I've decided to upgrade a few things on my current computer and one of them is going to be a water cooler. It's going into a corsair 750D. I have looked at the cooling section of toms hardware and while looking into the corsair option there is literally 16 different AIO options. I've narrowed it down to 8 by using a double fan on a bigger rad like a 240 or 280 option. But that's still way to many. Going back to the toms hardware sections of the cooling it seems they like the NZXT Kraken X61 as the best but it says this was a 2012 round up. In your best opinion do you think its still the best option? If not what AIO do you recommend and if it is corsair which one of them is the best. Looking into them I don't see much of a difference between the 8 except for maybe a slightly bigger rad.
So many coolers, need some cooling help
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wildfire707
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From my perspective, the following options are your best for an all in one water cooler:
Corsair H90 140mm cooler
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-cpu-cooler-h90
This is a good, quiet cooler that can fit on rear exhaust area or top mount area of your case.
Cooler Master Nepton 280L 280mm cooler
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rln28l20pkr1
This is a huge, slightly noisy cooler that can mount on the top area of your case and becomes truly awesome if the stock fans are replaced with a set of quiet Phanteks PH-F140MP ones:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835709036
Keep in mind that a good 140mm single fan cooler works extremely well, so unless you are doing some heavy duty overclocking the Corsair H90 will be great. And it is much easier to install too
Corsair H90 140mm cooler
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-cpu-cooler-h90
This is a good, quiet cooler that can fit on rear exhaust area or top mount area of your case.
Cooler Master Nepton 280L 280mm cooler
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rln28l20pkr1
This is a huge, slightly noisy cooler that can mount on the top area of your case and becomes truly awesome if the stock fans are replaced with a set of quiet Phanteks PH-F140MP ones:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835709036
Keep in mind that a good 140mm single fan cooler works extremely well, so unless you are doing some heavy duty overclocking the Corsair H90 will be great. And it is much easier to install too
Honestly the 140MM might be fine but with how much heat my computer puts out its slight worrying. I currently run a Noctua NH-U14S 140mm on my CPU and it's honestly hard to clean and I wonder sometimes if its even doing it's job. I don't notice really any issue but we have 2 computers running in this room and its gets crazy hot with them both running. Summertime is going to be a real issue and the room is going to heat up so I need a good cooler and I'd rather put out the extra $ to be safe, its not an issue of money.
As far as space goes I'm not worried about putting it in a specific location. The 750D has a spot on the top for a 240/280 Rad. Not sure if it can run a push/pull design put I plan on only doing a pull.
As far as space goes I'm not worried about putting it in a specific location. The 750D has a spot on the top for a 240/280 Rad. Not sure if it can run a push/pull design put I plan on only doing a pull.
synphul
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The cooler won't help the room from heating up. The fact the room is heating up to the extent you're noticing it says that the cooling is working. Cooling removes heat from the source (the cpu) and places it outside the case (into the room). It doesn't actually 'cool' anything, as in you can't expect any cooler to cool a cpu and not impact the room temp. It's heat displacement/transfer from one location to another.
If you need the room to be cooler you need to invest in an air conditioner or some other room cooling device. Again even an air conditioner doesn't cool the room with no other effect, it transfers heat from the room to the exterior of the building. Ambient temps in the room will have a direct impact on how well any cooler works, whether a tower style air cooler or aio water cooler. They both depend on air to remove heat.
As far as aio coolers the kraken x61 does get pretty good reviews and exhibits good performance. Just wanted to clear a few things up if you were planning on a different type of cpu cooler somehow making your room cooler, it won't. If anything a more efficient cpu cooler moving more heat outside of the pc case will make your room hotter, not cooler.
If you need the room to be cooler you need to invest in an air conditioner or some other room cooling device. Again even an air conditioner doesn't cool the room with no other effect, it transfers heat from the room to the exterior of the building. Ambient temps in the room will have a direct impact on how well any cooler works, whether a tower style air cooler or aio water cooler. They both depend on air to remove heat.
As far as aio coolers the kraken x61 does get pretty good reviews and exhibits good performance. Just wanted to clear a few things up if you were planning on a different type of cpu cooler somehow making your room cooler, it won't. If anything a more efficient cpu cooler moving more heat outside of the pc case will make your room hotter, not cooler.
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