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Yeah, not sure I'd be comfortable with this "fix" personally.

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[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Oversized coolers. I built a PC in 2017 and put a 120x360 AIO cooler in it, at full load and the fans going full speed the CPU sits at 65-70c.

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I built a PC in 2017

So you're not trying to chill a modern CPU then?

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago

My latest build is a 9800x3d, and like fuckwit said, it's pretty easy to keep cool, even at full load.

I have a 9800x3d and with an NH-D15 g2 cooler it peaks in temp in like the low 80s. At work we have two 9950x3d machines with 120mm coolers and I dont think those even hit 80c under load. Most of the time they're in the 60s unless you're going balls out to stress test them.