Mar 2024 - 16 min readI recently upgraded from a Ryzen 3700X to a 5959X. Double the cores, and nearly double the potential heat output. I didn’t upgrade my cooling solution, a 240mm Kraken X53 AIO liquid cooler.Doing any real work with the 5950X made my PC significantly louder, and worse yet the fans were now spinning up and down suddenly and erratically.1The reason for this is the radiator fans are controlled based on the CPU temperature, which quickly ramps up and down itself. This is the only...