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Current Best Water Cooler?

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The best AIO is the X61/H220X, not entirely sure which one comes out on top.

Though the "best" watercooler would be a custom look with like triple 480s or some overkill monstrosity. 

 

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The X61 beats the H220X, though it doesn't allow for further upgrades (like adding a GPU to the loop) unlike the H220X. 

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Swiftech H320

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The 'best' in terms of cooling would be any 360mm AIO cooler like the Swiftech H320 or the Thermaltake 3.0 Ultimate. If you need a good 240mm cooler then the Corsair H105 is good, its a thick version of the H100i.

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The 'best' in terms of cooling would be any 360mm AIO cooler like the Swiftech H320 or the Thermaltake 3.0 Ultimate. If you need a good 240mm cooler then the Corsair H105 is good, its a thick version of the H100i.

the Thermaltake 3.0 can reach a higher Fan RPM  with a lower noise level then the H320. Does the mean the H320 is better?

 

and does the Thermaltalk 3.0 support expandability to the GPU like the H320 does?

 

I'm getting the Phantom 820 Case, Am I able to do a Push-Pull Config with these either of these two coolers??

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If the fan rpm is higher with a lower noise level on the thermaltake then the thermaltake is better.

The thermaltake does not support expandability like the H320 does.

I'm unsure about push pull with the Phantom 820 as I don't know how much space is there in between the top of the case and the top of the motherboard you are going to use. Push/pull will only get you a few degrees cooler temps at most, so i wouldn't worry about it too much.

The expandability with the H320 is something I wouldn't recommend. Its still a great product but if you want to really expand the loop go with a custom loop. 

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If you want to go on the Corsair route, the H105 performs better than the H100i and features interchangeable coloured rings for the water-block. 

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If you want to go on the Corsair route, the H105 performs better than the H100i and features interchangeable coloured rings for the water-block. 

Yea I looked into that. I think Im gunna go with the ThermalTake tho as it makes the most use of the Phantom 820 400mm top cooling space

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If the fan rpm is higher with a lower noise level on the thermaltake then the thermaltake is better.

The thermaltake does not support expandability like the H320 does.

I'm unsure about push pull with the Phantom 820 as I don't know how much space is there in between the top of the case and the top of the motherboard you are going to use. Push/pull will only get you a few degrees cooler temps at most, so i wouldn't worry about it too much.

The expandability with the H320 is something I wouldn't recommend. Its still a great product but if you want to really expand the loop go with a custom loop. 

I think this is the clearance spec u are looking for

 

Clearance CPU Cooler 153mm / 183mm without fan

Video 333mm

Cable Management 34mm

 

Just in case here is the link to the specs of the Phantom 820 - http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/96-phantom-820-full-tower-case

 

and I will be using the ASRock Z97 EXTREME6 ATX LGA1150 - http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z97%20Extreme6/

 

Seeing the clearance I see the Gigabyte 970 G1 Just barely makes clearance on the video being 312mm (phew, hopefully those dimensions ring true and wont be an issue. I really want the G1 970 and I really like the look of the Phantom 820

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H100i has its issues, pump noise, shitty link software, noisy fans & a LED that doesn't work correctly. Cools well enough other than those issues :P

 

I'd go the Swiftech.

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Im not sure where they are taking there measurements from but im thinking of this for clearence. This space is important if you want to run a push/pull setup.

http://tinypic.com/r/2irswue/8

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