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Help! Can't decide which liquid cooler to use!

sandals100

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I am looking for a new liquid cooling solution for my overclocked i5 4670k (4.4ghz). I have had it overclocked for me by a computer shop, I am not too sure of the temps but I wanted to go water cooling instead of a traditional air cooling solution.

However my budget for the water cooler is not too high as I just burnt all my money on the rest of the PC. I am not 100% sure I am even getting one but just wanted to have an idea.

1) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103195
- 600~2400 RPM (PWM) +/- 10%
-19.17 ~ 86.15 CFM +/- 10%

2) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181010
- 1700 RPM +/- 10%
- 57 CFM
 
Solution
Budget tight! From air flow perspective cool master is better but Corsair tends to cover this up using high speed controllable fans.

If liquid cooling is really desired go for H100i or H80 minimum but for that you'd have to stretch your budget.
Budget tight! From air flow perspective cool master is better but Corsair tends to cover this up using high speed controllable fans.

If liquid cooling is really desired go for H100i or H80 minimum but for that you'd have to stretch your budget.
 
Solution


h105 is better then the h100i and same price.
 
TBH I wouldn't get any. The guy that OCed your computer presumably put a decent aftermarket cooler on so you don't need it. The primary selling point for the tiny 120mm AIO kits is that they are very small. But if you already fit an adequate cooler in your case, you don't really need to worry about that.
With that said if you insist on getting one anyways, pretty much anything but the corsairs are a good bet. They are all very very similar in performance within each class (120mm, 240mm, 280mm, etc.) but corsair typically charges a %20+ markup for their name on it.