Just got the micro center bundle and wondering what some of you use for your 12900k’s or what keeps yours the coolest!

TIA

  • DrakeShadowBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    If you get an AIO get an Arctic Liquid Freezer II. You can honestly use a 280mm if you can’t use a 360mm. Just don’t use a 240mm.

  • RatiofarmingBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Anything from a 120mm tower cooler will give you most of the performance. Aio-coolers are probably your best choice if you want the reasonable maximum.

    • FromarineBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      What is this linus tech tips ass advice? They bought an i9 and are specifically looking for good suggestions for a reason

  • BarrdidnothingwrongBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    All depends in use case, if you are doing lots of cpu intensive work, get an serious aio.

    If you are mainly doing just gaming and lighter workloads, a nice air cooler or smaller AiO should be fine.

  • CevapBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    So I just got mine recently, tried to use my old 240 AIO and was able to fit it all. Had to under volt but would still creep up to 90s in intense Games. Decided to get a 360 AIO and haven’t went overs 70 in the same intense applications. Could be a combination of seating pump (I suspected bit of pump failure too). But I definitely recommend a 360 AIO and case with sufficient cooling. Temps are amazing now