Watercooling tips on a budget

[aDavid903]

Hi,

So i've got a normal pc right now which is air cooled. But with the summer coming up my cpu probably won't hold well. So I'm looking to watercool my pc for around 100€. My case is not watercooling ready, so I'll probably need a new one. My graphics card already has fans on them so I guess only my cpu is gonna be watercooled. If you have any suggestions please tell me. I can go a little above €100 but preferably not. Ty

David

PS: my cpu is an AMD FX 6300, case is sharkoon vg4-w

 

[lucas_7_94]

Search for AIO 240mm radiator like H100iv2 (just an example)

 

[Chugalug_]

DO NOT invest in water cooling with that setup, your CPU is extremely weak, it would do nothing.
Save up for a Ryzen 5 upgrade and DDR4 RAM.

 

[Ecky]

I'm going to advise against this. It doesn't make much sense to me to spend as much on cooling as your entire CPU + motherboard are probably worth, considering you'll probably see literally zero improvement. AMD's stock cooler is adequate for 99% of cases, and as long as you're not overclocking, it's near pointless to replace it. That 100€ could buy you a new, much faster and cooler running CPU, or go toward a new video card, or some other component which could make a real improvement.

 

[xJoseph]

I live in Asia where the weather is about 36c+ every single day never had an issue with an air cooler, but I won't stop your idea about using a liquid cooler anyway. You need to provide some info about the case though, how many fans can you fit in there, in which positions and what's the size of the fan that you can fit. Make sure you can fit a radiator in there too.
If your case can fit 2x120mm fans, there's many out there for 100 euros, the ones that I have used before is Corsair H100i V2 a great one came right at 100 euros, if you don't want to spend completely 100 euros, cheaper alternative is Deepcool captain 240 somewhere around 80 euros, (both of these is great if you don't mind no lights or RGB)
If you cannot even fit two 120mm fans, a single 120mm fan will work somewhat close to two fans radiator, and cheaper than two fans of course. I myself never used a single fan radiator liquid cooler, I assume Corsair H75 is the same with H100i, but this one pack a punch with a single fan sized radiator but with two fans one on each sides of the radiator!

 

[CooLWoLF]

Get a Corsair H80i V2. Its a 120mm radiator, but thicker than a standard 120mm AIO water cooler. It will fit in your current case. It has very good cooling performance, and can absolutely be used on your next CPU upgrade as well: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1N84A33824&cm_re=h80i-_-35-181-102-_-Product

 

[Chugalug_]

Guys please, the cooler's worth more than the CPU at that stage, why on earth would you recommend this stuff?

 

[CooLWoLF]

Guys please, the cooler's worth more than the CPU at that stage, why on earth would you recommend this stuff?

Why not? Good AIO water coolers are fully capable of being utilized across CPU upgrades. He needs better cooling now; not a system upgrade.

 

[Chugalug_]

This is a 6300 we're talking about, what good will it do exactly?
If he spends all his cash right now on something that's useless, what's the point if he's never going to upgrade.
Buy cooling when you actually need it, not on a whim. Not to mention a decent air cooler will easily outperform the H80i for half the price.