Is the H100i GTX a good water cooler for my use?

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I am looking for a good cooler that looks nice and is quite. I am not planning on overclocking but I have corsairs Graphite 230T case which was clearly made with water cooling in mind. (It came with rubber washers for a radiator). With that said I really like the H100i GTX look and it is very suitable for my case. I am also looking at the SP120 High Performance Edition fans since the stock fans from the H100i GTX are reviewed as being load especially on load. Is there a quieter solution? Are there better fans? Oh and can I use the backplate of my Cooler Master 212 EVO with this cooler? Thanks in advance.
 

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It was running at 78C but I was just playing Rocket League and it was running at 48C to 55C. So then I tested it on AIDA64 and again running at much better 55C than the 78 I was getting. The H100i GTX looks better and will be sleek in my case also cover the massive holes I have in the top which is for a radiator. So if the better performance on the 212 EVO persists then my only motivation would be look. I would prefer the 212 EVO to be facing down blowing on my GPU but I have to have it vertical becuase of RAM clearance issues. So I currently have 2 fans in the front pshing in. The 212 passing air through to the back and one fan in the back pulling air out. Though this fan system works its not what I prefer. The 212 was also extremely loud before but I do not now what caused the sudden performance change.