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Is a 120mm AIO sufficient for keeping a i9 12900k cool and performing optimally? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey y’all. Recently got a 12900k and was just wondering how important it is to upgrade my AIO to something bigger. Just trying to avoid “cooking it” overnight.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

yes, 120mm aio is pretty much the same as an dual tower air cooler. I used an 120mm aio on both an 12700k and 12900k as I only had one 360 aio so one of those had to use the 120 aio and it was doing okey job.

I see that people are trying to scare u off, if you have the 120mm aio just use it. it will be more than okey for 99% of your usecase/workload. just as bigger aios and big aircoolers it will be super hot when U load all the cores up like in an tile based renderer but for gaming and desktop use, no probs at all.