H105 Liquid vs 212 Evo Air

[NunzioTheGreat]

Looking to upgrade to an I7-7700K eventually, as well as a Corsair 750D case to house it all. I just use a stock cooler on my I5-4570 at the moment. I'm deciding between air and AIO liquid right now. A few questions about both the H105 and the 212 Evo so I can make a better decision.

How does the 212 stack up to higher end heatsinks? For no to light OC'ing, is there a reason to shell out for a massive, hideous Noctua heatsink, as opposed to a cheaper, smaller, cleaner looking 212?

How do the H105 and 212 directly compare? Will one cool notably better or be notably quieter?

Does the H105 even fit in a 750D? The case has three 120mm fan slots up top, will that accommodate a 240mm radiator like the H105? Can I squeeze both the radiator and a 120mm fan next to it up top?


Where does the H105 connect? It looks like it just connects to the fan slots on the Motherboard. Does it matter which connectors go where on the Motherboard? Could I connect the fans to a fan controller, like an NZXT Sentry?

Which one is overall better for the price?

Are there any other recommendations other than these two?

Thanks so much!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

H105 is far superior and fits in he case.

Probably not the quietest cooler though.

 

[SgtScream]

The hyper 212 evo isn't enough to adequately cool the 7700k. Under full load, you'll hit between 85 to 95c which will give you no overclocking headroom. If you're going to use air cooling for your build, you'll need a much larger heat sync.

 

[TechyInAZ]

H105 is far superior and fits in he case.

Probably not the quietest cooler though.

Most certainly not. I use it in my daily battlestation and your either gona get noise from the rad fans or the pump.

The 750D will most certainly fit it, it just barely clears the VRM heatsinks in my 450D.

Hook the pump into the CPU fan header, then plug the CPU fans to a chasis header. Or put the pump on the pump header if your using a z170/z270 motherboard.

 

[Mikeandike]

The AIO will cool much better, however it will be much louder (you have the pump and fans to get noise from) also the AIO has more points of failures to occur. My personal rig uses a 212 with 2 120mm fans and i OC'd my 6700k to 4.7ghz with a max temp of 79 C, don't believe me just shoot me a PM 😉 .
TL;DR the AIO will cool better but for a light to medium OC I'd prefer the 212 just for price/noise/longevity.