Question AIO Recommendations

[navigation2015]

Can someone give me an 360mm AIO recommendation that doesn’t require that much RGB software? Bought a Corsair ICUE and the software is nothing but trouble. My processor is a 13700k thanks.

 

[Lutfij]

Make and model of your case? Where are you located?> Budget for your AIO cooler? Preferred site for purchase?

I know that pretty much any AIO out there, apart from Asus's Ryujin and Corsair's iCue lineup, are capable of running off the ARGB/RGB(respectively) header on the motherboard.

 

[navigation2015]

Corsair 7000D, Canada, I can spend at least 250-300. Prefer Amazon to purchase. Cheers

 

[geofelt]

Are you overclocking your 13700K?
You get marginal improvement by attempting to do so.
Is this pc used for gaming or for multithreaded batch apps that can load all threads?
To keep things simple buy a good air cooler if the main use is for gaming.
Read this article:
https://www.tomshardware.com/features/intel-core-13900k-cooling-tested

 

[navigation2015]

I picked up the Thermalright Phantom Spirit it’s just for gaming, non overclocking. I’m actually using it for MSFS 2020 which is Microsoft Flight Simualtor.

 

[navigation2015]

So you would recommend an air cooler for gaming? I’m going to get this Phanton Spirit installed next week hopefully it’ll keep the chip cool

 

[geofelt]

When gaming, I expect to actively use only a handful of cores usefully.
Perhaps 6-8 of your 13700K's 24 threads will be actively used.
That does not generate as much heat as a batch app that uses all 24 threads.
I have dabbled in fs2020 and it seems to use all available threads.
I think this is to generate terrain details continuously.
Such use is of low priority .
I always suggest an air cooler unless it can't do the job or needs to be installed in a constricted space.
aio coolers do not last forever. Think 5 years.

 

[navigation2015]

Yes good advice well I’ll see what this Phantom Spirit can do. it seems Thermalright got an awesome name in coolers. Deepcool apparently is gone because of ties to Russia or something so I didn’t buy anything from them.