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PaperclipPerfector  1d ago (text post)   1085 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for December 20, 2024

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My biggest regret with my last build (besides choosing Intel and getting a sure-to-die 13900k which I'm loathe to RMA which would strand me without a desktop for 2+ weeks) was opting for air cooling. I've used Noctua fans for a decade now, they've always done well by me. The first (and last) time I tried an AiO water cooler was in 2013 and it was so terrible I wrote them all off entirely. Pump headers weren't standard on motherboards back then and I remember absolutely hating Corsair's software that was mandatory to keep running 24/7. (I'm not sure if I could've "just" pegged CPU_FAN1 to 100% in the BIOS and things would've worked; probably should've tested it.)

Anyway, despite having a case designed for maximum airflow and a huge Noctua fan, my 13900k will thermal throttle instantly if I run any benchmarks. Though it's fine in daily use and I haven't seen it exceed 80 while gaming, it is the principle of the matter... also the Noctua fan is so large I need to take the whole assembly off if I want to swap out RAM or m2s, which is rather annoying. Apparently AiOs have gotten better lately, so I'll give them another shot for my next build. Or just go whole hog with a custom loop, it doesn't look that hard.

Heh. I wouldn't touch Intel with a bargepole at this point, and I assume you will surely pick AMD next time. The whole "RMA/stranded with no desktop PC" issue is why I'm keeping my old system instead of selling it. Wouldn't get more than five or six hundred for it anyway. Always safer to have a backup option.

Custom loop sounds like fun. I might try that next time around. It seems like if you want a much quieter build overall under gaming load you need to liquid cool the GPU as well.

I wouldn't touch Intel with a bargepole at this point, and I assume you will surely pick AMD next time.

Can you elaborate? Last I checked (year ago maybe), intel still seemed to be the choice for power, with AMD really only preferable for budget / green builds. You make it sound like there’s no contest anymore - was I mistaken before / did something go wrong at intel / did AMD put out new cpus?

Intel has had a problem with chips that damaged themselves because they weren't properly signaling power draw to the motherboard. They put out a microcode update to fix it, but the processors which were damaged can't be fixed. This has damaged Intel's reputation in the eyes of a lot of people who got burned by this bug.

Ah yes, this generation’s “Pentium bug.”

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