CPU Cooler Upgrade questions and recommendations

[gendrake61]

hi , i've contacted a local pc repair place about upgrading my stock cooler on my pc to a low profile heat pipe based cpu cooler that will improve the cooling and they told me they had this https://www.thermalright.com/product/si-100/ but he doesn't know if it will fit in an oem case as i need to know the measurements of the case, whether it will be compatible to fit in the am4 socket without any issues such as not fitting due to the ram cards etc getting in the way, etc and more than likely ill have to buy one that fits online, i do know that the cpu is 65 watts TPD and that the new cooler needs  a minimum of 150 watts TPD or higher to cool properly, i also know it needs to fit in my small form factor oem case.

can anyone help me with this?

[NonSequitur777]

@gendrake61,

Welcome to our HP Community forum!

Please watch this YouTube instructional video and if you have any additional questions, let me know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5RUVrYV0Z8&ab_channel=TechNitWit.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[gendrake61]

what does this mean?

will this be good past 4.4 ghz turbo for regular fluctuations between the base 3.8 ghz up to 4.4 ghz, or should i find a different brand of low profile 65mm cpu cooler? my cpu has almost never fluctuated past 4.2 ghz and when it does, it's only for 1-3 seconds. i don't plan on stress testing and use it for a gaming pc and regular pc which uses the hp radeon rx 5500 mostly when playing games as far as i'm aware.

[NonSequitur777]

@gendrake61,

Well, it means exactly what it says: "low turbo/overclocking headroom".

What I would do, is experimenting with the AMD Ryzen Master software: https://www.amd.com/en/products/software/ryzen-master.html, and see what works for you without your Ryzen 5 5600G becoming unstable and/or heating up too much.

One thing: the advertised boost clock only applies to a single core.

Same thing happens on the Intel chips: the more cores/threads are active at a time, the lower the boost clock.

So, as a general rule of thumb (without overclocking) if a single active core does up to 4.40 GHz, then 2 active is up to 4.30 GHz, 3 active is up to 4.20 GHz, and 4 active is up to 4.10 GHz.  This may not be exactly like this, but you should get the idea.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[gendrake61]

i never use the overclocking/turbo software, what i was asking is, is this going to be a problem in general use and gaming or does that info on the site only apply if overclocking.

[NonSequitur777 · Accepted solution]

@gendrake61,

For general use you should be A-OK.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777