Need CPU water cooling or air cool fan. SILENT

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soniccaner1

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Looking to water cool or air cool my fan. I have never water cooled before but i just watch a tutorial on how to do it with cooler master hydro series (i don't know which one) and now i am confident. My one questions is which do i go to. What should i go for, i want it quiet but not like super silent i don't mind if it makes some noise but noise acceptable while up late so i don't hear it roaring. So far i am thinking of the hyper 212 evo (Really great reviews) or one of the hydro series (completely lost on which to go for) This is going to be an expensive build (around £1.3k) and i want it to cool my i5-7600k which i will OC but not super heavy, just moderately. I may be OC my gt 1070 too so i don't want it to get hot in my case. What should i buy?(would like to stay with cooler master if possible)
 
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Isokolon

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Cooler Master isn't known for it's silent performance.

best bet is a BeQuiet Dark Rock / Dark Rock Pro as it uses a BeQuiet Silent Wings 2 fan which is rated for below 22dB (the fan not the entire cooling setup)
but it cools a bit worse than the Noctuas/Cryorigs/Phanteks.
a Noctua NH-D14 or Cryorig H5 / R1 would be solid coolers with excellent cooling and moderate noise.
unfortunately it's not a chart I can post here, but Computerbase.de made a test comparing the Cryorigs against Noctua & BeQuiet in terms of noise.and performance (just translate the page)

here's also a chart comparing some coolers (liquid and air) in terms of performance (sadly not noise levels):
cpu_cooler_chart_i7_2016_chart.jpg


since I'm far from an expert when it comes to liquid cooling I won't say much about it.
for me it's generally not worth it. SO FAR. seeing as Kaby Lake tends to heat a bit, might be something to consider. but a decent AIO liquid cooler is usually 130$+
 
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Greetings!

I will do everything possible to avoid the whole air vs. water cooling debate, for it really comes down to personal taste. For many it is simply an aesthetic choice...some prefer the look of an air cooler, and some prefer the look of water cooling.

A very decent AIO is the Deepcool Captain 240, which can usually be found for less than $100. I have two in my system (dual xeon...totally unnecessary, but I have a glass case and went with a white LED motif), and they are very quiet and keep my xeons super cool under full 3D rendering situations. I picked them up for $89 from Newegg on sale...they are pricey there now, but with a quick google search I found many retailers with offerings sub $100.

It really comes down to what you want to spend and if looking at it in your case has any visual requirements. There are really good air coolers out there, and really good AIOs, and it really is a personal choice. Overclocking will create more heat, but I have not heard of a decent reputable modern cooler ever having troubles keeping temps in line, and yes cpus get warm, but not as much as they used to.

The chart and advice provided by Isokolon is great and gets no argument from me, but I figured I would just toss in my personal experience with the AIOs I selected.

I say, your personal taste is the most important factor in this decision, especially if you have a windowed case. The only case I can make for AIO cooling is that if you have a warm running system you can isolate and quarantine the CPU cooling from the rest of the environment due to the fact that you can set the fan(s) to intake thus using only cool air from the outside to cool the CPU. Air coolers utilize the air inside your case which is probably already warm...Not an issue if there is good airflow, but in some small form factor situations with a hot running GPU, this may be a real consideration.

Hope this helps!
 
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Mikel_4

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What's your budget allocation? as isokolon suggested, those numbers of air coolers will do just fine, especially Noc NH D15 (@ 500RPM), I believe anything @ 1200 RPM is loud and above them sound like snoring bull, you can minimize rattling and vibe by re-fasten rubber washers or use fans with vibration dampener.

If you use Z270 motherboard there's good chance it comes with better fan header (DC/PWM combo header) old fans comes with DC Voltage select (silent and normal mode mostly 3 pin) and newer fans are 4 pin PWM such as Corsair ML series, if you go for PWM fans then you can use smart fan tool and set them around 1000 - 1100 RPM (50% PWM signal if fan's max speed is 2000RPM).

I'm not aware if CM released "hydro series", Nepton, Seidon, and MasterLiquid are CM liquid coolers, Hydros belongs to Corsair.
 
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Ye probably i was talking about corsair. It's fine i'm going for an nzsxt kraken x61
 
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