Arctic Freezer II 280 to replace a NH-D15

[ZMAS]

I build my first PC Workstation in March, coming from Mac it's been a great experience so far, albeit some issues I had with my GPU choice for the type of work I do.

 

You can find the build specs and temps here: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/W9xG3C

 

I'm slightly concerned about my CPU temps (80+ºC) and I'm thinking about changing the NH-D15 for an Arctic Freezer II 280, also because I'll be ditching the Radeon VII for a RTX3090, which should be a considerable upgrade for Davinci Resolve (still waiting on the reviews to make a final decision). I would like to mount the radiator at the front of the case, since I don't want to remove the top sound dampening cover.

I have two Noctua NF-A14 PWM at the front of the case and my question is regarding the fans:

 

When Gamers Nexus reviews coolers, they leave the stock fans on, with the reasoning that standardizing the fans on all the coolers, would make perform similarly (did I get that right?). So, since I already have two NF-A14 PWM, which are really silent at idle, I would replace the stock fans with those, but would that make sense with this cooler?

Putting it another way: Is there a better 280 AIO cooler out there if I'm replacing the fans for the Noctua's? Or, shouldn't I replace the fans at all? Aesthetics aren't a consideration as I just want the most silent machine I can get (at least at idle).

 

Thanks in advance!

 

[For Science!]

1 minute ago, ZMAS said:

 

 

I think arctic's fans may be better suited for the AIO than the A14's. If Noctua ever come out with a Sterrox varient at 140 mm, then they may beat the Arctic, but for now only the A12x25 mm is competitive.

[Quadriplegic]

The fans are pretty much on par (both noise and performance wise), so you don't need to replace stock fans on the AIO.