Re: [gentoo-user] Graphics configuration for a Ryzen 7 7700X chip and water cooling.

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

ralfconn wrote:
> Il 15/05/24 16:23, Alan Mackenzie ha scritto:
>> As a somewhat tangential question, would it be worthwhile getting water
>> cooling in my new machine?  In particular, to reduce the noise it gives
>> off while building large packages such as clang and rust?  Or is water
>> cooling only sensible for really heavy users such as gamers?
>>
> For a Ryzen 9 5900X (105W TDP) here I use a Noctua CPU cooler NH-U12A
> PWM plus a Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM on the case, a pretty expensive
> solution and probably an overkill since even while building for Gentoo
> @24 threads the noise is audible but a LOT less than the old FX-8350
> (125W TDP) with the stock Wraith cooler. During normal work it's
> almost inaudibile. I don't play games.
>
> raf

Question.  How are the compiles times between the old FX-8350 and the
newer Ryzen 9?  I currently have a FX-8350.  Plan to build to a new
Ryzen something, maybe 5 at first.  Just curious what difference in
speed you see. 

Thanks.

Dale

:-)  :-)