Corsair & Naming Confusion

[chiller15]

I have a stock i7-9700K with a Corsair H60 (2018) in my PC at the moment. The H60 is good, though I'm experiencing a lot of fan spin up/down, so I'm guessing that the radiator isn't quite up to the job. I'm looking to replace my PC case with one that supports 240/280mm radiators. I'd like to stick with Corsair because I'm a creature of habit and have good experience with their AIOs in the past.

 

I've looked at their product lines and holy hell, I don't understand which product I should be looking at. I'm after mainly a silent experience (prefer the aesthetics of an AIO than air cooler), with good capacity for a warmer ambient temperature (with colder weather on the way, the central heating will be on more) or if I overclock in the future (unlikely). Oh and I don't like RBG So it it came with RGB, it'll be turned off.

 

So I think I'm looking at a H100i 240mm or H115i 280mm unit, but each of these has multiple variants:

H100i PRO RGB - CW-9060033-WW - £99.98

H100i PRO XT RGB - CW-9060043-WW - £110.76

H100i RGB Platinum - CW-9060039-WW - £109.99

H100i RGB Platinum SE - CW-9060042-WW - £136.33

 

H115i RGB Platinum - CW-9060038-WW - £135.91

H115i PRO XT RGB - CW-9060044-WW - £132.98

H115i PRO RGB - CW-9060032-WW - £114.95

 

There's quite a price spread too, so I'm just a little confused.

 

Is there really much in the way of performance difference between say the £99.98 240mm vs £132.98 280mm?

Edited September 14, 2020 by chiller15
Included info about RGB preference and a question about performance

[narrdarr]

Xt will offer more control over Rgb lighting than non xt

 

Platinum cw is just the block is platinum color

Platinum se the whole aio is platinum color

[chiller15]

7 hours ago, narrdarr said:

Xt will offer more control over Rgb lighting than non xt

 

Platinum cw is just the block is platinum color

Platinum se the whole aio is platinum color

As I care not for RGB, is there much of a difference between the performance of them?

[narrdarr]

53 minutes ago, chiller15 said:

As I care not for RGB, is there much of a difference between the performance of them?

Naw not really 

[chiller15]

Bump: Does anyone else have any further input? Just want more info before I make a purchase.

[narrdarr]

13 hours ago, chiller15 said:

Bump: Does anyone else have any further input? Just want more info before I make a purchase.

what else would you like to know?

[chiller15]

11 hours ago, narrdarr said:

what else would you like to know?

It was more a case of getting as much info before I made a purchase, such as does a £20 difference between the different versions of the H115i really make much of a difference?

 

I decided to go with the 280mm Corsair H115i PRO RGB based on a decent price compared to other outlets (and it's not that much more expensive than the 240mm H100i), plus I preferred it's aesthetics over the other variants.

[narrdarr]

well you made the right choice a 280 is better