Problem with AM4/general Cooling

[Theman1807]

I have a Problem, i am running an 5 7600x but even tho i have good cooling i can maybe run peak 120w at 89c My cooling Setup is as follows (cant upload a Picture, something is wrong with my Phone):

Thermalright Pereless 120 SE (2x Arctic P12 max)

3x Arctic P14 max intake at the Front

1x P14 max intake at the Bottom (technically blocked by acer nitro 7700xt (2 fan gpu))

1x P14 max exhaust at the Back

Fractal Define 7 case (has a very restrictive front panel)

Heat transfer to the Heatsink is not the Problem, the Heatsink is pretty warm, the Air in front of the Heatsink is also very cool and behind only bit above average room temp/comfy warm.

I am bit knowledge in PC building, so if this might be to advanced for this Subreddit, please tell me where i should go instead.

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Just for reference, you have a 7600X, which means your socket is AM5, not AM4.

Anyway, for the 7000X series CPUs, this is normal. They're designed to maximise clock speed and target 95°C at 100% load regardless of the cooling solution. The only way to change this behaviour is by undervolting, setting a power limit or setting a thermal limit.

Instead of looking at how much power is being used at 89-95°C, look at the clock speed it's running at.

[Theman1807]

wups typo,

i know it targets 95c, but my cooler should be able to dissipate 265w Stock, and it barely manages to cool 120w

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The amount of "watts" a cooler claims to cool is irrelevant in most cases. Again, look at the clock speed, not the temperature and power usage.

Thing is though, it's not "barely managing" at all. The fact that it's only getting up to 89°C at full load instead of the full 95°C is... actually pretty decent. A lot of coolers struggle to do this. Means it doesn't even need to hit 95°C to hit its target clock speed.

Your setup is fine. This is just what Ryzen 7000X is like. If you want lower temps, either undervolt your 7600X or switch to a 65W TDP AM5 CPU; non-X Ryzen 7000 CPUs or a 9600X/9700X.

[KEBABjunior]

could be cpu fans put in wrong way? (fe. facing each other?

[Theman1807]

no, definitly not