Gadgetory

this video on air versus water cooling has two million views it looks like crap time for an HD remake and it's not just a pure sellout move to capitalize on an idea that we already know works because a lot more has changed since that video then our production values around here in particular AMD's high performance not to mention huge and hot 180 watt thread Ripper CPUs are pushing the limits of all types of cooling systems in ways that we haven't never seen before so what's the ultimate cooler for the ultimate CPU we have the answer the white dark bass pro 900 from be quiet features a modular design to support a variety of layouts and configurations check it out at the link below we'll be testing six coolers that on previous platforms have delivered comparable results three air and three liquid four water coolers MD helpfully provided an ASA tech compatible TR for mount in the CPU box so we're able to use our existing stable of compatible course our H series a iOS which is cool because that means so can you we've got 120 millimeter 240 millimeter and 280 millimeter radiator versions with all of them featuring the same ASA tech design CPU block and in the H 115 eyes case a slightly more powerful pump in a stroke of either luck or AMD foresight the blocks are just big enough that even though the heat spreader sticks out the heat producing die area for thread Ripper is covered so while these are mainly meant for more square cpus we have no reason to believe that you should worry about it as for our air coolers well due to their wildly varying shapes and mounting mechanisms not many of them have been retrofitted with support for socket tr4 yet which is where naktu as new line-up comes in they're visually and for the most part functionally identical to their non tr4 cousins but when you turn them over you are immediately greeted with plates big and shiny enough to host a fancy dinner party this huge mount is common on each of them right down to the 92 millimeter Nhu 9 because Noctua decided to bake in support for AMD's on socket mounting points a good idea because well let's just say that taking this apart isn't a good idea now to testing while our old standard death version of this video discussed performance with different and configurations inside a case our video today will focus on the temperature differences between the coolers themselves right out of the box so it should then be noted that you could get slightly better performance out of these AI OS by adding more fans in a push-pull configuration and the same can be said of the two tower coolers another trick up our sleeve this time around is that we're going to be running our thread Ripper nineteen fifty X in both stock and overclocked configurations furthermore this time we are in a climate controlled twenty four degrees Celsius environment not my garage during the winter so our results should be more comparable to what you can achieve at home but enough talk let's do the results starting off then with our H Adi GT and Noctua n hu nine we're seeing some pretty ok numbers for stock performance with similar low temperatures and package power overclocked on the other hand shows again similar numbers but markedly lower package power for the H Adi GT meaning that it's throttling more to maintain that same 87 degrees so in the lightweight category air cooling comes away with a clear victory the next step up is the NH u 12 s and H 100 IV two and again we see almost identical numbers between these guys at stock speeds looking now at the overclocking results we've got a much narrower lead for the Noctua fan over the corsair AIO as far as package power goes meaning that they've throttled just about evenly so we're gonna call this one a tie bringing us to the main event the Nhu 14 s weather versus the h 115 i've rhaegar both of them lasted all 12 rounds maintaining maximum performance in both the stock and overclocked tests and this is incredible considering we've got all 16 cores pinned to 3.9 gigahertz but this kind of a match isn't about pinning and the knock - I ran a few degrees cooler so we have to award it the win by technical knockout of course performance is only part of the equation aesthetics and physical compatibility are key considerations as well water coolers do come with an additional mechanical point of failure the pump but they look sexy and it's becoming more and more common for small form-factor cases to have mounts for 120 or 240 millimeter radiators but not enough clearance for comparable air coolers and it's also worth considering that large AIO coolers like the h 115 i are generally far easier to work around inside a chassis than a larger air cooler especially where ram slots are concerned with that said price is kind of a big deal - and not too as solutions even though they're not the cheapest air coolers out there generally come out ahead of the water cooling equivalents by a significant margin here so TL DR then if you're not planning on overclocking thread ripper it's actually a relatively easy beast to tame but overclock it and you'll need to set aside some budget for a beefy cooler also if your priority is performance you'll reach for an air cooler or custom water cooling but water cooling is a great choice if a more compact easy to work in and subjectively better-looking machine is what you're after so then as always the answer is it depends if you haven't already now's the time to try out Dollar Shave Club it's more than just razors Dollar Shave Club makes it easy for you to upgrade your shave and your bathroom you don't even have to leave the house to get high-quality shaving and grooming products they deliver them right to your door and for a limited time Dollar Shave Club is basically giving away their shower shave starter step to new members for only 5 bucks this starter set features their executive razor and three trial size versions of their most popular products to help you stay fresh and clean everywhere you get their shave butter body wash and one wipe Charlies butt wipes you will also get the executive razor which includes their premium weighty handle and a full cassette of cartridges then after the first box replacement cartridges are just a few bucks a month so head over to dollarshaveclub.com slash Lynas to check it out so thanks for watching guys if you dislike this video you can hit that button but if you liked it hit the like button get subscribed maybe consider checking out where to buy the stuff we featured at the link in the video description also down there is a link to our community forum which you should totally join and our merch store which has cool shirts like this one