Best CPU Liquid Cooler? (280mm/360mm Radiator)

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Hello everyone! I am looking for the best liquid cooler for my CPU, the specification's of the build will be listed bellow. The radiator can either be a 280mm or a 360mm (dual 140mm or triple 120mm fans). The price of the cooler doesn't matter, it can be overkill, just like the build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($394.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI KRAIT EDITION ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($539.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($327.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Black 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($224.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Black 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($224.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($676.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($676.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($676.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 780T ATX Full Tower Case ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair AX1500i 1500W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($399.00 @ Newegg)
Total: $4276.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-08 21:42 EST-0500

Thank's for reading, and thanks for your help!
 
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Well if pricing doesn't matter you could go with something like the Swiftech H240 x2/H320 x2 or the EK Predator 360 (don't think EK does a 280mm AIO, correct me if i'm wrong), which are expandable AIO's.

If you want something more reasonable go with the NZXT Kraken x61 which is a closed loop AIO.

The swiftech and EK cooler will perform a few degrees better then the NZXT cooler.
Well if pricing doesn't matter you could go with something like the Swiftech H240 x2/H320 x2 or the EK Predator 360 (don't think EK does a 280mm AIO, correct me if i'm wrong), which are expandable AIO's.

If you want something more reasonable go with the NZXT Kraken x61 which is a closed loop AIO.

The swiftech and EK cooler will perform a few degrees better then the NZXT cooler.
 
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For right now, I'll be doing a CPU AIO, then later down the line, going for completely custom Liquid Cooling for my CPU, GPU's, etc.



Same as I said to ShadyHamster.

Do believe I'll be going for the EK-XLC Predator for a AIO CPU Cooler.