Best performing AIO

[Smackaroy]

Want to know what the best AIO is performance wise don't care to much about nosie unless it sounds like a rocket launching 

[PopsicleHustler]

They all perform within margin of error. If I was getting one though I would go for NZXT Kraken X72 or Corsair H115iV2.

[AngryBeaver]

H360x3 by swiftech imo.

 

 

[Smackaroy]

13 hours ago, PopsicleHustler said:

They all perform within margin of error. If I was getting one though I would go for NZXT Kraken X72 or Corsair H115iV2.

ok thanks

[Pauleft]

Corsair is really nice if you want the best performance then go with a 3 fan aio 

[SolarNova]

Any of the 360mm AIO's.

 

Dont bother with 120,140,240,and 280 MM AIO's. High end Air cooler are better.

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, SolarNova said:

Any of the 360mm AIO's.

 

Dont bother with 120,140,240,and 280 MM AIO's. High end Air cooler are better.

IIRC the 280mm AIOs match/beat most of the 360s and cost less so they're the better option. 

High end air towers beat all of them at usually around half the price so they're the best option if you have the clearance. 

[code99]

On 9/4/2019 at 9:50 PM, Zando Bob said:

IIRC the 280mm AIOs match/beat most of the 360s and cost less so they're the better option. 

High end air towers beat all of them at usually around half the price so they're the best option if you have the clearance. 

So you're saying that there is no point in going for an AIO if you got clearance for a high end air cooler? 

 

Im building a gaming rig which will have an AMD R7 3700X most likely and I was going to pair it with a 3 fan AIO (140 fans) thinking more fans = better. I was planning to do an overclock on the cpu as well ... 

 

Why would an air cooler be better than AIOs?

 

Because if thats the case i'll just buy the NH-D15 cooler and call it a day (it looks really ugly but eh)

[Princess Luna]

1 hour ago, code99 said:

Because if thats the case i'll just buy the NH-D15 cooler and call it a day (it looks really ugly but eh)

You can go for the beQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 as well which is much the same as the NH-D15 but looks a lot better.

 

And yes, a very high end air cooler performs as good as 360mm AiO.

[code99]

1 hour ago, Princess Luna said:

You can go for the beQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 as well which is much the same as the NH-D15 but looks a lot better.

 

And yes, a very high end air cooler performs as good as 360mm AiO.

Well then i guess im going with air cooling.

 

I think its best, i would go mad with fear of leakage with AIOs anyway ... shame, i really liked the idea of an AIO (it being the first ever for me)

 

I'll also check the be quiet Dark Rock pro, thanks!

[Zando_]

4 hours ago, code99 said:

So you're saying that there is no point in going for an AIO if you got clearance for a high end air cooler? 

Yep

4 hours ago, code99 said:

Why would an air cooler be better than AIOs?

I don't know the thermal engineering reasons or whatever, but air coolers perform slightly better than the best AIOs while being about half the price. Air coolers only have one failure point too, the fan. AIOs have the pump, both ends of both tubes, inside of the res if it clogs, 2-3 fans, etc. They also dry up after a few years, since you can't refill the coolant like you can with a custom loop (it very slowly evaporates through the rubber tubing). There's a couple AIOs that use kinda sorta custom loop parts but they're usually not the best performers out of the box, cost a lot, and are really clunky. 

4 hours ago, code99 said:

Because if thats the case i'll just buy the NH-D15 cooler and call it a day (it looks really ugly but eh)

Like Luna said, the DRP4 is an excellent cooler. There's the Noctua NH-U12A (smaller noctua cooler, same color fans as the NH-D15 though) and Thermalright Le Grande Macho RT all in the same performance bracket as that and the NH-D15/15S. Noctua does offer black chromax fans for the D15 and D15S, but they're about $30 each. 

[Touch My Hamm]

AIO's are down to a science where they are all in a margin of error. The best way to see performance is the area to dissipate heat. so a 360 rad will perform much better then a single 120mm rad. For AIO's they all have similar size rads as they want to make sure its compatible to most popular chassis on the market. I dont believe I have seen any with double thick radiators or any with ultra slim ones. Pick the one that fits your case then based on that choose which brands you like/dislike and pick one that looks nice. 

[code99]

Thank you both for your replies, been really helpful. 

 

Good point on the point of failures for the AIOs ...

 

Im going with air cooling, probably going to get the DRP4 cooler since its far better looking than the noctua one and spare a few bucks by not getting an AIO (as cool as they seem, from what ive read up until now i dont think they are worth it).

 

Thank again!

[Tonberry]

On 9/6/2019 at 5:00 PM, code99 said:

So you're saying that there is no point in going for an AIO if you got clearance for a high end air cooler? 

 

Im building a gaming rig which will have an AMD R7 3700X most likely and I was going to pair it with a 3 fan AIO (140 fans) thinking more fans = better. I was planning to do an overclock on the cpu as well ... 

 

Why would an air cooler be better than AIOs?

 

Because if thats the case i'll just buy the NH-D15 cooler and call it a day (it looks really ugly but eh)

JayzTwoCent made a video about NH-D15 vs his custom 360 water loop. You might want to watch it. Air cooler FTW.