Are AIOs less dependent on high airflow than Air coolers?

[Techboah]

Hi!

 

I've found plenty of different answers about this topic, so maybe someone can help me out. I have a silence-focused case(BQ! Silent Base 801) with fairly limited airflow compared to mesh cases such. And since I'm deciding on a CPU cooler upgrade, I'm a bit stuck between Air vs AIO. I know that Air coolers depend a lot on airflow, but what about AIOs(assuming top pull mount)? Are they more or less dependent on high airflow than Air cooling? Which one would be a better choice in a limited-airflow case?

[NorKris]

AIOs can be front mounted and get all that fresh air, improving temps by quite abit.. but ur not mentioning what u have to cool down.

So unless u have i7 or i9 of the 12gen or i9 oc¨d 2066 you only need aircooler. 

many ppl go with AIOs for looks tho

[Techboah]

Just now, NorKris said:

AIOs can be front mounted and get all that fresh air, improving temps by quite abit.. but ur not mentioning what u have to cool down.

So unless u have i7 or i9 of the 12gen or i9 oc¨d 2066 you only need aircooler. 

many ppl go with AIOs for looks tho

I don't want to front mount due to disrupting airflow to my GPU, so I'm strictly talking about a top mount with fans pulling from inside and pushing through the raditor. For the CPU, I have a Ryzen 5600X with manual OC, so it does get pretty hot and loud under load with my Dark Rock 4 cooler, that's why I'm thinking on an upgrade. And yeah, I definitely prefer the looks of an AIO, plus that CPU in general gets pretty hot due to the CCD design.

[NorKris]

2 minutes ago, Techboah said:

I don't want to front mount due to disrupting airflow to my GPU, so I'm strictly talking about a top mount with fans pulling from inside and pushing through the raditor. For the CPU, I have a Ryzen 5600X with manual OC, so it does get pretty hot and loud under load with my Dark Rock 4 cooler, that's why I'm thinking on an upgrade. And yeah, I definitely prefer the looks of an AIO, plus that CPU in general gets pretty hot due to the CCD design.

whats to days temps?

[Techboah]

2 minutes ago, NorKris said:

whats to days temps?

Under gaming load, it often spikes above 70c and at that point CPU fan gets pretty damn loud(even with the sound dampening in the case), under stress it stays around 80c, and a y-cruncher test throws it to 90-92c within just a few seconds. So basically, I'm not just shooting for lower temps but also more silent operation, but can't decide between AIO and Air since I don't know which one of them performs worse in a limited-airflow case.

[NorKris]

1 minute ago, Techboah said:

Under gaming load, it often spikes above 70c and at that point CPU fan gets pretty damn loud(even with the sound dampening in the case), under stress it stays around 80c, and a y-cruncher test throws it to 90-92c within just a few seconds. So basically, I'm not just shooting for lower temps but also more silent operation, but can't decide between AIO and Air since I don't know which one of them performs worse in a limited-airflow case.

aha, and what do you have today?

[Techboah]

Just now, NorKris said:

aha, and what do you have today?

A BQ! Dark Rock 4, which is already pretty beefy(so very limited upgrade options in Air category), that's why I'm leaning more towards an AIO

[NorKris]

11 minutes ago, Techboah said:

A BQ! Dark Rock 4, which is already pretty beefy(so very limited upgrade options in Air category), that's why I'm leaning more towards an AIO

Yee Thats a good cooler. And If that isnt dooing it i would look into Arctic 360 or Ek's 360 or maybe the galahad.