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https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Liqui...79259&t
I was looking for 240 mm AIO.
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Both have same price from EVGA website also.
Got this last month for 35 or something like that. It's a nice piece
In terms of water cooling... thicker is better.
Noctua D15 is plenty to keep my 5950x OC'd to 4.5GHzall-core 5GHzsingle cool while whisper quiet. I can keep the delta over 10C away from thermal throttle under full sustained load with a custom fan curve while also dropping the fans to an inaudible 300rpm at idle. What more could you want?
So if a $100 D15 can currently handle an OC'd 16-core top-end cpu, why ever futz around with AIO coolers, which are riskier, louder (esp. closer to idle when you can hear the pump chatter), generally more expensive, and have pumps with comparably finite life spans?
Unless you have some sort of explicit, enumerable reason (e.g. are going for an OC record w/ a custom loop, or value aesthetics above function, or are trying to make up for poor case airflow/design, or NEEEEEEED those last 3 degrees or whatever weak nonsense a 360AIO will provide over a good aircooler, etc.) then my recommendation is def quality air cooler any day of the week.
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As a bonus, chipset, VRM, ram temperatures, etc. usually bench lower with an air cooler than an AIO. Generally speaking, everything on the motherboard immediately around the CPU socket gets more passive airflow with an air cooler.
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None of my cases can hold the 360mm
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The pumps are the same as any other Asetek OEM AIOs, but the fans need a lot of voltage to keep them running. I have to get a third-party software installed to keep it quiet (FanExpert) during idle. That can be a temporary solution but make sure you have another $30 budgeted for Corsair ML140 fans or anything quieter soon.
I thought the reviews were overstating the annoying loudness, especially since I'm not that picky about fan noise. I had it for two days and spent another $40 on better fans. EVGA really dropped the ball on the fans on these.
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Noctua D15 is plenty to keep my 5950x OC'd to 4.5GHzall-core 5GHzsingle cool while whisper quiet. I can keep the delta over 10C away from thermal throttle under full sustained load with a custom fan curve while also dropping the fans to an inaudible 300rpm at idle. What more could you want?
So if a $100 D15 can currently handle an OC'd 16-core top-end cpu, why ever futz around with AIO coolers, which are riskier, louder (esp. closer to idle when you can hear the pump chatter), generally more expensive, and have pumps with comparably finite life spans?
Unless you have some sort of explicit, enumerable reason (e.g. are going for an OC record w/ a custom loop, or value aesthetics above function, or are trying to make up for poor case airflow/design, or NEEEEEEED those last 3 degrees or whatever weak nonsense a 360AIO will provide over a good aircooler, etc.) then my recommendation is def quality air cooler any day of the week.
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As a bonus, chipset, VRM, ram temperatures, etc. usually bench lower with an air cooler than an AIO. Generally speaking, everything on the motherboard immediately around the CPU socket gets more passive airflow with an air cooler.
I installed the noctua d15 or d14 (customer supplied) in a client's i7 gaming system and it was horrible for cooling. he then asked me to install a corsair cooling system (again client supplied) and now he running very cool.