Corsair H100i GTX and i7 6900k

mjohnson24 · Jul 21, 2016

i can get the Corsair H100i GTX off newegg right now for $84 after mail in rebate so i wanted to know if this will work and keep the i7 6900k cool or no? is this a good one for that cpu?

RobCrezz · Jul 21, 2016

Yep, will work fine.

geofelt · Jul 21, 2016

It will work well enough.
But...
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 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--------------------------

Your pc will be quieter, more reliable, and will be cooled equally well with a decent air cooler.

n0ns3ns3 · Jul 21, 2016

It will work, though the Arctic Liquid Freezer 240 performs better, makes less noise and cost less.
It also comes with 4 fans. And you actually needs only 2 to perform. the other two can be used somewhere else

Here to buy:
http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=126412&vpn=ACFRE00013A&manufacture=Arctic%20Cooling
Here is the performance:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2016/03/09/arctic_cooling_liquid_freezer_240_aio_cpu_cooler_review/#.V5DfDY4vqF9

RobCrezz · Jul 21, 2016

I do agree with most of your points, but to counter:

1) Looks are important to many people these days - and many prefer the cleaner look using an AIO over having a big heatsink and fan over the motherboard. But looks are 100% up to the person buying it.
2) They can be very good at getting the heat out of a compact case.
3) I have never seen a AIO CLC leak personally, I really dont think its a "common" issue. The only one I have seen leak is the EK Predator which is an open loop AIO.

RobCrezz · Jul 21, 2016

n0ns3ns3 :

Thats very impressive. Didnt know Arctic had entered the CLC market.

mjohnson24 · Jul 21, 2016

RobCrezz :

yes i agree, looks are important but i also am getting the Asus x99 a-ii mobo with the i7-6900k and 8 x 8gb sticks. With air coolers i gotta try to make sure that the ram clearance with the air cooler works or spend more to get low profile ram and hope that the air cooler fits and my ram don't obstruct the air cooler from not fitting.

That arctic Liquid freezer looks cool but i dont know much about it. If i got it i would for sure change the fans since i dont want white fans and my case is black / red. the stats on it on that link look good though.

n0ns3ns3 · Jul 21, 2016

I'll add few cents:
Intake or outtake radiator placement make very little difference for the CPU temperature. On the other hand, when placed to exhaust the heat, it removes the heat from the case instead of trapping it inside like air coolers. this allows the fans to run at much lower RPM and makes the whole system much less dependent on airflow. That's why i like to put liquid cooling on both GPU and CPU. It makes the system very quite even under full load without sacrificing thermals and thus performance of overclocked components.
Same (next to none difference) is true for the components order in loop, push vs pull fans (well, push-pull does make some difference).
I prefer to put the fans in pull as it makes cleaning so much more convenient.

n0ns3ns3 · Jul 21, 2016

mjohnson24 :

You just put the fans between the radiator and the case and never see them again - that will also make removing the dust from radiator much easier as you will not need to unmount the fans

RobCrezz · Jul 21, 2016

Yeah with any of these AIO coolers you can change the fans. Just make sure the fans you get are static pressure optimized, not airflow.

n0ns3ns3 · Jul 21, 2016

^ the rads on AIO are usually low FPI (at least on larger 240 ones), so the AF fans are also fine if there are no other obstacles like filters or dense grills.

mjohnson24 · Jul 21, 2016

n0ns3ns3 :

Yea not sure if ill do push pull or not. I have the HAF 932 AMD edition case. Ill have to try it in both push and pull to see which is easier plus see whats easier to do in my case and easier to clean for me.

RobCrezz · Jul 21, 2016

n0ns3ns3 :

I noticed around 5-7'c difference between corsair AF and SP fans on my H105 (the AF fans had leds so I wanted to try them out for the look). So I really wouldnt recommend AF fans on radiators.

mjohnson24 · Jul 21, 2016

RobCrezz :

yea i just got to make a decision to get the arctic liquid freezer or the corsair h100i gtx. peoples reviews on newegg for it said it was still fairly quite depending on what performance setting it was on but said as for gaming they couldnt hear them that much at all. they said if its on high performance then it will get loud but for me its not much of a big deal since my old pc i have now is loud anyway with (7) 120mm fans running in it and a asus gtx 570 that takes up 3 slots in your case. Im in the process of updating it. buying parts here and there. Im currently using the AMD 1090t and my dads that i acquired after him passing has the amd 8350.

