Im still thinking about switching to Intel and obviously every single review mentions how hot this CPU can get. Thing is: This is mostly at STOCK SETTINGS and in BENCHMARKS. How about real world usage? Can anyone share his experience with this CPU and with reasonable powerlimits/undervolting? Im also planning to use my aircooler, a Noctua u12A. My goal is to keep the PC quiet, would this be possible with aircooling and a bit of fiddling in BIOS? Im cool as long as I could keep the RPM under 1000 much like I do right now on my Ryzen CPU.
The u12a isn’t a top tier cooler but it’s also true that if you mostly game the CPU will see relatively low usage. And with undervolting you can gain a lot in efficiency without sacrificing too much performance. All core workloads could suffer a bit more though.
If you think it’s the right CPU for you I’d say go for it and don’t worry too much.