Like many Threadripper builders, I went with a Enermax TR4 to cool this chip, and it was part of the initial build. However, after Laura started having some freezes and slowdowns on her system, I took a closer look and noticed we were hitting 70-73C under load. While I know Threadripper can displace some heat for sure, this seemed excessive to me. Soon after I started that however, the first videos started to hit detailing the corrosion problems. I didn't feel like taking the cooler apart, and thinking it was probably the culprit (and if it wasn't, was going to fail anyways), opted to replace it with a beQuiet Dark Rock Pro.

Of course, the 1900X I originally built it with is pretty dated compared to the chips available today, and given that she's been doing encoding jobs more, I wanted to throw more threads in there. So I took the opportunity to throw in a 2950X. And since the front radiator was now gone, I installed a pair of 140mm Silent Wings 3 fans to pull air through the front.

With the chip upgrade, along with new BIOS and chipset drivers (don't forget those!), and a cooler I'm confidant in, it's benching far better now. I'll take better temperature measurements once the thermal paste has cured a bit, and we'll compare to see if those temperatures have come down. But so far with them holding in the mid 60s, I'd say this has been a success.