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im looking for a cheap water cooler for around £40 to try out on my gaming system. i currently have just the stock cooler on my i5-4690k and it runs around 70-80 degrees under full gaming load. i wanted to buy a liquid cooler to drop my temps down. i have picked out the 'cooler master seidon 120v liquid cooler as its only £37 from my local pc shop. here is a link for you guys to check it out .... http://www.cclonline.com/product/164599/RL-S12V-24PK-R2/CPU-Coolers/Cooler-Master-Seidon-120V-V2-CPU-Liquid-Cooler-Kit/CLR0852/

has anyone used this before or know anything about them as im a novice with liquid cooling....cheers
 
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Inexpensive watercoolers are inferior in both noise and cooling ability to similarly priced air coolers. I would imagine the Seidon will cool about as effectively as a Cooler Master Hyper 212, which is significantly less expensive.

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Inexpensive watercoolers are inferior in both noise and cooling ability to similarly priced air coolers. I would imagine the Seidon will cool about as effectively as a Cooler Master Hyper 212, which is significantly less expensive.

 
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so if i was wanting to see a dramatic improvement on my temps i would have to spend more money... how about this corsair for £60???

http://www.cclonline.com/product/96477/CW-9060010-WW/CPU-Coolers/Corsair-Hydro-Series-H55-Core-High-Performance-Quiet-CPU-Cooler/CLR0512/
 
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Normaly, cheap liquid coolers are not as good as you would think. The Cooler Master Seidon would perform just the same (or worse) than a 30€ air cooler, like the CM 212. Normally they are used for small factor cases with no room for a bigger aftermarket cooler or for "good looking" reasons. If you are only concerned about temps, i commend you to buy an air cooler for that price. It will perform better. If you want to stick with liquid cooling and have better temps, you would have to buy a more expensive one.
 
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Intel CPUs don't produce a lot of heat to begin with. I'm willing to bet an inexpensive air cooler like a CM212 or Cryorig H7 should be able to keep your CPU cool enough to hit unsafe voltage limits without overheating. Watercooling is pointless and inexpensive for 99.99% of cases with Intel CPUs.

 
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i do want to stick with the idea of water cooling as ive never had anything watercooled before. and i do want to overclock my cpu once i have a new cooler sorted. how about the corsair h55 would you guys recommend that for £60?
 
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Technically, a heat pipe cooler is a watercooler. Heat pipes are vapor chambers which rely on the evaporation and condensation of water to transfer heat from the base of the heatsink to the top.

Additionally, pumps are an added point of failure (and WILL eventually fail), an added source of noise, and they dump extra heat into the loop, meaning you'll actually need more surface area than with a traditional air cooler to get the same cooling results.

I generally recommend people away from watercooling, after having spent 12 years building and maintaining multiple custom loops. Water and electronics simply do not mix.
 
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ok so i made a dramatic u-turn when i got to my local pc shop today and managed to pick up a hyper 212 evo on sale for £18 so i couldnt turn it down at such a great price. so much for my liquid cooling option haha. i now have it installed and my temps while gaming on battlefield 4 have dropped from 70-80 degress to a more respectable 60degrees so its made a 10-20degree difference which is great for £18
 
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yeah ive noticed it is quite a lot quieter than the stock intel cooler i had before and ive now had the pc under full load for 2hours solid and my highest temp recored was 60degrees so im over the moon with that !!
 
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