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Hi airdeano, Thanks for your response. I've tried the following combinations of fans: a) 2x ARCTIC F12 TC (currently installed. The quietest option among all) Running at 1000 rpm b) 2x be quiet! Pure Wings 2 PWM 120mm (BL039) Running at 1000 rpm was ~2C win over Arctic fans but more louder. c) default option 2 fans that came in the package. At 1000-1200 rpm they're on par with the options above in terms of temps but even louder than be quite fans. At 2000 rpm they were like 3-5C less than be quite fans but the sound was like a jet is starting under my desktop...

Thank you for the feedback, but... If you take a look at the video below you'll see that 8600k stock never reaches 50C while being cooled with 120MM Corsair Hydro Series H110i Extreme. Does that mean that MasterLiquid Lite 240 is that horrible?!

Hi Guys, Really looking for some advice here. Here's the story: My Rig: Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (non side-window version) MB: MSI Z370 Gaming M5 CPU: Intel i5 8600k (no overclocking) GPU: MSI GTX 1050 Ti Gaming X RAM: Kingston HyperX Predator Black DDR4-3200 (2x8GB) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 240 (I've got it for free as a part of the promo when buying motherboard) Hard drives: 2x256GB SSDs PSU: Chieftec 500W Now to the problem: i am completely unhappy with my water cooler (in fact i now realize why they were giving it as a gift when i was buying the mobo). The stock 120mm Air Balance fans were super loud so even my case didn't save me from the annoying noise those two things were producing especially under load. Had to replace them with 2 ARCTIC F12 TC. Just to give you a full picture of the setup in terms of cooling i have the following: 2x Fractal Design Dynamic GP14 on the front panel as intake 2x be quiet! Shadow Wings SW1 120mm Low-Speed (BL053) on the bottom panel as intake Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 240 is currently placed onto the top panel of the case and its vents are blowing out the air from the case. When idle, CPU temps are 32-33C, but the thing that drives me crazy is that when playing game (i.e. witcher 3) the temps go up to 63-65C I believe it's WAY too hot for the stock cpu running at 4.1Ghz I've tried everything i could by changing the placement of the AIO from the top panel to the front, flipping the positioning of the fans with all possible combinations. No significant breakthrough. I'll be making one final attempt in 2-3 days when my ARCTIC MX-4 thermal paste arrives but i highly doubt that will drop the temps to a reasonable value so i am pretty much on the edge and ready to through that Coolermaster junk away to replace it with something else... I'd greatly appreciate any advice/ideas. Thanks a lot in advance.