2 corsair ml120 pro or a hyper 212x

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I´m going to build my pc, my case is in win 101 and I have an issue regarding the ventilation, my proccesor is a i7-8700k and I´m not planning to overclock yet, so which of these options should I get? Or another thing for max 50 dolars.
Btw, I am thinking of getting an aio, just not yet because of my budget, but as a meantime to not get past 80 C , I will mostly game and where I live its going to be summer and abut 34 C.
Should I get those two tower fans and get an aio soon? (thinking of a NZXT m22 or x72)
My tower support 120mm fans with max height of 160mm
My specs for now are:
i7-8700k
Evga 1080 SC gaming
Gigabyte gaming 5
HyperX Predator DDR4 RGB 8GB 2933MHz
Seasonic 80 plus gold 650w
I will in the future better the airflow, but for now I just dont want to get too hot
 
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Too weak for a 8700K.

NONE of the 120mm AIO's will handle it.

Would be better off buying a GOOD air cooler.
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considering the 2 corsair fans are not cpu coolers would they be enough for less than 80 degrees gaming?
or should I just get an m22 nzxt? I am considering to put aio in a year or so, so my options are:
1)m22 nzxt
2)corsair ml120mm 2 of them
3)hyper 212x that would go to waste in a year

is there a big difference between x72 and m22? because if not I would go for the m22 now and forget about temps for a while
 

tejayd

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You mean you want to use the stock cooler and just add 2 120mm fans to the case?

A 120mm aio cooler looks and sounds good. But really you're probably better off with a good air cooler. They can cool very well, cost 1/2 the price and you likely wont have to think about it down the road. If you arent over clocking even a cheap cooler will be will work. Just not going to give you much room to play with. https://pcpartpicker.com/product/93Crxr/cryorig-cpu-cooler-h7 might be what you're looking for. This can handle over clocking as well as most 120mm aio coolers can. There are others. But as far as I can see, this is the best value high end air cooler.