Should I swap my AIO?

[x Princess Leliana x]

So half my fans are rattling in my case like bastards and I hate them. So I am buying new fans. The price of new fans alone is already half the cost of a new AIO, so is it worth it to just buy a new AIO as well? My current one was used when I bought it and that was already a few years ago, and it doesn't cool my 5900x adequately. 

I currently have a fractal design celsius s36. Scan (UK newegg like site) has a bunch of deals on triple AIOs for under £100, or I could just spend £30-40 on fans and keep my current one. Not sure. Help?

[tkitch]

WTF are you buying for fans?

 

Buy Arctic P12 / P14 PWM PST fans and be very very very happy.

[x Princess Leliana x]

Just now, tkitch said:

WTF are you buying for fans?

 

Buy Arctic P12 / P14 PWM PST fans and be very very very happy.

I mean most sets of 3 fans are around $30-40 that I can see. But then again I am not the best shopper

[Quickstrike]

11 minutes ago, x Princess Leliana x said:

So half my fans are rattling in my case like bastards and I hate them. So I am buying new fans. The price of new fans alone is already half the cost of a new AIO, so is it worth it to just buy a new AIO as well? My current one was used when I bought it and that was already a few years ago, and it doesn't cool my 5900x adequately. 

I currently have a fractal design Celsius s36. Scan (UK newegg like site) has a bunch of deals on triple AIOs for under £100, or I could just spend £30-40 on fans and keep my current one. Not sure. Help?

Change your AIO every 4-5 years and don't cheap out. I lost a GTX 980 ti in the middle of the GPU shortage by saving 50$ because my pump leaked all over it.

 

[x Princess Leliana x]

Just now, Quickstrike said:

Change your AIO every 4-5 years and don't cheap out. I lost a GTX 980 ti in the middle of the GPU shortage by saving 50$ because my pump leaked all over it.

 

Nooo don't make me paranoid haha

[Ryuikko]

What's your current aio? 

[x Princess Leliana x]

5 minutes ago, Ryuikko said:

What's your current aio? 

As stated in the OP it's a fractal design celsius s36

[Dedayog]

32 minutes ago, x Princess Leliana x said:

So half my fans are rattling in my case like bastards and I hate them. So I am buying new fans. The price of new fans alone is already half the cost of a new AIO, so is it worth it to just buy a new AIO as well? My current one was used when I bought it and that was already a few years ago, and it doesn't cool my 5900x adequately. 

I currently have a fractal design celsius s36. Scan (UK newegg like site) has a bunch of deals on triple AIOs for under £100, or I could just spend £30-40 on fans and keep my current one. Not sure. Help?

How old is your AIO?  The Fractal s36 is a nice one and shouldn't have fan issues at all.  It it under warranty at all?  Are the fans loose maybe?  I have had 1 fan in 15 years make noise, not multiples at the same time.

[x Princess Leliana x]

Just now, Dedayog said:

How old is your AIO?  The Fractal s36 is a nice one and shouldn't have fan issues at all.  It it under warranty at all?  Are the fans loose maybe?  I have had 1 fan in 15 years make noise, not multiples at the same time.

It's at least 3-4 years in *my* use, I bought it used (without fans) and the guy that had it I think had it for a year before then. So it's at least 3-4 years old. Fans are deep cool cf120mm, but theyre 100% dying, tried all the screws and what not, swapped em about a bit, it's 100% them, if I hold the fan stopped manually they stop rattling ya know.

 

Obviously since the cooler is used I have no warranty to speak of. 

 

[Ryuikko]

29 minutes ago, x Princess Leliana x said:

As stated in the OP it's a fractal design celsius s36

Please disregard me I can't read 

The fractal design is a good aio, how long ago did you get it?  nvm already answered above

[jaslion]

A 5 pack of fractal p12s is 25$ and they are way better fans than what you have now

[tkitch]

39 minutes ago, x Princess Leliana x said:

I mean most sets of 3 fans are around $30-40 that I can see. But then again I am not the best shopper

Go look up what I told you to look up, and then comment on pricing.  

[Dedayog]

14 minutes ago, x Princess Leliana x said:

It's at least 3-4 years in *my* use, I bought it used (without fans) and the guy that had it I think had it for a year before then. So it's at least 3-4 years old. Fans are deep cool cf120mm, but theyre 100% dying, tried all the screws and what not, swapped em about a bit, it's 100% them, if I hold the fan stopped manually they stop rattling ya know.

 

Obviously since the cooler is used I have no warranty to speak of. 

 

Interesting, those aren't off brand shit fans either.  

 

I'd probably replace the whole cooler instead of putting 3x fans on it.  It's aging.  Did I miss your CPU?  You may not need another AIO, maybe buy a decent air cooler?

[x Princess Leliana x]

Just now, Dedayog said:

Interesting, those aren't off brand shit fans either.  

 

I'd probably replace the whole cooler instead of putting 3x fans on it.  It's aging.  Did I miss your CPU?  You may not need another AIO, maybe buy a decent air cooler?

