Will this Watercooler be sufficient?

[Khajiit Dealer]

What are your thoughts on the Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler? Will it be able to keep my i7 5930k 6 core processor OCed to 4.2 ghz relatively cool while gaming? 

[Paralectic]

I wouldn't bother with 120mm  AIOs.

[Khajiit Dealer]

I wouldn't bother with 120mm  AIOs.

 

Why is that? 

[SpaceNugget]

water coolers work well because the allow you to move the heat away from the cpu with water to a large radiator, if there was space for it, the same size radiator directly on the cpu would work better. why use a 120mm water cooler when you can just use a 120mm heatsink that is less likely to fail, and works better. the real advantage of water cooling is that you could use a 360mm or 480mm radiator that could never fit on the cpu as a heatsink.

[OAcesync]

Why is that? 

Air coolers can perform the same or better than a thin 120mm rad at a cheaper price

[DarkBlade2117]

I wouldn't bother with 120mm  AIOs.

Why? Not all are bad. 140mm-120mm some are quite good.

 

I know two off the top of my head,.

 

NZXT x41 Kraken and the CoolerMaster Seidon or whatever it's called.

[Matriox]

I run a peltier cooler in my setup and it cools my 4790k just fine.. Btw my whole loop cost was less than $50 and on a stable 4.5Ghz temps never reach over 74 degrees at full load.. Which I soon will be adding a 120mm Rad in, once it comes in the mail

[Benji_w]

What are your thoughts on the Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler? Will it be able to keep my i7 5930k 6 core processor OCed to 4.2 ghz relatively cool while gaming? 

 

In all honesty I recommend 240mm per part you're cooling, this keeps fan speed down meaning less noise. get a 240 or a 280, better yet custom loop and overclock everything.

My cpu and motherboard have a 360 and a 240 cooling them.