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Satoshi McKeown

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Okay so my CPU stock heatsink makes tons of noise when under load and i have been wanting to upgrade it now. The question is should i go liquid or air cooling and which model of the liquid or air cooling heatsink i should buy

My socket is a FM2
 
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prit87

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get an air cooler liquid cooler there is always a chance of leakage and pump failure but with air cooler the only major thing which could happen is fan stop working in that case u can easily replace the fan but if the liquid cooler get bad after the warranty u have no choice but to throw it to a dustbin .....
with air cooling you can overclock the processor to a moderate level but with the liquid cooler u can oc it much further that's the main advantage of water cooling ...........................the hyper 212 is a all time favorite choice but pls check if the cooler fits your case or not its a 159 mm of height cooler so your case cpu clearance should be more than 160 mm....
 
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xtobymc

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Personally I've had experience with both air cooling and liquid cooling for my CPU, and I think the difference between the two is fairly minimal. With my old £20 Cooler Master Hyper Evo 212 (air heatsink) I was getting around 30 degrees C idle and 55-63 degrees C on load. I decided to go out and buy myself a Corsair H60 liquid cooler to get even lower temperatures (admittedly the Corsair H60 isn't the highest spec liquid cooler in the world). Anyhow, my temperatures barely changed with liquid cooling. On idle I now get 28-30 degrees C, with 50-55 degrees C on load. Considering the liquid cooler was £60, the difference in cooling compared to my old heatsink made the purchase pretty worthless. I've even mounted an additional fan to my liquid cooler's radiator for push-pull configuration and it's still not that great.

Personally I think if you have the money then go for liquid cooling. The lower temperatures will allow you to overclock more and the CPU will live longer with efficient cooling. However, if you're on budget, go for an air cooler. You'll be sacrificing a small amount of cooling, but the value for money is better in my opinion.
 
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Hawkshot

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you also need to consider some people may not need the extra couple of degresse decrease, as you said value for money and the small amount of difference liquid cooling makes isn't worth it in my opinion, unless you are overclocking to the max and you also have used set up and maintained a liquid systems before I wouldn't advise it, but on the other hand if you do plan on overclocking a lot then you will have to get liquid cooling otherwise you run the risk of overheating :)
 
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xtobymc

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I would also say that if you do decide to go for liquid cooling, you should buy a kit with a double radiator, not a single one. My current liquid cooler has a single radiator, but with two, I could probably knock off another 10 degrees from my temperatures. The one thing I could do with getting is a liquid cooler for my GPU, as that's what kicks out the most noise/heat from my system, although fitting a GPU liquid cooler into my mid tower case would be a tight squeeze which I'd rather not have for air flow purposes.



 
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