What is a good closed loop water cooling device?

[TheKolapo00]

Here is my build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fDWrwP

I built it like a week ago but my birthday is in 3 weeks and im gonna buy 8GB more of the same RAM and I was also thinking of getting a closed loop water cooling device.

I am streaming/recording with this everyday, rendering videos, and playing games from minecraft to skyrim on highest settings to payday 2 on highest settings.

Was just wondering if it was a good idea because they are not that expensive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181032

 

[TheKolapo00]

I need a mod to move this I posted in wrong thing e.e

 

[finnigen007]

If you have enough space for the h100i I would go for it. It is pretty popular and known to be good. It should surely be enough for you CPU. But when you want to have even more and have the space in your case (maybe for overclocking) you could use a 280mm system like the kraken x61 or the corsair h110 (or even a custom loop). You could even use one of these or other systems together with the kraken g10 which allows you to cool your Gpu with one of those closed loop systems. But besides those overclocking reasons your h100i should be more then good enough. You can already overclock with that. So your the answer for your question would be yes from me. The h100i is a well known really good and reliable system for your use. I would go for it when you have the case space and money enough.

 

[finnigen007]

Otherwise you could consider a noctua nh-d14. It is a air cooler. But probably just as good as the h100i. Almost Everybody who once used it loves it. And it shouldn't be to loud either.

 

[TheKolapo00]

If you have enough space for the h100i I would go for it. It is pretty popular and known to be good. It should surely be enough for you CPU. But when you want to have even more and have the space in your case (maybe for overclocking) you could use a 280mm system like the kraken x61 or the corsair h110 (or even a custom loop). You could even use one of these or other systems together with the kraken g10 which allows you to cool your Gpu with one of those closed loop systems. But besides those overclocking reasons your h100i should be more then good enough. You can already overclock with that. So your the answer for your question would be yes from me. The h100i is a well known really good and reliable system for your use. I would go for it when you have the case space and money enough.

How do I know if I have enough space in my case? I am also afraid of leaking.

 

[finnigen007]

The h100i is a 240mm closed loop system. So if you have space for two 120mm fans besides of each other you should have enough space.
Otherwise you could send me a link and I can research that for you.

 

[hunter315]

The Graphite 230T you have explicitly states that it has 120/240mm radiator support on the top panel so you could mount the H100i up there. The H100i is one of the best coolers out there, it can be a bit loud but the performance really isn't matched by anything quieter. Leaking is a concern but not a major one, they build them so that they are not likely to leak, they can't afford to be replacing a ton of liquid coolers and having a lot of angry people claiming corsair broke their stuff with a leaky cooler.

 

[finnigen007]

Sorry I didn't see that you already have linked your pc parts. So I have just looked and yes there is enough space in you case for the h100i. But it's not compatible with the other larger CPU coolers that I told you earlier (h110....)
The air cooler I recommended (noctua no-d14 would also fit.

 

[TheKolapo00]

Sorry I didn't see that you already have linked your pc parts. So I have just looked and yes there is enough space in you case for the h100i. But it's not compatible with the other larger CPU coolers that I told you earlier (h110....)
The air cooler I recommended (noctua no-d14 would also fit.

How good is the noctua no-d14, I might just get hat.

Is the noctua no-d15 better than the noctua no-d14?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608045
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018

 

[finnigen007]

Just go on YouTube or any forum discussion about it more or less everybody loves it. What I heard it shouldn't be too loud either.
Just watch this:
http://youtu.be/AU6W_YkqILY
But it's huge though.

 

[finnigen007]

Of course the nh-d15 would probably be better. Bigger fans, bigger heatsinks, better performance. The no-d14 is probably already good enough. But still when you have the money and the space then go for the better version.
And I just checked yes your case would also support the nh-d15.
Still watch out a little because when your case is too full the airflow gets really bad and in the end you just get bader performance then before.
I will try to check that for you in a moment.

 

[hunter315]

Because youtube is totally the best source for actual information.

If you look at FrostyTech its about 4.5C warmer and about 10dB quieter than the H100i, but it is also Massive!
http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2771&page=5

 

[TheKolapo00]

Because youtube is totally the best source for actual information.

If you look at FrostyTech its about 4.5C warmer and about 10dB quieter than the H100i, but it is also Massive!
http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2771&page=5

It looks really big.

 

[finnigen007]

Yes I told you so. But it is compatible with your case. You could still go with the h100i. It is your choice. Both are really good