5600x paired with Lian Li Galahad AIO 240 vs 360

[NaClKnight]

Looking to move on from the stock cooler on my 5600x.

 

I'd like to try an AIO, both for aesthetics and performance, and the Galahad seems to fit the bill (white option, great RGB look, silent enough, good heat dissipation) and received good/great reviews.

 

I'm trying to decide between the 240mm and 360mm versions and would appreciate some additional discussion

 

Normally I'm all for overkill, but this feels, ostensibly, like a situation where I can safely choose the smaller option with no appreciable loss in performance. Am I wrong to think so? At 65W, the 5600X isn't exactly a furnace, and I have no plans to change out that CPU after what I went through to get it.

 

I'm using a Core P3 (pictured), so space isn't an issue. However, I'm more concerned with ensuring with having enough cooling headroom that the eventual OC'ing won't push the fans to their highest/loudest speeds. Is the 240 sufficient for my use case, or am I setting myself up for disappointment and regret?

 

 

[boggy77]

if you plan to oc, go for 280/360.

65w is just an indication. if you oc it, it can easily draw 100w

[freeagent]

More than 100w.

 

65 just sitting there doing nothing @ stock.. 

[NaClKnight]

 

On 4/1/2021 at 4:22 AM, boggy77 said:

if you plan to oc, go for 280/360.

65w is just an indication. if you oc it, it can easily draw 100w

 

On 4/1/2021 at 4:30 AM, freeagent said:

More than 100w.

 

65 just sitting there doing nothing @ stock.. 

Thanks for the feedback. It sounds as if the 240 vs 360 really will come down to if I want to OC the the CPU. I'll be looking up the OC results and benchmarks for the 5600X and see if that's actually worth it. Higher OCs mean higher temps mean faster fans mean louder fans, and if I have to lose out on 1-2 fps to keep the fans quiet, I think I'd likely do so...

[Zech49]

I currently have the 360, so far its quiet and never reach 1100rpm with my 5ghz 8600k. As for the temps it sits at 64C on prime95 ver 26 small FTT but my cpu dellided so mind that.

 

This article might help you if you haven't read it yet: TweakTown Galahad Review

[boggy77]

1 hour ago, NaClKnight said:

if I have to lose out on 1-2 fps to keep the fans quiet, I think I'd likely do so...

Bigger fans are quieter (they have to spin slower for the same airflow). If you want quiet, go for a 280mm aio or a big aircooler (noctua nh-d15)

[NaClKnight]

1 hour ago, Zech49 said:

I currently have the 360, so far its quiet and never reach 1100rpm with my 5ghz 8600k. As for the temps it sits at 64C on prime95 ver 26 small FTT but my cpu dellided so mind that.

 

This article might help you if you haven't read it yet: TweakTown Galahad Review

Yeah, I had seen that. It certainly looks like everything I'm looking for. I guess the $30 price difference might actually be money well spent in this case. 

1 hour ago, boggy77 said:

Bigger fans are quieter (they have to spin slower for the same airflow). If you want quiet, go for a 280mm aio or a big aircooler (noctua nh-d15)

Yeah, that much I'm familiar with. Air volume as a matter of cross section vs radial speed.

Case aesthetics and honest vanity rule out air cooling, and changing to a 280mm AIO would require restarting my search.  I'd strongly prefer to stay with one of Lian Li options I mentioned, especially since the 360 option appears to run as quiet as I'll ever need and I certainly won't need to save that fan slot for anything else in my open case.

[spiritshifter]

Which aio did you end up going for ? 
If you went for the 240 can you share your temps for load vs idle ? 

[NaClKnight]

On 11/3/2021 at 3:18 PM, spiritshifter said:

Which aio did you end up going for ? 
If you went for the 240 can you share your temps for load vs idle ? 

I ended up choosing the 360 (pictured, mounted behind the GPU, and then ended up rigging up my own case fans (far right, mounted perpendicular), more for aesthetics than anything else. 

 

It's 83 in Los Angeles today, but my CPU idles just below 40C and goes up as high as 63 when gaming.

 

The CPU fans (and my entire build) are basically soundless. There are very few times when the CPU fans get loud enough to hear, and never more than a few minutes at a time.