Water-cooling help

[PanicMaster85]

I was wanting to upgrade my cpu cooler to a h100... my question is will the H100 fit in a HAF 912 case on a AM3+ socket

computer stats
HAF 912-case
GA-970a-UD3- Motherboard

 

[Pinhedd]

I think it will. The H100 has a 120mm x 240mm profile which is the same as 2 120mm fans. You would have to remove the 200mm fan on the top of your case though

 

[PanicMaster85]

I dont have a 200 on top of my case(eventually will but ill upgrade my cooler once i upgrade my cpu... the problem is really is do you know if the cooler is meant to fit on a AMD+ socket?

 

[Pinhedd]

I dont have a 200 on top of my case(eventually will but ill upgrade my cooler once i upgrade my cpu... the problem is really is do you know if the cooler is meant to fit on a AMD+ socket?

Yes it will fit AM2 and AM3

 

[PanicMaster85]

ok thank you, also do you know if the h60 and all the other h-series liquid cooling will also support am3

 

[Motopsychojdn]

Yes they will but they really are not worth the money, what kind of gains are you expecting to see?
good air coolers often best the allinone liquidcoolers,
go for a Noctua Dh14, H212+ or similar,
if you go watercooling, do it properly or you will be disappointed
Moto

 

[PanicMaster85]

so then water cooling will do about the same(keep the temp) as a 212+?

 

[Motopsychojdn]

The cheap allinone coolers will yes, the H100 is the top end of them but I still wouldn't have one,
bear in mind your ambient temps play a large part in things as well, you can't get below ambient temps on air or water, well, you can with water but not easily or cheaply
if you have $250/£200 to spend then go for 'real' watercooling, anything less and you'll be better off sticking to air for now
Moto

 

[bigcyco1]

The H-100 is "fisher price water cooling" not real water cooling the NH-D14 is just as good yet it's quieter and cheaper do yourself a favor don't buy H-100 it's garbage and a disgrace to real water cooling.

CPU Cooler:Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler $79.99
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CGMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tigerdirect.com%2Fapplications%2FSearchTools%2Fitem-details.asp%3FEdpNo%3D5592441%26CatId%3D798&ei=MeL5T8G6Eq6A2QXdxIXFBg&usg=AFQjCNHKBvrH9_b_UrPsdhyQG0Y0ZObpEg&sig2=oNy4SXlkiobIpx_YCe1yGQ

 

[PanicMaster85]

can you give me a link for "real water cooling? )

 

[Motopsychojdn]

Theres a W/c sticky in the overclocking section, and if you post in there asking for loop advice we'll set you up,
A couple of things to remember to post,
Budget,
Ability/willingness to modify where needed,
And what you expect from the cooling, if your ambient temps are unreasonably high, even water can only do so much
Moto