whats the best way to cool my system?

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Case: Game Max Falcon (http://bit.ly/2sp6UVr)
GPU: STRIX GTX 1070
CPU: i7 7700k (Clocked at 4.7GHz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H55
Motherboard: TUF Z270 Mark 1
HDD: Seagate SSD+HDD 2TB
SSD: Samsung 850 Evo M.2 250GB

Recently Summer temperatures have begun to increase the ambient temperature in my room which causes my components to reach worrying levels. Currently i rely mostly on a push-pull fan configuration but i was debating switching to water cooling but I've never created a build with a complete water cooling loop and am worried that it won't fit in the case i have or may leak.


Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
 
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Single large fan in the smallest case you can find. The dirty little secret air cooling designers dont want to share: You want very low internal pressure with high flowrate. Component fans are designed to operate individually. So if you can change the internal air mass fast enough, the CPU, GPU and PSU fans draw enough fresh air that they need. You may get 1-2 hot spots, but those are near the corners.

I designed my custom case without a HDD rack. That allowed me to save 25% internal volume that needs changing. Also, I did not bother making the case super air tight: I have gaps in the I/O plate, joints. 200mm fan runs on a custom temp graph, most of the time near silent (430-450...
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I too live in a hot area (a desert), lower the OC to where the temps are better or run at stock through summer.
I would not go with a custom water loop - high maintenance, more moving parts than air cooler, momentary failures are catastrophic.
the H7 by cryorig get high praise more than even the h55.
 
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Hmm the H7 looks really chunky, if i had a closed case without a side panel I'd consider this but u think this cooler would look awful.

I hate two Corsair AF120 "Silent Edition" fans at the top of my system but they are the noisiest parts and also don't seem that effective
 
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I've dialed back the clock speed to its standard 4.5 in an attempt to keep temps down but idle is still around 50°C
 
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how much time do you spend staring at your computer case? the monitor I understand, but the case?
I am not trying to be a wiseacre, I am seriously curious how much time you spend ogling case? Ugly and use-ably safe or pretty and unuseably hot.
Form follows function, the ugly shape of the H7 is the reason it outperforms the H55.

My nephew had the H55 and the coolermaster TX3 (@ 20 dollars) cooled his fx chip much better he is overclocking now (also in the same desert where 83 degrees F is considered room temperature). I have a really low opinion of AIO water coolers for that reason.
 
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Well granted i don't stare at my case that much but when its on my desk and in plain sight its hard not to look at it. Anyways back to the question in hand, if i wanted an AIO cooler what would be the best?
 
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Single large fan in the smallest case you can find. The dirty little secret air cooling designers dont want to share: You want very low internal pressure with high flowrate. Component fans are designed to operate individually. So if you can change the internal air mass fast enough, the CPU, GPU and PSU fans draw enough fresh air that they need. You may get 1-2 hot spots, but those are near the corners.

I designed my custom case without a HDD rack. That allowed me to save 25% internal volume that needs changing. Also, I did not bother making the case super air tight: I have gaps in the I/O plate, joints. 200mm fan runs on a custom temp graph, most of the time near silent (430-450 rpm). Delta on idle is 5-7 degrees (component/mobo sensor comparison) and 10-12 degrees under moderate load.

Results: idle delta noise is 8-10 db over ambient. Load noise is around 12-18 (max 20) over ambient (Ambient is 21-23 dB, measured with iphone app). Measured at 0,5m distance.
Dusting: I clean after every 4-5 months and the dust build up is rather minimal.

Conclusion: high refresh rate and low volume = better performance all round.
 
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