i5-9600KF Cooling Recommendation

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Boris_yo

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Hello,

I am assembling new PC.

I have a choice between i5-9600 Tray (does not come in a box and without, just a CPU, no stock cooler) and AMD Ryzen 5 3600 boxed. There is a $20 difference between them so I am more likely to go with i5-9600KF but since it requires cooler, I will pay a bit more in the end than Ryzen 5 3600 (I am estimating $20 - $30 more but depends on a cooler/AIO) but at least I will have gaming CPU.

Should I get normal cooler for this CPU or I should get AIO? I heard i5-9600KF produces more heat than AMD Ryzen 5 3600, will I be better with AIO cooling? Can anyone recommend both normal cooler and AIO for this CPU that will be optimal for my system?

Here is a partial list of specifications of my system:

CPU: i5-9600KF
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 Aorus Elite
RAM: Corsair LPX Venegeance 8GBx2 3200MHz
Power Supply: Gigabyte 750W PFC
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 XC Gaming Black
 
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~$40 Thermalright True Spirit 140 Direct
~$50 Thermalright True Spirit 140 Power (it is very tall and doesn't fit in a lot of cases)
~$50 Scythe Mugen 5 Rev. B
~$60 Scythe Ninja 5
~$80 Thermalright Le Grand Macho RT
~$100 Noctua NH-D15

All of these should be within 3-4C.

AIO cooling is mostly for looks. The temps are similar to air and the cost is usually higher.

I'm not sure what happened with ThermalRight. They were the go to best air coolers for many years, they were available everywhere. Now it seems like you can only get them from a single 3rd party seller on Amazon and Newegg. Now Noctua has taken over.
 
Dermen said:
~$40 Thermalright True Spirit 140 Direct
~$50 Thermalright True Spirit 140 Power (it is very tall and doesn't fit in a lot of cases)
~$50 Scythe Mugen 5 Rev. B
~$60 Scythe Ninja 5
~$80 Thermalright Le Grand Macho RT
~$100 Noctua NH-D15

All of these should be within 3-4C.

AIO cooling is mostly for looks. The temps are similar to air and the cost is usually higher.

I'm not sure what happened with ThermalRight. They were the go to best air coolers for many years, they were available everywhere. Now it seems like you can only get them from a single 3rd party seller on Amazon and Newegg. Now Noctua has taken over.
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Those are all good choices. The reason I'm on an AIO now is because it's easier to swap parts around. It's a PITA when you have to remove a large dual tower cooler in a smaller case.
 
It’s a pain when your u14s blocks a slot you could use, m.2 slot, butts up against your gpu, etc.
Also I could get my 2600 to sit all day at 4.2ghz with an h115i, but not with air.
 
I have a True Spirit 140 Power and Le Grand Macho RT. Both coolers are fantastic. TS140P is tall, check your case. I would skip the direct. I don't have much good to say about Noctua, which goes against popular opinion. Scythe is good too but haven’t used them.
 
Boris_yo said:
Should I get normal cooler for this CPU or I should get AIO? I heard i5-9600KF produces more heat than AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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Neither of these are challenging CPUs to cool. Any decent tower or AIO will get the job done.

IMO, what you're deciding between is first acoustics and second ergonomics. For acoustics the Noctua towers are hard to be as fire-and-forget solutions.
 
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