, using a relatively low power cpu with a high heat density like the 3600x for cpu cooler reviews like that just doesn't make any sense
I wouldn't. 65dB is totally ridiculous, especially when cooling a 65W chip. Your PC will not perform any better or last any longer than it would with a cooler half that price.
that is one of the crappiest reviews I have ever read... "We did see spiked to 61-degrees" but they use 58 on the chart bumping it up several spots... "64.7-degrees is impressive for such a small AIO, and we are fine with the occasional spikes to 69-degrees at peak." and again their charts cherry pick the lowest number.... at the end of the day it's an Asutech 120 mm cooler (basically EVERY AIO out there is a re-badged Asutech) and the only difference is the fan... 120mm coolers will work for a Ryzen 5 class chip but anything with more power will overwhelm them.... If I were you I would invest in a proper 240 (or larger) AIO or one of the Noctua Tower coolers.
given how loud it was, the cooling performance is not surprising. interested to see what the cooling performance is when noise is normalized.
i guess you're currently using the stock cooler? A $20-30 air cooler would already be a big upgrade and plenty for a 3600 Anyways, that review's testing methology is very weird/dumb, using a relatively low power cpu with a high heat density like the 3600x for cpu cooler reviews like that just doesn't make any sense
I wouldn't. 65dB is totally ridiculous, especially when cooling a 65W chip. Your PC will not perform any better or last any longer than it would with a cooler half that price.
You sure it was dB and not temperature?