- Nov 6, 2015
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Hey guys i've been debating this for weeks and has been researching for a long time and cannot come to the right conclusion, so I'm wondering if I could get fresh eyes on my situation.
This is my current build:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FFxV3F
Pics:
http://imgur.com/a/l5ml3
I've been building the entire thing over the courses of a year and adding touches+ buying the peripherals one at a time and I think I've come to a really good point where I can just stop (The only thing I'm planning to upgrade is the Graphics Card, waiting for polaris/navi/vega to be released, never going to buy Nvidia again due to gameworks/gimping old cards/nvidia doing bad work ethics/amd being better with dx 12/nvidia can't do async compute)
But there's one thing that seems to be bugging me for the past week and I can't just leave it alone. The CPU cooler.
With such an expensive rig and accessories it feels underwhelming to just have a 30 dollar cooler.
So the question is:
Should I keep my Hyper 212 Evo or upgrade it to one of the water coolers (Kraken X61 vs Hydro 115i (or 110 GTX) vs Thermaltake Ultimate 3.0 vs Swiftech H240x vs Swiftech H320) or upgrade to one of the higher end air cooler (NH-D15, Dark rock pro 3, cryorig r1 ultimate)
is it worth it to ditch my hyper 212 even though its doing a fine job? If I do upgrade to one of the listed coolers, it'll only be for aesthetics/ CPU being cooler/ Having a CPU cooler already if I ever build a new rig.I would still leave it at 4.4 ghz 1.2volt-since I have fiddled around with the settings on water before and don't find the heat/volts to be worth it (I got 1.3V at 4.7 ghz stable at 80C with my friend's kraken x61)- Thus upgrading will get me 0 performance increases except for aesthetics/cpu being about 10 degrees cooler.
Yes I've know the difference between all of them and the pros and cons of air/water (ram clearance, weight of the cpu, cleaner look for water, bigger radiator is better, points of failure is pump, pump won't last forever, leakage, water will perform slight better etc etc)
I would love to hear your thoughts on this; any other coolers thats not listed is welcomed. I'll be reading this thread and the votes for my decision.
Votes:
http://www.strawpoll.me/10338851
Oh and a little random vote (case lighting, only 2 choices, cable mod RGB or Hue+)
http://www.strawpoll.me/10338858
This is my current build:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FFxV3F
Pics:
http://imgur.com/a/l5ml3
I've been building the entire thing over the courses of a year and adding touches+ buying the peripherals one at a time and I think I've come to a really good point where I can just stop (The only thing I'm planning to upgrade is the Graphics Card, waiting for polaris/navi/vega to be released, never going to buy Nvidia again due to gameworks/gimping old cards/nvidia doing bad work ethics/amd being better with dx 12/nvidia can't do async compute)
But there's one thing that seems to be bugging me for the past week and I can't just leave it alone. The CPU cooler.
With such an expensive rig and accessories it feels underwhelming to just have a 30 dollar cooler.
So the question is:
Should I keep my Hyper 212 Evo or upgrade it to one of the water coolers (Kraken X61 vs Hydro 115i (or 110 GTX) vs Thermaltake Ultimate 3.0 vs Swiftech H240x vs Swiftech H320) or upgrade to one of the higher end air cooler (NH-D15, Dark rock pro 3, cryorig r1 ultimate)
is it worth it to ditch my hyper 212 even though its doing a fine job? If I do upgrade to one of the listed coolers, it'll only be for aesthetics/ CPU being cooler/ Having a CPU cooler already if I ever build a new rig.I would still leave it at 4.4 ghz 1.2volt-since I have fiddled around with the settings on water before and don't find the heat/volts to be worth it (I got 1.3V at 4.7 ghz stable at 80C with my friend's kraken x61)- Thus upgrading will get me 0 performance increases except for aesthetics/cpu being about 10 degrees cooler.
Yes I've know the difference between all of them and the pros and cons of air/water (ram clearance, weight of the cpu, cleaner look for water, bigger radiator is better, points of failure is pump, pump won't last forever, leakage, water will perform slight better etc etc)
I would love to hear your thoughts on this; any other coolers thats not listed is welcomed. I'll be reading this thread and the votes for my decision.
Votes:
http://www.strawpoll.me/10338851
Oh and a little random vote (case lighting, only 2 choices, cable mod RGB or Hue+)
http://www.strawpoll.me/10338858
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