Cooling noise levels. Hyper 212 Evo vs TT Water 3.0

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I'm looking at the TT Water 3.0 closed cooler. A shop near by recommended it saying that they put them in a lot of computers they build. I think they carry the Pro, may have been performance. Right now i have the Hyper 212 Evo. Im concerned mostly with the sound levels of the two. The hyper with 2 cougar vortex PWMs gets a bit loud under load, maybe slightly less than the stock fan, while pulling temps in teh high 40s/low 50s. I can't really find acoustic information on the TTs aside from "Its quite loud but not really bad" I did find that the TTs are supposed to run around the low 40s but im concerned with noise.

Running a FX-8350 stock speed, 40ghz (4.2 turbo). WIth a stock fan on the 212 it held pretty steady at 57 but was quite loud.
 
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Noise comes mainly from the rpm at which the fan operates.
You get no bargain with liquid coolers which normally require higher speed fans than your evo.
Replacing with better noctua fans might help, or slowing the fansdown would reduce noise at the expense of cooling.

For the best combination of cooling and noise, I suggest the noctua nh-d14 pr phanteks coolers.
 
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Now just a question about my case. I've built two computers so far, both using the same case. A CM Storm Enforcer. So far my fan setup on it is stock. 120 rear exhasut, 200 front intake, and a big open grille on the top for a 200 that i don't have yet. I'm under the assumption that the reason my computer sounds so loud to me is because there is nothing blocking this grille. Could that be true? Also, i have my Evo fans pointing up towards this grille. Would it hurt or help to put a 200mm in there? I believe the cougars are around 70 cfm and the fan i would put in there, a CM, is 120.
 
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Yes, a partial reason that you hear noise is the open grille at the top.

If you want less noise, you should reduce the rpm of the cpu cooler fans.
Either by motherboard control, slower rpm fans, a fan controller , or the best would be a cpu cooler with slower turning 140rpm fans.
 
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That may work now. My house has bad insulation (built in the 40s) So the ambient temperature is based on the outside temp. Now it's getting cold out so my cpu sits at low 50s/high 40s on standard fan settings (asus ui) In the summer (in virginia) it would sit at 57 on standard settings. I think I'll buy 200 mm fans for the case and call it a season. When summer hits if i have cooling problems i'll look into water cooling. By then i'll prbably be used to any fan noise. I originally bought the evo because last summer hit and my 965 turned into a jet engine on the stock cooler.
 
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Airflow does not cool. (a cpu does not sweat)
Fans move air through the case and through the heat exchange radiator.
A cooler, in general can not reduce temperatures to close to ambient. Perhaps, 10-15c. is what you can expect.
Liquid cooling is still really air cooling.
It is just a matter of where the heat exchange takes place.
In an air cooler, it takes place at the cpu, and the hot air is removed by case fans.
In a liquid cooler, the cpu block sends the heat to a radiator where the heat exchange takes place.
There is a dilemma:
Do you mount the radiator so that it draws in cool air from outside the case? That is good for the cpu, but the hot air then needs to be removed from the case by case cooling. In the process, the radiator will have obscured one of the possible exit openings.
2. Or, do you orient the radiator to take in warm air from inside the case? Then, the effectiveness of the cooler is lessened so far as cpu cooling is concerned.
You will see cooler tests done primarily in open test beds, not inside of a case. That is easier to do, but not really realistic.

Also note, that with a liquid cooler, you will add noise from the pump. That also adds an element of unreliability. I have read too many tales of woe when a liquid cooler leaks and destroys the motherboard and other parts.

And... for what?
Perhaps a couple of degrees in temperature?
CPU and gpu parts are designed to run hot. If they overheat, they will shut down to protect themselves.
A few degrees might enable you to get a bit more of a oc for the cpu or gpu. How much more, and, at what cost.
My take is to spend your money on a faster part at stock to begin with.

If your room gets hot, invest in a room air conditioner that will send the heat outside the house.
 
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