Although there are hundreds of different CPU coolers on the market today, ranging from basic “towers” to powerful coolers for hundreds of dollars, enthusiasts from all over the world continue to experiment in this direction. And quite recently, a user under the nickname That-Desktop-User posted a rather interesting post on the Reddit forum about how he was able to replace his processor air cooling system with a conventional copper cylinder weighing 3.6 kilograms, while getting a fairly decent temperature as in mode idle and under load in stress tests.
In his publication, the user stated that he used a copper cylinder to cool the 9th generation Intel Core i9 processor, that is, we are talking about the Intel Core i9-9900K or Intel Core i9-9900KF model – in technical terms (except for the lack of integrated graphics at the second chip) they do not differ. In idle mode, when the computer is just turned on, but does not perform any tasks, the temperature with this cooling system was 35 C, which is more than worthy – working with some more standard coolers, the same processor can demonstrate 34-38 C in the same idle mode.
Under load, the processor showed a temperature of 80 C, which is more than a decent result for a chip with 8 cores and 16 threads. It is also worth noting that the user did not demonstrate the settings of the chip itself, so there is no information on what clock frequencies the stress test is carried out at. The base frequency of the processor is 3.6 GHz, but under load in Turbo Boost mode, the frequency rises to 5.0 GHz – until recently, this was a very high clock speed for processors. And, of course, it is worth clarifying that the processor that took part in the experiment has a maximum temperature of 100 C, that is, the enthusiast has another 20 C in reserve.
At the same time, the user stated that the copper cylinder of impressive weight is already ready for a further upgrade – the enthusiast cut holes in it for connection to a custom liquid cooling system. Probably, if such a “tower” is included in the LSS circuit, the temperature on the processor will be even lower. The only disadvantage of this solution is that the cylinder must be installed strictly vertically, otherwise it will easily break the motherboard under a weight of almost 4 kilograms. However, this is not such a problem – many overclockers use their PCs installed on the side panel.
Source: Trash Box
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