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Corsair h100i vs Noctua u14s

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  • Noctua
  • Intel i7
  • Corsair
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December 10, 2013 12:29:24 PM

so for my new gaming rig with an i7-4770k i need a CPu cooler (duh!)
so ive basically narrowed ti down to these two and i cant decide between them

Corsair h100i
+Awesome
+Performance

-Noise(supposedly)
-Costs more


Noctua NH-u14s
+Price
+Dead silent

-ugly
-not as good as h100i


so please, if you have any more pros or cons fee lfre to speak up, first hadn experience very welcome :-)

edit: my case will have a window and a colour theme, so looks matters a bit

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December 10, 2013 12:45:09 PM

I have an H110 and I really like it, and supposedly they are much quieter than the H100i. Can you not fit the 280mm setup in your case?

If you're planning to overclock, the water cooler I think is pretty important. In that case, I personally would go with the h100i and replace the 120mm fans with Noctua silent fans. If no overclock, then even an Hyper 212 will be more than adequate and much cheaper.
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December 10, 2013 1:08:58 PM

i will overclock, and i was thinking of h100i with noctua fans :)  as for 280mm it's just more than needed, and a hefty price in my country
so there is not any noise from the h110 pump?
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December 10, 2013 2:03:46 PM

That's a good question. When I first got my H110, I tried to listen to the pump and couldn't hear anything - keep in mind the fans were going and I had other fans in the case (which I'm going to end up replacing with Noctua fans to reduce noise) which might have drowned out the pump noise. When I first turned it on, I got worried that the pump wasn't even running.

With that said, the pump noise is a small fraction of the noise that the fans make. I also have all of my fans hooked up to a manual control knob on my case so I can make it quieter if I want - but still, 2X200mm fans, 1X120mm fan, and 2X140mm fans... plus the fans on an EVGA gtx 780 acx cooler, and the fan on a GTX 470 and the PSU fan all add up to too much noise for me. I'm going to be replacing some of my fans with Noctua fans here pretty soon.
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