Noctua NH-D15 Or Corsair H100i?

[Thegame741]

For my gaming build, Should i get a Noctua NH-D15 air cooler or a corsair H100i liquid cooler? I personally dont care about money saving. If the difference between them is small i would rather get the air cooler as its more reliable and there cant be leaks, however im not sure what the difference in performance is. The h100i is more powerful for sure, but if its only a couple of degrees difference id rather go with the air cooler. Please inform me on the difference on performance. Thank you

 

[prit87]

Noctua d15 i personally always prefer air cooler over liquid cooler they comes with less risk like leakage and radiator or pump getting bad the worst wich could happen with an air cooler is the fans dead in that case its very easy to replace.

 

[Sakkura]

The NH-D15 will be quieter, the H100i may yield slightly lower temperatures.

Edit: Take a look at this article, where the older NH-D14 is compared to a range of liquid coolers including the H100i. The NH-D14 basically trumps them all in terms of noise, while several liquid coolers do achieve lower temperatures (just not MUCH lower).