Whats the best type of cooling

[TSCShady]

I am planning on building a computer but i don't know much about cooling. I know there are many types from liquid to fan but i don't know much about what both of them bring. Whats the best kind of cooling system that keeps things cool but fairly quiet.

 

[manofchalk]

Objectively, the best cooling method is custom water as you can potentially make a loop thats dead silent, extremely flexible and performs far better than CLC's (like a H100i) or Air could achieve, however its really expensive. Where with Air and CLC's your talking $100 at max, custom water considers $200 an absolute minimum.

Assuming your building a typical desktop, stick with air. More than likely a ~$30 heatsink will serve your needs just fine.
Also, CLC's like the H100i do not inherently perform better or are quieter than air heatsinks, they typically perform a bit worse than similarly priced air (this does flip at the top end though, where they have a small performance advantage) while potentially being louder. The main benefit to them is in small form factor builds and aesthetics.

 

[TSCShady]

Objectively, the best cooling method is custom water as you can potentially make a loop thats dead silent, extremely flexible and performs far better than CLC's (like a H100i) or Air could achieve, however its really expensive. Where with Air and CLC's your talking $100 at max, custom water considers $200 an absolute minimum.

Assuming your building a typical desktop, stick with air. More than likely a ~$30 heatsink will serve your needs just fine.
Also, CLC's like the H100i do not inherently perform better or are quieter than air heatsinks, they typically perform a bit worse than similarly priced air (this does flip at the top end though, where they have a small performance advantage) while potentially being louder. The main benefit to them is in small form factor builds and aesthetics.

Whats an H100i? This is not a typical computer either though. I plan on building a gaming computer, im talking some BF4 on high. I enjoy gaming so id be doing a lot of it, i'm not saying like "Oh ill play 30 min today" No! im talking like 2-3 hour sessions. Whats all involved with custom water?

 

[manofchalk]

Whats an H100i?

Have you done any research at all?

This is not a typical computer either though. I plan on building a gaming computer, im talking some BF4 on high. I enjoy gaming so id be doing a lot of it, i'm not saying like "Oh ill play 30 min today" No! im talking like 2-3 hour sessions.

So your building a typical rig then. Talking about builds to max out BF4 is nothing special on these forums, neither is 2-3hr game sessions.

Whats all involved with custom water?

A lot more than you would think.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2232179/water-cooling-meta-sticky-read-water-cooling-inquiries-content.html
The info thread is a good place to start.

 

[TSCShady]

Whats an H100i?

Have you done any research at all?

I havent heard anyone talk about an h100i so far, im not a pro at computers (nowhere near) i have done alot of research on the rest of the parts but i got to thinking about the cooling and whats the best option for me.

This is not a typical computer either though. I plan on building a gaming computer, im talking some BF4 on high. I enjoy gaming so id be doing a lot of it, i'm not saying like "Oh ill play 30 min today" No! im talking like 2-3 hour sessions.

So your building a typical rig then. Talking about builds to max out BF4 is nothing special on these forums, neither is 2-3hr game sessions.


Good to know, im new to this site. To me it sounded like you were talking about a desk job desktop.

Whats all involved with custom water?

A lot more than you would think.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2232179/water-cooling-meta-sticky-read-water-cooling-inquiries-content.html
The info thread is a good place to start.