StoleMyOwnCar
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My only issue so far, with my second try of Zen 4:
The thickness of the IHS greatly nullifies the fact that they use less power, as far as cooling is concerned. 7800X3D can often use about half the power of a 13600k in gaming, but the noise generated by the same exact heatsink and fan, is about the same.
Here's someone that did the math on that:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/xxcej4/proof_ryzen_7000_series_ihs_is_not_too_thick/
According to them it's not much of a difference even if they had a thinner IHS. While some people replied with "Yeah but delidding dropped temps by 20C!", someone in the thread correctly noted that delidding is a lot different from having just a thinner IHS vs a thicker one. The biggest difference seems to be if it's there at all. Direct die cooling is a different beast. I'm kind of surprised you're having any loudness with your 7800X3D's cooler. I'm using a Noctua U14S, which only has a single fan and I can only hear the thing if I'm doing a benchmark. Even then it's not exactly pronounced. Less watts is less watts. It's less energy to dissipate, so you don't need as large of a cooler, even if that cooler is being less efficient due to the IHS.
That said, I can think of another big issue with AM5, as I noted in another topic:
https://hardforum.com/threads/is-it...utter-on-games.2030731/page-2#post-1045777822
IMO, the barrier of entry into AM5 is actually surprisingly high, considering the minimum CPU you can get is the 7600, which is ~$200 minimum. Intel meanwhile has some lower tier DDR5 motherboards and CPUs that will run a lot cheaper and be just fine for budget gaming. Until AMD makes a 7600X3D and/or 7500(X), I think this is gonna be an issue.