AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series HEDT CPUs, codenamed Shimada Peak, are currently the chipmaker’s fastest processors on the market, with the 9995WX sitting pretty on the pedestal. The problem is, none of these components ship out with their own coolers, meaning TechTubers such as Geekerwan are left to their own maniacal devices.
In his video, Geekerwan decided to take a BMW M4 radiator and transform it into an AIO cooler for the 9995WX for his PC. As a quick primer, the 9995WX is a 96-core, 192-thread CPU, with an Infinity Cache of 384MB and a boost clock of 5.4GHz, assuming proper cooling is applied for the latter. And while the component requires 350W alone, overclocking it and cranking up the settings can quickly see the entire system consuming 1,000W, easy.
To dissipate the heat from the M4 radiator, Geekerwan also used the pump that came with it. A pump that, by the by, is capable of pushing 1,200 litres per hour, or 20 litres per second. To keep it nice and cool, the fans were taken from a Highlander 4×4. These fans measure 30cm in diameter – a typical PC fan is 12cm – and each fan requires 100W to run.
Despite their efforts, though, Geekerwan’s results were not as expected. To be clear, the entire cooling solution was functioning; it was the interface between the CPU cores and the AIO system that was the issue. The custom AIO reportedly couldn’t get the heat away from the cores fast enough, leaving the 9995WX stuck running all its cores at 4.9GHz, failing to break past the 5GHz mark. On top of that, the radiator was “still cold” during Geekerwan’s testing.
Ultimately, Geekerwan goes on for the remainder of his video to inform viewers and people with loads of disposable income that, in the case of gaming, they’re better off getting a Ryzen 9 9950X, if the top of the line in the consumer PC segment is all they really want. On another and somewhat related note, they also point out that that liquid nitrogen, or LN2, is still the most “efficient” way to cool down high-octance CPUs like the 9995WX, as evidenced by Hideo Kojima’s Chinese doppleganger, Uncle Tony.
(Source: Tom’s Hardware, Geekerwan via YouTube)
