Will I benefit from switching to watercooling in my case?

[steffeeh]

You see my build in my sig

I currently have a Noctua NH-U14S in push for cooling my overclocked 5820k, and while it does a decent job cooling I can't help but regurarly looking at watercooling hoping to keep the CPU cooler and squeeze out a little extra juice out of it without adding a bunch of noise.
See my current cooler is nice and quiet, especially with the fan curve I've set up - I'm pretty much a silent PC -freak, and I also need to be that as I'm in an audio studio environment. And browsing comparisons I see that for instance the Corsair Hydro H1120i v2 is a bit louder - with its stock fans.
If I were to switch to watercooling I would surely buy aftermaket better and quieter fans and replace the stock fans, would this have a greater impact, especially in context with the water pump?

Also, I've noticed that there are very few comparisons between the Noctua NH-U14S in particular vs for instance then H110i v2, and more comparisons between the H110i v2 vs other Noctua coolers (such as Noctua NH D15), so it's hard to get a clear picture of wether or not its worth switching to a H110i v2 or H115i.

So I ask you - will I get better cooling if I were to switch to a watercooling config like mentioned above but with better fans, without sacrificing audio levels? Will the watercooled radiator itself improve cooling over a regular heatsink?

 

[elbert]

You are a long way from the D15 but its about an equal to the H80i GT. Basically any of the H100+ level corsair will beat the D15. Yours looks to come in between the Cryorig H7 and H5 by comparting the 2 charts.

 

[steffeeh]

I see a lot of people tend to compare the H110i with the Noctua NH-D15 like you said, with the H110i being slightly better but more noisy, and obviously the D15 beats the U14S, so perhaps I would see a cooling improvement despite cutting fan speed (if I invest in better radiator fans)?

 

[elbert]

Yup the D15 is the best air cooler if your case can handle the larger heatsink. Understand the low end water coolers mainly are for small cases. It takes to bigger water coolers to really beat the D15. You really need the H100i or 105i to go water cooling.

 

[steffeeh]

Yeah I'm planning to go with the H110i or H115i, which both are bigger than H100i