Im in the process of getting the ASUS x99 a-ii mobo with gskill ripjaw v 64gb 3200 ram and the i7 6900k 8 core cpu. Later once they ar ein stock again ill at somepoint get the asus gtx 1080 OC

mjohnson24 · Jul 21, 2016

RobCrezz :

Yea id get SP fans for the radiator if i wanted to replace any of them nad if they made red led SP fans since im wanting to do a red theme. even though the board im getting has white on it.

anbello262 · Jul 21, 2016

I have recently bought the Liquid Freezer 240, and have thoroughly looked at reviews in many, many sites.
All of them say it is superior to the h100i, and extremely quiet. Push+pull is a bit better, but only push or only pull is quite good as well.

The fins per inch in the radiator are actually quite high, and it is a thick radiator, so you definitely need SP fans. But this is exactly what makes it perform so well.

I haven't been able to test it yet, though, since I'm on holidays right now.

(And my build is based on NZXT, so all fans are already white, which is a big plus for me)

EDIT: I forgot, there is one bad thing about the Liquid Freezer.
If you install it according to the instructions, the 'Artic' logo in the pump will be upside down.

I don't know if this will be a big deal for you, nor do I know about the consequences of installing it with the logo right side up (as many youtubers, for example, have done)

mjohnson24 · Jul 21, 2016

anbello262 :

yea the link that n0ns3ns3 posted the performance reviews looked really good im just wandering if i change the fans to somethign like corsair SP fans if thats gonna change something. i just dont like the white fans. Ill just have to look at reviews more and see. I have till the 25th for the newegg sale of the h100i gtx to get it at $84.

n0ns3ns3 · Jul 21, 2016

the only thing it will change, is that you will sped few more dollars.
told ya, the best thing is to put the fans in pull between the case and radiator

it is easy to clean and you don't give a ... how the fan looks

anbello262 · Jul 21, 2016

If you get some good quality fans (low noise, high SP), you will have the same performance, and maybe even better noise.
The problem is that Liquid freezer+ new fans would be a bit more expensive, so, even though the liquid freezer is really good, you might be better off just sticking to the h100i.

Or maybe you could sell/trade the 4 included fans for 2 high quality sp fans, a lot of people would be willing to trade, as these white fans are really good quality. In that case, the liquid freezer is the best option.

mjohnson24 · Jul 21, 2016

anbello262 :

i havent really dove into the reviews of the liquid freezer yet but i will tonight when i get home but from the link the other person posted and what some of you are saying the liquid freezer is better than the h100i gtx. And the fans for the freezer is better than the ones from corsair is that correct or what your saying? Question is really, how much better cooling would i get if i run the i7 6900k 8 core cpu with the freezer compared to the other and what DB difference would it really be? Just curious really. Ill do some reading up on it as well my self. If it where yall which one would yall do?

n0ns3ns3 · Jul 21, 2016

You will get 2-6C (depending on the speed of corsair's fans) and about 10db quieter.
40 vs over 50db is very significant.

mjohnson24 · Jul 21, 2016

n0ns3ns3 :

so are u saying the h100 would be better as it comes or the freezer with corsair fans?

mjohnson24 · Jul 21, 2016

sorry just confused at ur answer. ur answer sounds like ur saying the h100 with corsair is better but before u said the freezer is better. and ur answer above was id get a little better with corsair fans so its a little confusing as to which ur trying to say. sorry

n0ns3ns3 · Jul 21, 2016

Sorry, I'll rephrase.
With liquid freezer, the temperature will be 2-6C lower compared to H100 depending on the fan speed on H100. If h100 fans are at high speed, it will be ~2C, at low ~6C.
The noise is significantly lower on the liquid freezer (~10db)

mjohnson24 · Jul 21, 2016

n0ns3ns3 :

ok now i get it. ill check into that one and see the reviews on it and all. i can easily make the theme red white and black

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