Deepcool is one of the few brands that make some (if not all) of their AIOs. But like you said, AIO and air cooler are different.
Heat sinks are kind of hard to screw up - that said I have a lot of Deepcool products already without issue.
This specific model got some heat for āfalse advertisingā on some gimmick, but beyond that it performs well across multiple reviews.
The Deepcool Assassin III came in, and while I am planning to use it on my 5800x, I figured Iād give it a whirl on my 8700k for now to see any differences.
Hereās some photos of it compared to the existing Cryorig H7 Quad Lumi. The Quad Lumi heatsink is 713g. The Deepcool Assassin III is 1464g:
https://i.imgur.com/R9Hng42.jpg
And inside the Corsair 275R Airflow:
https://i.imgur.com/semY7Vr.jpg
It was quite a tight fit. Using Corsair Vengeance LPX, the fan is as low as it can go and is almost touching the case. The case states it can fit up to 170mm, and the cooler states it is 165mm. Additional height is needed for RAM clearance on the second fan.
Not quite as pretty
https://i.imgur.com/zUEHYtL.jpg
Cinebench R23 went from max around 84c on the H7QL down to 71c on the DA3, single run.
10 minutes of ASUS Realbench went from 95c max on the H7QL to 77c max on the DA3.
https://i.imgur.com/AbjPYJf.jpg
This thing is also incredibly quiet and was quite easy to install compared to the Cryorig H7 Quad Lumi.
A+ Deepcool. A+.
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Upgrade the thermal paste and exhaust fan. It will do better.
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Nice, Iām just using what it came with for this test. Iāll pick up something better. What was your recommendations again?
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Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme or Kingpin KPx. Noctua 2000rpm fans, Scythe Gentle Typhoon with manual fan curve. Gentle Typhoon can get very noisy for automatic.
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I donāt know that Iāll be changing the case fans at this point in this case, but Iāll likely get a new one with different fans later.
I will say that I am not really that happy with the 275r airflow.
In order to clean the front filter, you need to remove the front panel, which attaches with tension pins.
I end up having to clean out my case and filter once a month (pets, etc) and itās only a matter of time until the front panel pins just break.
I think this should have been thought out a little better to either allow front filter access without the need to remove the front panel, or make the front panel removal less risky for failure.
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Nevermind. I saw you got 2 more exhaust. Should be maxed out with what you have.
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Thanks for the tips.
Iāll order some of that kryonaut.
Iām also going to try to reject the 5800xā¦if I can get a refund Iāll either wait for a 5900x or see what happens with intel.
I think I want a bigger boost over my 8700k.
Iām so wishy washy
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hyper 212.
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1-2% gaming performance isnāt worth it. Unless you are working heavy stuffs with it. 5900X will need better cooling as well.
I have heard that the 5900x is easier to cool that the 5800x because itās less thermal density because it has two CCDs.
I just donāt even know these days
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Depends on workload.
Here, my 5900X temp with Arctic Cooling Liquid Freezer II 360, Fractal Design Define S2 Vision RGB at 27C ambient. WoW, watching 1080p video and web browsing.
https://imgur.com/52pahVz
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Decided to give 5.1ghz a shotā¦at 1.395v. -0 AVX offset, middle LLC setting.
Got 10 minutes into the ASUS Realbench test, and I got 1 WHEA error so I stopped.
Bumped up to 1.4v and tried again.
Scored 10550/1368 on CBR23, and topped out at 79c.
15 minute ASUS Realbench maxed out at 82c on the chip, 86c on the motherboard VRM, and 0 WHEA errors.
I am running the 1 hour Realbench testā¦and then gonna run some games on it. If itās stable, lolā¦this is an interesting development.
EDIT: while Iām waiting to finish the test, compared to a stock 5600x, Iām only about 15% behind. Not bad for a product going on 4 years old.
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check out the front page article on tech spot today, while not necessarily applicant to WoW just shows how GPU bound many games today really are and how you need a flagship GPU just to show the difference between between a stock 8700k and stock 5600x at 1080p ultra.
For this one we want to see how the Ryzen 5 1600X, 2600X, 3600X and 5600X compare in half a dozen games using the GeForce RTX 3090, RTX 3070, Radeon RX 5700 XT and 5600 XT, using both the ultra and medium quality presets at 1080p, 1440p and 4K.
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I saw the video version of that the other day - it reinforces my existing opinion at least regarding these types of games.
Given thereās only a 6% difference at 1440p ultra between a 5600x and a 3600xā¦on a 3090ā¦and given a 5.1ghz 8700k is at least 6% faster than a 3600x at gamingā¦yeah probably in these types of games on a 3080 there wonāt be any difference.
One thing to consider though is that a lot of these reviewers focus specifically on AAA or esports titles and rarely ever on MMOs. And those that do, they tend to do very simple tests such as built in benchmarks (FF14) or flight paths.
I do think that although in these types of tests, older CPUs fare very well, the deficits in IPC show up in MMO type games much more apparently.
Although even if we are going with a 15-20% difference, thatās still only the difference between 60fps minimums vs 69-72 fps minimums if weāre using 60fps as the starting point in some kind of densely populated raid.
Come join the AIO sideā¦I gave inā¦ Look how beautiful this EK AIO is.
https://i.imgur.com/ivF6EvS.jpg
Coming from these 2 babies.
https://i.imgur.com/cENbGQu.jpg
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Looks pretty nice man
been awhile since I personally used an AIO. Almost 10c cooler than the Noctua C14 and Dark Rock Tf under realbench w/ the 10850k.
Though have you taken a look at MC Tustinās page lately? 10700k for $280 and 10850k for $350.
Thatās a steal. Wish I had one nearby