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Someone on HardwareSwapUK is offering a H55 for £30 so I can put it on my 980 and he says it's two years old.

 

What is the average life expectancy of AIOs?

 

3 or 4 years?

 

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It can be up to 5 years, iirc, or more

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I would not buy it. The H55 is bothersome new let alone used.

A water-cooled mid-tier gaming PC.

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Well my H100i has been running strong and considering it's warranty is 5 five years I would expect at least 5 years for most AIOs'

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I would Pass you can pick up a new one sometimes for $45.00 and they may be missing hardware and you will need thermal past so its not worth it.

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I would not buy it. The H55 is bothersome new let alone used.

Explain urself m8

 

Well my H100i has been running strong and considering it's warranty is 5 five years I would expect at least 5 years for most AIOs'

He said he is having trouble finding the invoice.

 

I'm going to force him to find it lol

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I would Pass you can pick up a new one sometimes for $45.00 and they may be missing hardware and you will need thermal past so its not worth it.

UK mate, we don't get big sales.

 

I have spare thermal paste that I was going to use anyway and it's all there.

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UK mate, we don't get big sales.

I have spare thermal paste that I was going to use anyway and it's all there.

I just looked on amizon uk and the H55 is 49.00 and coolermasters low end AIO is 40.00 I would spend the extra $10.00 for the new especially with something critical like that. Now if it was a 2year old CPU or Ram i would say go for it.
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I just looked on amizon uk and the H55 is 49.00 and coolermasters low end AIO is 40.00 I would spend the extra $10.00 for the new especially with something critical like that. Now if it was a 2year old CPU or Ram i would say go for it.

You realize $10 isn't the difference?

 

£49 = $76

 

vs

 

Getting this used is $46

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Explain urself m8

 

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I thought i did. The issue history of the H55 has been noisy to failed pump. Now there are the exceptions one every assembly line but i doubt this is one of them. I think you would be better served with a Hyper 212 evo for the same price and save up and get a better AIO is you really want one.

A water-cooled mid-tier gaming PC.

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I thought i did. The issue history of the H55 has been noisy to failed pump. Now there are the exceptions one every assembly line but i doubt this is one of them. I think you would be better served with a Hyper 212 evo for the same price and save up and get a better AIO is you really want one.

You realize I have a H110 on my CPU?

 

If you read, I want it for my GPU meaning the lowest end AIO will do much better than any air cooler out there

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I thought i did. The issue history of the H55 has been noisy to failed pump. Now there are the exceptions one every assembly line but i doubt this is one of them. I think you would be better served with a Hyper 212 evo for the same price and save up and get a better AIO is you really want one.

Read the post. it would be a bit tricky to put a 212 on a GPU

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I need an asetek cooler otherwise I would of got that.

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Read the post. it would be a bit tricky to put a 212 on a GPU

Agreed, pardon my faux pas.

A water-cooled mid-tier gaming PC.

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That's nearly an extra £20. You're not really helping here :P

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That's nearly an extra £20. You're not really helping here :P

well what would you rather have a cooler that may not have all its parts plus its "2years old" no warranty.

or a new cooler with warranty.

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well what would you rather have a cooler that may not have all its parts plus its "2years old" no warranty.

or a new cooler with warranty.

The cheaper one that means I have more money in my pocket for buying something better in the future and something I can buy sooner rather than saving up.

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