Alphacool Eisbaer 420 or Eisbaer Extreme

[Dusty_A]

Which would be better for cooling an overclocked 9900k? 

Also, In term of filling the reservoir, do I fill it up to full in both the reservoir and the tubings? or just the reservoir itself?

Thanks, I'm new to the not-so-custom loop-slash-AIO. 

[Dean.P.]

20 hours ago, Dusty_A said:

Which would be better for cooling an overclocked 9900k? 

Also, In term of filling the reservoir, do I fill it up to full in both the reservoir and the tubings? or just the reservoir itself?

Thanks, I'm new to the not-so-custom loop-slash-AIO. 

I have experience with the Extreme and I can say it's definitely better then the 420 which apparently has a piss poor pump (other internet reviews). All I can say is that for both you need a massive case like fractal design meshify S2 and bigger. You don't need to fill either and the quick disconnect tubes lose a small drop at most when opening. In terms of performance the extreme will do much better for you. Alphacool recently released a new block design so if you buy either get it from them personally as the Amazon links will not include the new block design (alphacool will only offer 20% discount from Amazon purchases). 

[Dusty_A]

On 12/2/2019 at 5:39 AM, Dean.P. said:

I have experience with the Extreme and I can say it's definitely better then the 420 which apparently has a piss poor pump (other internet reviews). All I can say is that for both you need a massive case like fractal design meshify S2 and bigger. You don't need to fill either and the quick disconnect tubes lose a small drop at most when opening. In terms of performance the extreme will do much better for you. Alphacool recently released a new block design so if you buy either get it from them personally as the Amazon links will not include the new block design (alphacool will only offer 20% discount from Amazon purchases). 

I have a Corsair 780t, should be ok i think. It supports 280mm rad, but the extreme is a tad longer than normal 280mm rad so I'm only 70% sure.

[Dean.P.]

6 hours ago, Dusty_A said:

I have a Corsair 780t, should be ok i think. It supports 280mm rad, but the extreme is a tad longer than normal 280mm rad so I'm only 70% sure.

Longer but also wider too, its a 280mm rad but also is enclosed in a plastic/ aluminium housing which adds quite a bit of extra width

[bkrownd]

Over the weekend I'm going to be mounting an Eisbaer Extreme Core externally on TOP of my case, sticking up there in the cool breeze, but with my own tubing/fittings and an EK-Velocity block.    It's a nice looking unit, so I hope it performs well.  The Eiswand was just a tad too expensive. 

 

[Dusty_A]

The Eisbaer Extreme finally arrived, and it doesn't fit in the 780t due to the ODD cage. Will be upgrading to a 1000D to circumvent the problem