212 Evo or 120mm Liquid cooling for CPU

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Just wondering which one is better. Would the 120mm fan & radiator on top. Cooling a i5 7600k and my gpu is a 1060 6gb. There are also 2 or 3 front fans with one back.
 
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Depends on the 120mm AIO.

Generally, in the 120mm space, an air cooler would be the simpler/smarter idea - 120mm's aren't exactly great.

I assume the 120mm is more $ than the 212 EVO? If it's not, I wouldn't use it - even if it were free. Any AIO that can be sold for less than a 212EVO is almost certainly junk.

For the cost of a decent 120mm AIO, there are better air coolers.

For example; the cheapest 120mm AIO I can find is a LEPA AquaCooler 120 @ $45.

For $30 there's the Cryorig H7.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/93Crxr/cryorig-cpu-cooler-h7

For $43 there's the Cryorig H5 Ultimate.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Ztp323/cryorig-cpu-cooler-h5ultimate

$42 can net you a Shadow Rock 2 from beQuiet...
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Depends on the 120mm AIO.

Generally, in the 120mm space, an air cooler would be the simpler/smarter idea - 120mm's aren't exactly great.

I assume the 120mm is more $ than the 212 EVO? If it's not, I wouldn't use it - even if it were free. Any AIO that can be sold for less than a 212EVO is almost certainly junk.

For the cost of a decent 120mm AIO, there are better air coolers.

For example; the cheapest 120mm AIO I can find is a LEPA AquaCooler 120 @ $45.

For $30 there's the Cryorig H7.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/93Crxr/cryorig-cpu-cooler-h7

For $43 there's the Cryorig H5 Ultimate.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Ztp323/cryorig-cpu-cooler-h5ultimate

$42 can net you a Shadow Rock 2 from beQuiet.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/C7mLrH/be-quiet-cpu-cooler-bk013

$47 there's a Dark Rock 2
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/smbp99/be-quiet-cpu-cooler-bk015

For $57 there's the Noctua NH-U12S
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/wjmLrH/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhu12s
 
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