Air Or Water Cooling?

[MrKillChill]

Build:http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/HVZNzM

I am going to overclock my cpu (when I buy all the parts and build it) and I don't know if the cryorig h7 will keep the cpu at a low temperature,should I get water cooling and if so which one.Im not going to do extreme ocing so im not sure if I should spend extra on water cooling.thanks

 

[manddy123]

Water coolers sometimes have serious problems like some liquid leaks that may damage your PC, they are more efficient than Air Coolers, yes, no doubt. But you have to balance out those conditions.

If you're not going to do heavy overclocking, buying a proper Air Cooler might save you some bucks and still not offer any problem to your PC, and they're much easier to install too, IMO.

Noctua actually has very nice Air coolers, you might choose one of them, but since you have a Mid ATX case, not all of them will fit :/

But if you're going deep in OC, you'll definitely need a Water cooler. Can't recommend one for you as i don't use them myself, sorry.

tl;dr : Get Water if heavy OC, Good Air Cooler otherwise.

 

[TechyInAZ]

Water coolers sometimes have serious problems like some leaks, they are more efficient than Air Coolers, yes. But you have to balance out those two.

If you're not going to do heavy overclockin, buying a proper Air Cooler might save you some bucks and still not offer any problem to your PC, and they're much easier to install too...

But if you're going deep in OC, you'll definetely need a Water cooler.

tl;dr : Get Water if heavy OC, Good Air Cooler otherwise.

I agree with almost all of what manddy says.

Very high end coolers like the Noctua D15 offer the same amount of cooling performance as 240mm AIOs. So if you still want to go air cooling no matter what, you won't be compromising.

 

[MrKillChill]

Thank you for the quick answer i guess im gonna stick with the cryorig h7. Could you reccomend any good air coolers?

 

[TechyInAZ]

Thank you for the quick answer i guess im gonna stick with the cryorig h7. Could you reccomend any good air coolers?

For light overclocks the H7 is good enough.

But if you want to go higher, the Cryorig R1 Universal is a great option.

 

[oobymach]

Thank you for the quick answer i guess im gonna stick with the cryorig h7. Could you reccomend any good air coolers?

The cooler master hyper 612 is a great cooler and with a jetflo fan it performs on par or cooler than liquid cooling rigs. I recently upgraded from it to a Silverstone Heligon HE01 and added a second silverstone fhp141 fan to it and it's about 10 degrees cooler than the hyper 612 but is slightly larger (the second fan overlaps all my ram slots). Overvolted to 1.61v and overclocked to 4.6ghz I'm running under 60 degrees stressed with p95 small fft's. I don't think I can do much better with air unless I get a massive fanless cooler and bolt fans to it. This clock/voltage was not achievable with the hyper 612.

 

[ac13044]

be quiet dark rock pro 3 whopping look on you build and german engineered. also keeps those temps at a reasonable temp