13 water cooling blocks in the PCGHX test: what cools a Ryzen 5 5600X best?
Community member Lios Nudin posted a performance comparison of 13 water coolers on the PCGHX forums. A Ryzen 5 5600X, which was loaded with Prime95, served as the heat source. Even the lack of native support for mounting on a Socket AM4 motherboard didn’t stop the community member from testing.
The Ryzen 5 5600X used by the water cooling tester Lios Nudin has (like other Ryzen processors) an asymmetrical structure. This is due to the fact that the computing units and the I/O functions are in separate silicon dies under the heat spreader. The side with the CPU cores heats up accordingly. Water cooling blocks, which are primarily designed for centrally released waste heat, therefore have a disadvantage, at least in theory. For the test, Lios Nudin ran the CPU at 115 watts PPT. A triple radiator cooled the test circuit without an additional heat source, and the community member states the flow rate as 100 l/h.
The community member tested a total of 13 water cooling blocks (2× Anfi-tec, 6× Aqua Computer, 2× EKWB, 1× Liquid Extasy, 2× Watercool), including the Anfi-tec Soleil, although this water cooling block is not actually for pedestals -AM4 systems is suitable, since no mounting material is available for this. However, Lios Nudin was able to use the product with the Ryzen 5 5600X due to a bracket made by @Tzk (in exchange with Martin Beck from Anfi-tec). For a more detailed insight into the test setup, the water coolers used and the exact test results, we recommend taking a look at the PCGHX forum. There, Lios Nudin attached his report to a thread started by McZonk about old Aqua Computer cooling blocks: [Usertest] [Nostalgie] The Aqua Computer CuPlex evolution – 20 years of compatibility tested with Ryzen 7 5800X on socket AM4.
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