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Finding the Ideal AIO for a ryzen 5 5600X

Hello everyone, i built a new pc as an upgrade from my older one. They CPU i chose is the ryzen 5 5600X , i decided to give the stock fan a go to see what kinds of thermals i'll be getting and decided that i want to have a lot cooler temps. 
I want to go for a 240 mm aio, and given where i live i narrowed down my options to two choices. Either the lian li galahad 240mm or the cooler master ml240 illusion. After checking a lot of reviews and investigating, i realized that the lian li aio performs really well for it's price. However i heard a lot of complaints about the pump whine on it. 

 

For example check this other post to get an idea about what i'm talking about. 
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1382232-how-loud-should-be-an-aio-pump/?tab=comments#comment-15055895

 

Although i'm aware that the pump noise can be reduced by finding the optimal voltage to apply to the pump, i wanted to know if going for the quieter cooler master aio in this case will also be a good choice for the ryzen 5. 

 

So overall i wanted to know if anyone has either of those aio's for the ryzen 5 5600X what kind of temps are you experiencing, and is there a significant gap between the performance of the 240 mm lian li when comparing it to the cooler master ml 240 illusion ? 

Budget (including currency): 2200 - 2800 EGP 

Country: Egypt 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: General gaming as well as some light streaming/ video editing

Other details :
Case: Cooler master H500

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X 
MB: Gigabyte Auorus pro AC 

Ram: Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600MHz CL16 DDR4

PSU: Seasonic FOCUS PLUS 750 Watt 80 Plus Gold Certified Semi Modular PSU

GPU: Gigabyte G1  Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 

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Well, the top AIO's are from Arctic and EK. For a 5600x the 240mm options are perfectly fine. Can you get those in Egypt?

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Unfortunately both of these vendors aren't available in Egypt yet, given the budget i'm going for the options i have are the cooler master ml240 illusion, the lian li, there's also the EVGA clc 240 and the Deepcool castle 240 EX. I can push my budget a little further and go for a 280 mm EVGA clc or maybe a 240 or a 280 NZXT kraken like the x53. But i'm not sure if that will be worth it or not. 

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7 hours ago, TrigrH said:

Whatever is cheaper, they are both great for a 6 core AMD.

Would you recommend them both instead of cooler master or lian li ? 

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44 minutes ago, spiritshifter said:

Would you recommend them both instead of cooler master or lian li ? 

Yes, the Evga has fantastic performance due to its higher performing fans, whilst the Deepcool unit is a really high quality unit with leak prevention technology (worse fans).

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The LianLi Galahead did perform great in Gamers Nexus testing. A 5600X doesn't need a whole lot of cooling. Unless you plan to place your PC in a pure sunlight spot and perform with 40°, all of them should be enough to keep your CPU temps below 70. A 5600X could also be cooled by an air cooler. If your environment isn't the hottest place in egypt, I'd rather save the money from an AIO and go with a good air cooler instead.

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