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I recently got a Corsair H100 (not H100i for clarity), and I'm happy with it so far. My 4790k tops out at like 50 degrees celsius with the stock clock, and my Texas ambient temperatures aren't do it any favors. I haven't gotten around to fiddling with any overlcocking yet, so I don't know how quickly the temps will go up. The H100i looks very similar, just in a 240mm radiator configuration instead of a 280mm.

 

Corsair recommends setting up the radiator to push cold air from outside the case into the radiator with both fans, so -->Air--> Case Exterior ||| Fans ||| Radiator -->Air--> is the idea. Whether or not this is best is probably going to depend on your fan setup and where you mount the radiator. Pulling air from inside the case to outside will lower ambient temperatures in the case, but then you're cooling the radiator with hot air. Pulling cold air from outside will cool the radiator better, but then you're dumping more hot air into the case. So it all depends, you'll have to play around and see what works best if you really want the best setup.

 

I'm currently using two low mounted front case fans for intake, one high mounted exhaust fan in the back, and two fans intaking and pushing air into my radiator that's mounted on the top, so hopefully the air coming through is pretty slow since it hit the radiator and then gets caught up in the front to back airflow and exhausts out the back. So far the CPU sits at like 50 degrees under a heavy gaming load, and the GPUs get to 80 degrees under like 90% load with the fans automatically doing their thing, so I'm fairly pleased with the setup.

Hello, i want to buy a new watercooling system which one is the best one so chose my budget is around 100$ ~

it must be sent to the netherlands. so if the item is on amazon it's mostly fine, i thought about Corsair H100i (Link)

if u got other suggestions u can tell me also do i need to use push pull or only push or pull?

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I recently got a Corsair H100 (not H100i for clarity), and I'm happy with it so far. My 4790k tops out at like 50 degrees celsius with the stock clock, and my Texas ambient temperatures aren't do it any favors. I haven't gotten around to fiddling with any overlcocking yet, so I don't know how quickly the temps will go up. The H100i looks very similar, just in a 240mm radiator configuration instead of a 280mm.

 

Corsair recommends setting up the radiator to push cold air from outside the case into the radiator with both fans, so -->Air--> Case Exterior ||| Fans ||| Radiator -->Air--> is the idea. Whether or not this is best is probably going to depend on your fan setup and where you mount the radiator. Pulling air from inside the case to outside will lower ambient temperatures in the case, but then you're cooling the radiator with hot air. Pulling cold air from outside will cool the radiator better, but then you're dumping more hot air into the case. So it all depends, you'll have to play around and see what works best if you really want the best setup.

 

I'm currently using two low mounted front case fans for intake, one high mounted exhaust fan in the back, and two fans intaking and pushing air into my radiator that's mounted on the top, so hopefully the air coming through is pretty slow since it hit the radiator and then gets caught up in the front to back airflow and exhausts out the back. So far the CPU sits at like 50 degrees under a heavy gaming load, and the GPUs get to 80 degrees under like 90% load with the fans automatically doing their thing, so I'm fairly pleased with the setup.

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Hello, i want to buy a new watercooling system which one is the best one so chose my budget is around 100$ ~
it must be sent to the netherlands. so if the item is on amazon it's mostly fine, i thought about Corsair H100i (Link)
if u got other suggestions u can tell me also do i need to use push pull or only push or pull?

 

 

The H100i isn't a bad cooler if you want to overclock but something like the H110 being a dual 140mm will be a little better in terms of cooling performance as long as your case has the support. As for push/pull setups it will help but marginally from a few degrees.

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