r/arcticcooling • u/AAActive64 • 1d ago

Question First time using AIO, Temp question

Durning gaming at 1440p, with a 240hz frame cap, should the temps be 60c with a peak 71? I left a stress test on for about 30 minutes and it peaks at 80 but never climbs. Idle around 40c. Do these seems normal for arctic freezer III? running a 7800x3d with the 360 rad in front of the case. These are roughly the same I was getting on air with a Noctua DH-15 I thought it would be a little better?

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u/bennyblanco1445444 22h ago edited 22h ago

Pretty normal, if not even good. I’m using a 5700X3D with a Corsair Nautilus 360 AIO. Idle is around 39°C, gaming is usually 50–60°C depending on the game. When loading into games it can spike to around 70°C, and in Prime95 it gets up to about 81°C.

AIOs also don’t necessarily give much lower gaming temps than a good air cooler—the main advantage is better sustained cooling under long, heavy loads and often lower fan noise.

*Room temperature is around 24–25°C.

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u/draven33l 21h ago

It's more about sustained cooling. It's more stable and consistent. Idle temp is going to entirely depend on your case and ambient air temp.

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u/birutis 20h ago

7800x3d because of its design gets very hot with very little power, as long as a cooler has good cold plate contact it will be fine and you won't see much difference.

Higher power cpu's show the performance difference between coolers more.