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Help Choosing a 120mm Corsair Liquid Cooler for NZXT Phantom?

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  • am3+
  • help
  • NZXT
  • rear fan
  • CPUs
  • replace
  • Cooling
  • h50
  • Corsair
  • 8350
  • 120mm
  • Compatibility
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April 25, 2014 10:06:09 PM

Hey everyone, I returned my hyper 212 evo after the product was defective and did not align with my am3+ sabertooth (leaving me unable to install it) even after having a few professionals try their hands at it, but that is another topic. I am now in the market for a 120mm cooler for my NZXT Phantom, this case in particular:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
I am terrible with compatibility, so I hoped you fellows could give me some advice on a compatible 120mm liquid cooler to replace the back fan. It would be nice if you also informed me on the best ones that could fit, reasonably priced for the performance. Thanks everyone, I appreciate it!

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April 25, 2014 10:10:12 PM

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April 25, 2014 10:22:30 PM

The Corsair H80i is quite a popular 120mm All-in-one liquid cooler. It's pretty big, what with the push pull fan setup, but as long as the VRM heatsinks on your motherboard aren't too high, it should fit in that case. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Alternatively you could just go with one of the many decent air coolers that aren't the hyper 212 evo (sorry you had a bad experience with it).
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April 26, 2014 7:56:01 PM

i7Baby said:
h 65, 75, 80, 90


Damn_Rookie said:
The Corsair H80i is quite a popular 120mm All-in-one liquid cooler. It's pretty big, what with the push pull fan setup, but as long as the VRM heatsinks on your motherboard aren't too high, it should fit in that case. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Alternatively you could just go with one of the many decent air coolers that aren't the hyper 212 evo (sorry you had a bad experience with it).


Thanks for the support. I have a Sabertooth 990FX mobo and the case I posted a link to previously. So if you are any better with compatibility than I am, you could gauge if that's compatible. And would you say for the 120mm range, that's the best?

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April 26, 2014 10:30:17 PM

Yes, I believe the H80i will fit over the VRM heatsink on that board in that case, but I cannot vouch for whether that's the best of the 120mm all-in-one coolers (as I don't know enough about the other brands available). I'll defer to someone with a more intimate knowledge of all-in-one coolers.
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April 27, 2014 2:09:13 AM

the h80i is good and would fit on any 120mm fan mount, they have a 5 year warranty. If you notice, on their new coolers, Corsair is only offering a 2 year warranty. It seemed troubling to me. Just make sure to get the h80i new for the 5 year warranty
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April 27, 2014 8:07:31 PM

Damn_Rookie said:
Yes, I believe the H80i will fit over the VRM heatsink on that board in that case, but I cannot vouch for whether that's the best of the 120mm all-in-one coolers (as I don't know enough about the other brands available). I'll defer to someone with a more intimate knowledge of all-in-one coolers.


Ok, since I am lenient towards buying a corsair cooler, would that be the most practical and highest performing Corsair 120mm? And, in terms of a rough estimate, what kind of overclock am I looking at?

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April 27, 2014 8:08:09 PM

WhiteSnake91 said:
the h80i is good and would fit on any 120mm fan mount, they have a 5 year warranty. If you notice, on their new coolers, Corsair is only offering a 2 year warranty. It seemed troubling to me. Just make sure to get the h80i new for the 5 year warranty


Thanks, I will be sure to look into that!
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