What's the best liquid cpu cooler for my system ?

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EternumSpace

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I have this system:
Fx 6100 OC 4.0 ghz( aiming to buy an 8320 and oc to 4ghz)
8gb Kingston fury x 1600mhz
Asrock extreme 3 R2.0
Corsair Rm 750
Sapphire r9 280 dual x
Case: CM K280

Im interested at these coolers :

1) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181031&cm_re=CORSAIR_HYDRO_SERIES_H80I-_-35-181-031-_-Product
2) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181058&cm_re=corsair_h75-_-35-181-058-_-Product
3) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835146043&cm_re=nzxt_kraken_x31-_-35-146-043-_-Product

What will you suggest me ? I want a one nice looking-effective for oc'ed cpu-lowest noise cpu cooler i mentioned before.And please tell me if any of these coolers will have any probem with my rig(for example if it won't fit inside my case etc. ).

Thanks in addition

I need
 
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I do not much like liquid coolers when a simple air cooler will do the job.

My canned rant on liquid cooling:
------------------------start of rant-------------------
You buy a liquid cooler to be able to extract an extra multiplier or two out of your OC.
How much do you really need?
I do not much like all in one liquid coolers when a good air cooler like a Noctua NH-D15 or phanteks can do the job just as well.
A liquid cooler will be expensive, noisy, less reliable, and will not cool any better
in a well ventilated case.
Liquid cooling is really air cooling, it just puts the heat exchange in a different place.
The orientation of the radiator will cause a problem.
If you orient it to take in cool air from the outside, you will cool the cpu better, but the hot air then circulates inside the case heating up the graphics card and motherboard.
If you orient it to exhaust(which I think is better) , then your cpu cooling will be less effective because it uses pre heated case air.
And... I have read too many tales of woe when a liquid cooler leaks.
google "H100 leak"
-----------------------end of rant--------------------------

I suggest a noctua nh-D15 or phanteks with dual 140mm fans.
Your pc will be quieter, more reliable, and will be cooled equally well

As to your plans for an upgrade, I don't think that is a great ida on several fronts.

1. It would appear that your usage is for gaming. Games rarely can use more than 2-3 cores, so going from 6 cores to 8 will not add much.
2. Your motherboard seems to be of poor quality and not advised for FX-6 or FX8 and overclocking.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2384030/motherboard-tier-list-am3-chipsets.html

My advice is to take the money you might have spent on a FX-8350 and a liquid cooler and plan on a I5 upgrade of some sort.
 
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Hmm, my h80i works great for my crappy i7 sample. Slightly warmer then my Tuniq 120 Extreme, but I expect warmer temperatures with all in ones after they have settled at equilibrium. Now if they could get the Corsair Link software to be reliable, they'd have something.
 
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Thank you for the fast response. 1st i didnt spend my money on anything im just making some thoughts. As i can see my mobo isnt in this thread you posted. 2nd what will you suggest me ? Buying an 8320/50 without overclocking it and a cpu cooler i mentioned before ? or buying an 8320/50 with a good aftermarket air cpu cooler ? or you suggest me something else ? Also the liquid cpu cooling will be better or the same with a good aftermarket air cpu cooler ? As i can see from your answer you saying it's pretty the same. Is this true ? Will it worth or it's a money loss the liquid cooling ?
 
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Liquid cooling is more expensive. To see an improvement over high end air coolers you have to spend nearly twice as much.

He is recommending completely changing from AMD based systems to Intel. This would require a new motherboard and CPU. Depending on what you end up with, you might not need a CPU cooler at all.

Depends on the overall budget, which so far looks to be about $250? or ~$350 with a motherboard.
 
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