Paired with a Noctua NH-D15 Chromax Heatsink and dual fans, on an ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus with 64 GB G.Skill Trident RGB memory and an ASUS TUF RTX 3090 OC 24GB. MSFS 2020 runs smooth as silk and great video on ASUS TUF Gaming VG27 AQ monitor. Core Temp V. 1.17.1 is registering 80 C when flying. How much would liquid cooling help and what cooler(s), if any, would you recommend? Current config.
I have a 5800x, albeit less cores, I have a arctic liquid freezer 240 with 4 fans in push pull config at front of case, another fan on side of case as an intake and three fans exhausting one at the back and two on top.
I build my system in a Lian Li OXL with 10 case fans running at max rpm. 6 of them as intake, 4 of them as exhaust.
This gives the case a nice over pressure as well, this way preventing dust to get in.
I use a similar cooler with two fans and two sinks by bequiet. Should be enough. Before I bought it I read a review where they tested it against a midrange watercooling system, and they were comparable.
Also what I noticed a month ago, I was flying with lots of cloud coverage during sunset with live weather. I noticed my temperature rose gradually to 75C. But that happened two patches ago.
But yeah, depending on where you fly could have an impact on cpu utilization thus a rise in temperature.