Water cooling vs. Fan cooling? + Recommendations?

[juicyrock21]

Hi all,

 

With my new build, i am trying to decide whether or not I should use water cooling. The purpose of this build, is so that I can do both gaming, and video editing. (as well as streaming in some cases) I'm very "noob-ish" when it comes to water cooling. And so, if I do decide to go with water cooling, I'm not sure what system will work with my build, besides the fact that I'll need one that'll work with LGA 1151 CPU's.

 

Here is my build - http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/4KQd9W

 

I would greatly appreciate it if someone could help me with this decision. Along with giving me any recommendations on what I should add/remove with my build (:

Personal Budget: Under $2500 (i can make some exceptions)

[Enderman]

Water cooling still uses fans...

 

A H115i or kraken X61 are good coolers.

If you don't want to watercool just buy a NH-D15.

[Techicolors]

depends on whether you want to do a custom watercooling or AIO watercooling

[Rolfejc]

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/kz7CmG/evga-power-supply-210gq0650

 

I would recommend changing the PSU to the GQ 650 watt unit. It's better for the same price simply put. 

[rn8686]

1 minute ago, FoomZz said:

Hi all,

 

With my new build, i am trying to decide whether or not I should use water cooling. The purpose of this build, is so that I can do both gaming, and video editing. (as well as streaming in some cases) I'm very "noob-ish" when it comes to water cooling. And so, if I do decide to go with water cooling, I'm not sure what system will work with my build, besides the fact that I'll need one that'll work with LGA 1150 CPU's.

 

Here is my build - http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/4KQd9W

 

I would greatly appreciate it if someone could help me with this decision. Along with giving me any recommendations on what I should add/remove with my build (:

Personal Budget: Under $2500 (i can make some exceptions)

Depends on you. High end air is much better value for money as it out performs most low end AIOs for the same price. High end AIO is slightly better, but costs almost double. If you can justify paying $50-$60 more for slightly better temps, sure. Also, AIO also generally looks better than having a big heatsink over your CPU. 

[juicyrock21]

13 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Water cooling still uses fans...

 

A H115i or kraken X61 are good coolers.

If you don't want to watercool just buy a NH-D15.

I probably could have replaced "fan cooling" with "air cooling". And as well, I made a small mistake in my original post. instead of LGA1150, i meant to put in LGA1151. Will those still be compatible? 

[Daniel644]

12 minutes ago, FoomZz said:

I probably could have replaced "fan cooling" with "air cooling". And as well, I made a small mistake in my original post. instead of LGA1150, i meant to put in LGA1151. Will those still be compatible? 

ALL 115x socket coolers are cross compatible, if it does 1150 it does 1151, 1155, 1156. Personally I just did the H100i V2 for my new 6700k, probably could have saved 10-20 bucks and gotten a high end air cooler and been just as quiet, but I love the way the water block looks over a giant cooler. even in the Quiet setting it only gets up to about 65C when doing a video re-encode which are numbers you can see from some "silent" air coolers. Depending on the mode (and load) the PUMP of a water cooler can be just as loud as a decent fan, but even with the side panel off and the radiator sticking half way out from 5 feet away it's quieter then the fan of my G750 laptop (which was on its slowest speed) that was next to me when set to the Quiet mode. I also went with a RM750x PSU because it has a Zero Fan mode where until you get to about 300 watts or so of draw the fan doesn't come on further adding to how quiet my build is, now to find a case to quiet it down the rest of the way.

 

[ForumTryhard]

Water cooling is much quieter than air cooling. Are you willing to take the risk of leaking?

[Enderman]

18 minutes ago, FoomZz said:

I probably could have replaced "fan cooling" with "air cooling". And as well, I made a small mistake in my original post. instead of LGA1150, i meant to put in LGA1151. Will those still be compatible? 

Yes, all sockets that start with 115 have the same mounting and all those coolers work on them.

[WoodenMarker]

12 hours ago, ForumTryhard said:

Water cooling is much quieter than air cooling. Are you willing to take the risk of leaking?

No, it isn't. They both still use fans but water cooling introduces pump noise. Air cooling will always be quieter than water cooling can be unless there's so much heat that there isn't a heatsink big enough to dissipate it. 

 

Water cooling is good if you want to push the limit of your oc. Otherwise, air cooling is usually the better value and quieter.