Exeriance and opinions on these aios: DeepCool CPU Liquid Cooler CAPTAIN 120/ 240 ex, Fractal Kelvin Design T12 Hydro
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I do not have experience with any of the aio units you listed.
But, I do have an opinion
Your 212 evo should be sufficient if your case is decent to overclock either cpu reasonably well.
I would try that first.
If you need more, pick a top tower type air cooler which will do the job.
Here is a recent review of 4;:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/11407/140-mm-slim-tower-cpu-cooler-roundup
Any will cool about as well and be quieter in the process.
You will find that with a good cooler, you will run out of safe vcore before you run into thermal limits.
As of 2/23/17
What percent of samples can get an overclock
at a vcore around 1.4v.
I5-7600K
5.3 samples exist, unknown % of occurence
5.2 13%
5.1 27%
5.0 52%
4.9 72%
I7-7700K...
But, I do have an opinion
Your 212 evo should be sufficient if your case is decent to overclock either cpu reasonably well.
I would try that first.
If you need more, pick a top tower type air cooler which will do the job.
Here is a recent review of 4;:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/11407/140-mm-slim-tower-cpu-cooler-roundup
Any will cool about as well and be quieter in the process.
You will find that with a good cooler, you will run out of safe vcore before you run into thermal limits.
As of 2/23/17
What percent of samples can get an overclock
at a vcore around 1.4v.
I5-7600K
5.3 samples exist, unknown % of occurence
5.2 13%
5.1 27%
5.0 52%
4.9 72%
I7-7700K...
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I do not have experience with any of the aio units you listed.
But, I do have an opinion
Your 212 evo should be sufficient if your case is decent to overclock either cpu reasonably well.
I would try that first.
If you need more, pick a top tower type air cooler which will do the job.
Here is a recent review of 4;:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/11407/140-mm-slim-tower-cpu-cooler-roundup
Any will cool about as well and be quieter in the process.
You will find that with a good cooler, you will run out of safe vcore before you run into thermal limits.
As of 2/23/17
What percent of samples can get an overclock
at a vcore around 1.4v.
I5-7600K
5.3 samples exist, unknown % of occurence
5.2 13%
5.1 27%
5.0 52%
4.9 72%
I7-7700K
4.9 78%
5.0 59%
5.1 28%
5.2 7%
Here is my canned rant on aio coolers.
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"
I would support an AIO cooler only in a space restricted case.
-----------------------end of rant--------------------------
Your pc will be quieter, more reliable, and will be cooled equally well with a decent air cooler.
But, I do have an opinion
Your 212 evo should be sufficient if your case is decent to overclock either cpu reasonably well.
I would try that first.
If you need more, pick a top tower type air cooler which will do the job.
Here is a recent review of 4;:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/11407/140-mm-slim-tower-cpu-cooler-roundup
Any will cool about as well and be quieter in the process.
You will find that with a good cooler, you will run out of safe vcore before you run into thermal limits.
As of 2/23/17
What percent of samples can get an overclock
at a vcore around 1.4v.
I5-7600K
5.3 samples exist, unknown % of occurence
5.2 13%
5.1 27%
5.0 52%
4.9 72%
I7-7700K
4.9 78%
5.0 59%
5.1 28%
5.2 7%
Here is my canned rant on aio coolers.
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"
I would support an AIO cooler only in a space restricted case.
-----------------------end of rant--------------------------
Your pc will be quieter, more reliable, and will be cooled equally well with a decent air cooler.
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