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Can't decide between these

 

CoolerMaster ML 120 Lite - no rgb

CoolerMaster Seidon 120V V3 plus

Corsair H60

Corsair H75

NZXT Kraken M22 

Silverstone Tundra TD03 

Thermaltake Water 3.0 x 120mm

 

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does it have to be a 120mm aio? those are just about the biggest waste of money in the PC space

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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6 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

does it have to be a 120mm aio? those are just about the biggest waste of money in the PC space

Elite 110 case so yes

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Just now, Galion said:

Elite 110 case so yes

i would just get the cheapest one with a waranty then, they all kinda suck

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

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8 minutes ago, bindydad123 said:

I would get a Corsair H80 

Need it in push/pull the H 80i + dual meglift fans won't fit too fat. 

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Don't. They cost a lot more but do not offer any cooling advantages over decent air coolers.

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1 minute ago, Galion said:

Elite 110 case so yes

There is room for a decent aircooler in that thing. Small cheap AIOs are truly a waste. 

 

And Ryzen CPUs can use their included cooler instead.

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Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

i would just get the cheapest one with a waranty then, they all kinda suck

lol, guess it's coolermaster ml120 lite non rgb $40.00 

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1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

There is room for a decent aircooler in that thing. Small cheap AIOs are truly a waste. 

 

And Ryzen CPUs can use their included cooler instead.

Not if you're pushing a Ryzen R7 2700 to 4.0g

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I've tried my own shadow rock lp. I blue screen even just even trying to oc on the wraith. 

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5 minutes ago, Galion said:

Not if you're pushing a Ryzen R7 2700 to 4.0g

Um, yes. You can do that on the stock cooler. It will get a little noisy but its well within margins.

 

Also there are much better aircooler solutions to pick from instead of 120mm AIOs

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1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

Um, yes. You can do that on the stock cooler. It will get a little noisy but its well within margins.

 

Also there are much better aircooler solutions to pick from instead of 120mm AIOs

lol, I tried it with the best low profile cooler I've got, the shadow rock lp and works till you put the psu over it and the case shell on then the min I start on my school project on cad and 3d render I blue screen, 

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4 minutes ago, Galion said:

lol, I tried it with the best low profile cooler I've got, the shadow rock lp and works till you put the psu over it and the case shell on then the min I start on my school project on cad and 3d render I blue screen, 

And you are shure that isnt related to overly high voltage and powerthrottle.

 

Because if it overheats it will temp throttle. 

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3 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

And you are shure that isnt related to overly high voltage and powerthrottle.

 

Because if it overheats it will temp throttle. 

It's not the voltages I've tested it in a H200 as soon as it went back into the 110 my temp were around 93 on air and with my oc it isn't eve at it's limit yet in the h200 I pushed her to 4.1g at 1.37 now I'm at 1.29* at 4.0. I know it's heat. 

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28 minutes ago, Galion said:

Not if you're pushing a Ryzen R7 2700 to 4.0g

You would want at least a 240mm rad to keep temps in check. 

 

Cant you fit a good air cooler in there like from Noctua?

 

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1 minute ago, Stormseeker9 said:

You would want at least a 240mm rad to keep temps in check. 

 

Cant you fit a good air cooler in there like from Noctua?

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1 minute ago, Galion said:

Read the other posts

You BSOD’d yes; I read that. 

 

A single fan 120mm radiator ain’t going to perform better than an air cooler. 

 

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9 minutes ago, Stormseeker9 said:

You BSOD’d yes; I read that. 

 

A single fan 120mm radiator ain’t going to perform better than an air cooler. 

And yet you still missed the part I said I'm going push and pull. lol, 

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I have the H75 cooler, which works perfectly fine for me. However I am using a 1231v3 processor which can't be overclocked, so I can't really tell you how well it works for overclocking. My main reason for buying a 120mm AiO was aesthetics and the option to move to SFF if I would want to, if you are planning to overclock like crazy you might want to look into another case where you can fit some more serious cooling.

Over where I live the H60 doesn't make sense, it's an H75 with one fewer fan, but the price difference is less than what a single fan would cost. Don't know anything about the rest of them. 

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