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Water or Air Cooling?
Posted on 11/1/14 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 11/1/14 at 4:27 pm
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Posted on 11/1/14 at 4:44 pm to TexasTiger39
Imo to improve from the hyper 212 you need to go with a closed loop or custom water cooling option. Ilikelsu will give better details.
Posted on 11/1/14 at 4:58 pm to Mr Gardoki
quote:orly? Tell me moar now that you've got me interested in liquid cooling
Imo to improve from the hyper 212 you need to go with a closed loop or custom water cooling option.
quote:oh...well, thanks...
Ilikelsu will give better details.
Posted on 11/1/14 at 5:01 pm to Mr Gardoki
Love my 212
Posted on 11/1/14 at 5:02 pm to TexasTiger39
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Is it true that air cooling can be just as effective as water cooling?
Yes, when considering price/performance there are some air coolers that offer better value and nearly the same performance vs. closed loop coolers. The H100i and similar double-radiator closed loop coolers are going to yield a few degrees better temps than the Noctua, but the liquid coolers also louder with the stock fans.
Tom's evaluated a few air and liquid coolers together: LINK
If you want to push your overclock, you're going to need every bit of thermal performance you can get with these Haswell chips. But you'll be sacrificing quietness. I think the H100i and the like are in the 38db range.
This post was edited on 11/1/14 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 11/1/14 at 5:17 pm to TexasTiger39
Water
Posted on 11/1/14 at 5:30 pm to TexasTiger39
I always go with water coolers since the look and fit much better than air coolers.
Swiftech h220x is the only way to go for a closed loop.
I'd look at the phanteks cooler if you're going air cooled.
Swiftech h220x is the only way to go for a closed loop.
I'd look at the phanteks cooler if you're going air cooled.
Posted on 11/1/14 at 5:40 pm to bluebarracuda
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Posted on 11/1/14 at 6:23 pm to TexasTiger39
spend a few dollars more and get the swiftech. As an owner of a H100i that died in less than a year, they're okay and the fans are loud. You can also expand the swiftech to add a GPU into your loop.
Posted on 11/1/14 at 6:53 pm to brucevilanch
its alive
Posted on 11/1/14 at 7:04 pm to UltimateHog
Don't call it a comeback
Posted on 11/1/14 at 7:18 pm to brucevilanch
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Posted on 11/1/14 at 7:36 pm to TexasTiger39
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I think of the three corsair products the 110 is "better" because the larger fans will run at less rpm and hopefully be a little quieter.
Even if the H110 beats the Swiftech in performance (and honestly, it varies depending on the reviewer), Swiftech actually makes their shite. Corsair doesn't make anything themselves, but rather relabels hardware from other manufacturers. That includes their RAM, power supplies, coolers, SSDs, cases, etc. Not that they're bad; but you can't apply a blanket "Corsair is the best" declaration across their entire line of products.
Swiftech has been a respected brand in custom water cooling for the last 15 years or so. I would trust them over any relabeler in terms of quality/reliability.
However, for those who've kept up with these matters, what's the deal with their AIO coolers and U.S. availability lately? I know Asetek (who makes the Corsair AIOs) ran them off with patent infringement claims last year.
This post was edited on 11/1/14 at 7:37 pm
Posted on 11/1/14 at 7:45 pm to ILikeLSUToo
Cooler Master and swiftech came to some sort of agreement and cooler Master released a rebranded version of the h220(glacier something, I believe) to get around that. That's the last I've heard, but I haven't been keeping up lately.
This post was edited on 11/1/14 at 7:46 pm
Posted on 11/1/14 at 10:32 pm to brucevilanch
I prefer air because it is much easier to deal with.
Water for the benchmarkers.
For me... water isn't worth the 2 extra fps.
Water for the benchmarkers.
For me... water isn't worth the 2 extra fps.
Posted on 11/2/14 at 12:03 am to TexasTiger39
Just keep a spray bottle next to your PC and squirt it now and then when it gets loud or hot
Posted on 11/2/14 at 12:11 am to TexasTiger39
I love the corsair cpu water cooling systems., but I see most pumping the 212. So maybe just stick with that. That thing is a monster.
Posted on 11/2/14 at 10:45 am to SG_Geaux
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I prefer air because it is much easier to deal with.
How so? I can install an h100i faster than a hyper 212, and it takes seconds to clean (in the right config)
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Water for the benchmarkers.
Most air coolers do just as good of a job as water coolers
Posted on 11/2/14 at 10:47 am to SouljaBreauxTellEm
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I see most pumping the 212.
That's because it's mostly the "cool" thing to tell people when they're buying cheap air coolers. Its still not worth a damn when you try to do any extensive over clocking
This post was edited on 11/2/14 at 11:36 am
Posted on 11/2/14 at 12:06 pm to bluebarracuda
The 212 has just been the clear best bang for buck for a long time. It's the go-to cooler for when you want a cheap, easy mild overclock. I built quite a few 3770K rigs for people back in the day with a hyper 212+, and I generally got a safe 4.2-4.4Ghz depending on the rest of the setup and case. But on a 4770K, 4.0-4.1 is about all you can/should do.
Admittedly I don't follow air cooling products too closely so my knowledge is limited as far as what's popular and best performance/dollar nowadays.
Admittedly I don't follow air cooling products too closely so my knowledge is limited as far as what's popular and best performance/dollar nowadays.
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