Hello there. After doing a bit of digging all about AIO's against air coolers, honestly at this stage I am not even sure what to pick anymore.
I bought a pre-built computer, known as "Omen DT875-1932NR". It came with an AIO, which only has 1 fan. (AIO not mentioned, idk why. OMEN by HP Obelisk-Desktop PC - 875-1932NG sorry its in German)
2 weeks ago I sent in the computer for repairs, graphics card gave out so they replaced it. During shipping, the case got completely wrecked so I changed it to something with more air flow. ( Cooler Master MasterBox TD500 Mesh - ARGB-PC again, sorry for German)
So this case has 3 fans up front, and that's it. I have a blower reference RTX 2080 which tends to get quite hot as well, 80 C is nothing unusual on stock fan curve. For a few days now I had the obsession to move the radiator and the fan to the rear of the case, not on top as it is mounted at the moment, so that the air flows better through the case. Not long ago, I remembered that about 3 years ago when I did my first ever upgrade on my old rig, I accidentally got 2 coolers of the same, never bothered returning them. One Hyper 212Evo and another Hyper 212x.
Now, I can't decide whenever to go back to one of the Hyper's or to keep this AIO. The AIO is not all that bad, though as said. If I want to move it to the position I early talked about, I need to switch the current fan because the wire is too short to make that a possible reality. And if that happens that I change the fan, I was also looking at something, maybe, RGB? Just to add some more aesthetic to the build overall. If it were that I went the Hyper route, I would also go for RGB fans, but that in the distant future.
After I did some digging, I found out that air coolers are p much better than AIO's and, that AIO's just add to the esthetic. I am mostly a performance guy myself but I would like some RGB if it's an available option.
Thank you, let me know your thoughts.
I bought a pre-built computer, known as "Omen DT875-1932NR". It came with an AIO, which only has 1 fan. (AIO not mentioned, idk why. OMEN by HP Obelisk-Desktop PC - 875-1932NG sorry its in German)
2 weeks ago I sent in the computer for repairs, graphics card gave out so they replaced it. During shipping, the case got completely wrecked so I changed it to something with more air flow. ( Cooler Master MasterBox TD500 Mesh - ARGB-PC again, sorry for German)
So this case has 3 fans up front, and that's it. I have a blower reference RTX 2080 which tends to get quite hot as well, 80 C is nothing unusual on stock fan curve. For a few days now I had the obsession to move the radiator and the fan to the rear of the case, not on top as it is mounted at the moment, so that the air flows better through the case. Not long ago, I remembered that about 3 years ago when I did my first ever upgrade on my old rig, I accidentally got 2 coolers of the same, never bothered returning them. One Hyper 212Evo and another Hyper 212x.
Now, I can't decide whenever to go back to one of the Hyper's or to keep this AIO. The AIO is not all that bad, though as said. If I want to move it to the position I early talked about, I need to switch the current fan because the wire is too short to make that a possible reality. And if that happens that I change the fan, I was also looking at something, maybe, RGB? Just to add some more aesthetic to the build overall. If it were that I went the Hyper route, I would also go for RGB fans, but that in the distant future.
After I did some digging, I found out that air coolers are p much better than AIO's and, that AIO's just add to the esthetic. I am mostly a performance guy myself but I would like some RGB if it's an available option.
Thank you, let me know your thoughts.