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[joebangles]

I was looking at this AMD page regarding ryzen thermal solutions:

https://www.amd.com/en/processors/ryzen-thermal-solutions

At least on this page, AMD makes it obvious which ones can handle the 170 Watt power draw of the high-end Ryzen 7000 series... but if you go to the manufacturer's pages almost zero claims are made regarding thermal cooling capacity!?

Did I miss some kind of lawsuit against a cooler manufacturer for making false claims that's made everyone "thermal capacity shy" or something?

it makes it hard to evaluate whether you should consider a 2-fan vs a 3-fan unit and it might be fairly important for one of these processors (assuming the day arrives when I'm willing to upgrade to AM5 -- it will probably happen before AM6 comes along!)

So AMD is willing to point out which cooling solutions it considers will work, but it also doesn't post any numbers regarding actual performance -- it just draws a line and says use these for 170W, and these others will work for 105 W and below

[Axxemann]

Simple answer: get the biggest AIO you can stuff in your case, or go custom loop with multiple rads.

And fans. LOTS AND LOTS OF FANS.

[Petercastillo]

The thermal design power (TDP), sometimes called thermal design point, is the maximum amount of heat generated by a computer chip or component. A lower thermal design power generally results in lower power consumption, which means greater battery life.  MyCCPay Login

[elstaci · Accepted solution]

Most CPU Cooler Support sites has a Compatibility Chart that shows  which of their CPU Coolers are compatible with various processors.

Coolermaster has such a chart. This tech site has a copy of the PDF which you can download from CoolerMaster website: https://landing.coolermaster.com/faq/cooler-tdp-and-socket-compatibility-list/

Just go to the CPU Cooler manufacturer's Support site and find the applicable chart.

Plus many of the Retailer's ads about the CPU Coolers sometimes does state the TDP ratings which is very helpful.