For anyone still looking for suitable cooling for an overclocked or otherwise heavily loaded AM5 system: we have tested six CPU water blocks on a Ryzen 9 9950X.
The comparison includes the new Watercool Heatkiller V Ultra and Thermal Grizzly Delta Mate MPII, alongside:
- Aquacomputer Kryos Next
- Asus Ryujin III WB
- Alphacool Apex 1
- Watercool Heatkiller IV Pro
The results should be useful if you are trying to decide between maximum cooling performance, low restriction and sensible pricing. They also show whether newer and much more expensive designs actually provide a meaningful advantage over established blocks.
I do not want to spoil the ranking, but the most expensive model was not automatically the strongest choice.
– Jacky