Best Cooling (Archive)

[Crashman]

Here are the best CPU cooling solutions (air and liquid) for a range of systems, from small form-factor builds to overclocked big-rigs.

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[adamovera]

Archived comments are found here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3277249/cooling.html

 

[LordStreetguru]

You guys left out the true kings of air cooling, the HR-22 and Le Grand Macho from thermalright

https://www.amazon.com/Thermalright-HR-22-one-140mm-duct/dp/B008JBZM5K/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1494527580&sr=1-2&keywords=HR-22

https://www.amazon.com/Grand-Macho-fan-TY-147B/dp/B01BCLXO7Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1494527598&sr=1-1&keywords=Le+Grand+Macho

 

[Matt_550]

After all this time I'm still stumped as to why the X61 gets branded with these cons but the H240 X2 doesn't:

#1 Requires double-140mm-fan case with radiator space
#2 Expensive

Some insight would be nice

 

[fry178]

Never will i ever spend +30 or even 80$ for an air cooler.
Dont care to add another 2-3 pounds (pulling on board as well), nor do i care about the limitations (case/ram etc) or see the benefit over LC.
Hot air still gets exhausted into the case, which even a low end AIO will not do.

My H60i (update one) has a 5y warranty that covers ALL components that get damaged if it fails, no air cooler is covering that.
Temps for cpu is way lower than on air (68C for 3770k@4GHz), and chipset/vrms/gpu etc are all around 10-30*C lower, as the rad blows the hot air right out the case, and it cost me 60$...

 

[Kut_00_]

Would be nice if the comparison included 280 and 360 mm radiator sized AIO's... just saying.

 

[fry178]

even a 120/240 would have done it, since they are pretty common and can be had in similar price range.

 

[logainofhades]

Need more Cryorig coolers reviewed. I rarely look at anything else anymore, unless the Reeven Justice is available cheap.

 

[samtimusprime]

Should've added decibel levels