Good AIO for R5 2600X?

[poorkidbuild]

I've already looked into air coolers, and found that my options are limited due to having four sticks of RAM. Although I have heard AIO's will not last as long, I would like to see if I would like to invest in one. 

 

My cooling needs are very simple: Not loud, reliable, and fit my system. I would like to keep it under 150 dollars, but I could consider 20 dollars more if really needed. No RGB is fine as I have some fans I can install onto it in order to fit my system. 

 

Thank you, people of LTT.

[VeganJoy]

there are plenty of air coolers that clear 4 dimms, sufficiently cool a 2600x, and are very affordable. but if youre set on an aio basically any well reviewed 240mm or larger is fine. the arctic freezer 240 would be perfect. if you prefer the aesthetics of a corsair, nzxt, evga, etc. those are all fine coolers. most of them are just rebadged asetek units, consistently decent. 

 

basically, dont get a 120mm cause they suck and dont shortchange yourself on an important component. there are a ton of cheap aios pandering to budget minded consumers and i wouldnt trust my system with any of those. 

[poorkidbuild]

1 minute ago, VeganJoy said:

there are plenty of air coolers that clear 4 dimms, sufficiently cool a 2600x, and are very affordable. but if youre set on an aio basically any well reviewed 240mm or larger is fine. the arctic freezer 240 would be perfect. if you prefer the aesthetics of a corsair, nzxt, evga, etc. those are all fine coolers. most of them are just rebadged asetek units, consistently decent. 

 

basically, dont get a 120mm cause they suck and dont shortchange yourself on an important component. there are a ton of cheap aios pandering to budget minded consumers and i wouldnt trust my system with any of those. 

thank you! I'll still look into air coolers, because I definitely prefer them. I just have the B450 tomahawk max, meaning its super hard to install those air coolers.

[VeganJoy]

2 minutes ago, poorkidbuild said:

thank you! I'll still look into air coolers, because I definitely prefer them. I just have the B450 tomahawk max, meaning its super hard to install those air coolers.

fair enough, really just a basic 120-140mm single tower cooler should clear your ram and be more than sufficient for a 2600x. if you wanna go beefy and quiet a d15s has stellar memory compatibility (basically 100% afaik) and youd be able to run the fan slow as the 2600x aint super high wattage. stick on some chromax goodies for the a e s t h e t i c  

[poorkidbuild]

2 minutes ago, _DeXTeR_ said:

arctic freezer 240 Best overall AIO

Thank you! I feel I have a lot of options to look through now.

[dfsgsfa]

i really dont get it why spending 1 to 1 ratio on cpu to aio

 

you could get a $300 ish cpu with stock cooler , even not oc and temps above normal, its still way faster than oc a low end cpu at its max

[Deli]

Scythe Mugen 5($45) and Fuma 2($55) both clear four sticks of RAM. No need to spend $100 for an AIO.