cpu liquid cooler

[Mursalin]

hello im planning on getting a corsair h55 liquid cooler for my amd fx 6350 and my motherboard is an asrock 990fx extreme 3 and i wanted to know if it would fit on my motherboard, i have a razer NZXT H440 case, would appreciate any help thank you in advance

 

[Barty1884]

It'll fit, yes - but (personally) I feel the H55 is a pretty poor value offering.
It's "budget" in terms of performance..... but not so much from a price standpoint ($50-$60 usually).

I'd be more inclined to suggest an air cooler like an H7 for $35.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $34.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-12 17:59 EDT-0400

 

[Mursalin]

i would rather choose the hyper 212 evo as an air cooler , but not interested in any air coolers, currently im on a tight budget i have 60£ available

 

[Barty1884]

"A tight budget" should rarely = "liquid cooling"

The H55 is a budget offering, that really shouldn't exist IMHO. I can't find the link right now, but there was an in-depth review which pretty much concluded the H55 to be one of the worst performers on a per $ basis.

As for 212 Evo vs H7, the H7 is smaller, and outperforms the 212 Evo for similar money.
I'd honestly be surprised if either air cooler didn't outperform (or at the very least, match) the H55..... for about half the price.


So, to answer your question - yes, the H55 will "fit" your motherboard.

 

[Mursalin]

should i go for the h60 instead?

 

[lumineZ]

If you ask me, either go full custom water cooling or stay with air.

The AIO H55 and H60 vs good aircoolers = same temps almost but vs the premium air coolers the H55 and H60 gets beaten.
And for that I would stay aircooled.

Want AIO? Go for a minimum 240mm radiator. 280mm - 360mm if you can. Really aint worth it if you cant if you ask me.
But that is me

 

[Mursalin]

yea but my pc is very noisy and i heard that liquid coolers are very silent compared to air coolers

 

[lumineZ]

yea but my pc is very noisy and i heard that liquid coolers are very silent compared to air coolers

That is true but also a lie 😀

Its is true if you have a custom water loop since you can go totaly overkill with radiators.
Take the AIO`s and the H55 you where talking about.
It will cool your cpu almost as good as any aircooler, but to keep the water to air ambient temps (called DeltaT temps) you need to run the fan(s) at high speed, and that as you should know creates noise.
The bigger the aircooler is the lower the fans can spin without the temps going to high.
Same goes for watercooling.

Take my rig as an example.
I buildt this purely to get the noise down as mutch as I could and aesthetics.
I could get away with only a 280mm - 360mm radiator, but then my water temps and computer hardware would be hot and at the same time the fans I would have put on the radiators would have run at very high RPM to dissipate heat.

So to get the noise down I had to go with bigger radiators + more fans (makes sence?).
Now I got two 480mm and one 280mm radiator with fans in push / pull setup so that brings the total fans just for the radiators to 20 fans! and I got 3 case fans, so that brings me to 23 fans total.

Now since I have this mutch radiator surface to dissipate heat with I can run the fans at very low RPM.
Just sitting here browsing the internet the fans dont spin at all. They only spin up during games and then even they never ever go over 490 - 520 RPM (inaudible)
My 3 case fans is set to a static RPM of 700RPM (inaudible)


So to sum it all up:
No single fan AIO is better than an aircooler, and will most likely be more noicy than an high end aircooler to be honest.
Want AIO? go for 240mm or 280mm radiator setup as a bare minimum.
And if you want a totaly silent system then there is no other way around it than to go totaly overkill on the cooling.

The smaller the cooler the higher the RPM on the fan(s) = more noise.
Bigger the cooler the lower the RPM on the fan(s) = less noise.

 

[Mursalin]

thanks for your time to explain everything for me, appreciate the help , im gonna order a cooler master hyper 212X