I did not post the CPU, I already had a thread on here with my temperature troubles with it haha.

 

It's a ryzen 5900x runs 60- most of the time so looking to get that down ideally. I'll get whatever keeps this thing under that without driving me mad with rattling noise 

[Dedayog]

2 minutes ago, x Princess Leliana x said:

I did not post the CPU, I already had a thread on here with my temperature troubles with it haha.

 

It's a ryzen 5900x runs 60- most of the time so looking to get that down ideally. I'll get whatever keeps this thing under that without driving me mad with rattling noise 

The 5900X doesn't need a 360mm AIO for stock performance and regular use. Unless you're OCing it or doing some rocket science... any decent mid level cooler is a-ok.

 

I'm trying to say that I wouldn't keep using that AIO at its age, especially if you have to replace the fans.  Spend $30-40 on a decent air cooler and enjoy life.

 

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, x Princess Leliana x said:

I did not post the CPU, I already had a thread on here with my temperature troubles with it haha.

 

It's a ryzen 5900x runs 60- most of the time so looking to get that down ideally. I'll get whatever keeps this thing under that without driving me mad with rattling noise 

Sycthe fuma 2 tames my roomies 5950x below 70c whilst being whisperquiet.

 

Keep in mind that at 60c un derload you are still 35c under max

[x Princess Leliana x]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

Sycthe fuma 2 tames my roomies 5950x below 70c whilst being whisperquiet.

 

Keep in mind that at 60c un derload you are still 35c under max

What do you mean with the second comment sorry? 

 

And it goes up to 80 under full render loads, it *idles*  at 60. Like, with google open. But I shouldnt derail this thread into my other one haha

[Dedayog]

3 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Sycthe fuma 2 tames my roomies 5950x below 70c whilst being whisperquiet.

 

Keep in mind that at 60c un derload you are still 35c under max

I love when you provide specifics when I just make ballpark statements

 

OP, follow @jaslion.  Smart guy.

[jaslion]

6 minutes ago, x Princess Leliana x said:

What do you mean with the second comment sorry? 

 

And it goes up to 80 under full render loads, it *idles*  at 60. Like, with google open. But I shouldnt derail this thread into my other one haha

Oh ok yeah thats quite high idle. Either way 25$ is over 1/3 the cost of a fuma 2 so id just get the new cooler especially since this aio is 5 years old

[x Princess Leliana x]

3 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

I love when you provide specifics when I just make ballpark statements

 

OP, follow @jaslion.  Smart guy.

Ahaha fair.  That air cooler is nearly the same price as whatever triple rad AIO I was going to get, is it really worth it to get that over say one of these 2? 

 

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/arctic-liquid-freezer-ii-360-rgb-360mm-all-in-one-hydro-cpu-cooler-3x120mm-pwm-rgb-fan-40mm-vrm-fan

 

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/fractal-design-lumen-s36-aio-cooler-rgb-3x-120mm-fans-copper-heatsink-360mm-aluminium-radiator-intel

 

Coolers are one of the areas where I really am braindead

[jaslion]

4 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

I love when you provide specifics when I just make ballpark statements

 

OP, follow @jaslion.  Smart guy.

The advantage of getting a crapton of hardware in your hands because you are known as the itguy for an entire village

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, x Princess Leliana x said:

Ahaha fair.  That air cooler is nearly the same price as whatever triple rad AIO I was going to get, is it really worth it to get that over say one of these 2? 

 

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/arctic-liquid-freezer-ii-360-rgb-360mm-all-in-one-hydro-cpu-cooler-3x120mm-pwm-rgb-fan-40mm-vrm-fan

 

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/fractal-design-lumen-s36-aio-cooler-rgb-3x-120mm-fans-copper-heatsink-360mm-aluminium-radiator-intel

 

Coolers are one of the areas where I really am braindead

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/deepcool-ak620-cooler-2x-120mm-pwm-fans-dual-tower-copper-base-aluminium-fins-6x-heatpipes-intel-amd

 

near same performance half the price

[x Princess Leliana x]

Just now, jaslion said:

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/deepcool-ak620-cooler-2x-120mm-pwm-fans-dual-tower-copper-base-aluminium-fins-6x-heatpipes-intel-amd

 

near same performance half the price

Fair! I am very much still looking at future proofing though, id rather spend another lil bit more to get something thatll last me longer. Also deep cool have some triple rad AIOs for the same price as that one. 

 

I guess I am letting my "oo water cooler pretty" bias show through. 

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/deepcool-gammaxx-l360-v2-aio-cooler-3x-120mm-pwm-rgb-fans-anti-leak-technology-360mm-radiator-intel

[jaslion]

2 minutes ago, x Princess Leliana x said:

Fair! I am very much still looking at future proofing though, id rather spend another lil bit more to get something thatll last me longer. Also deep cool have some triple rad AIOs for the same price as that one. 

 

I guess I am letting my "oo water cooler pretty" bias show through. 

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/deepcool-gammaxx-l360-v2-aio-cooler-3x-120mm-pwm-rgb-fans-anti-leak-technology-360mm-radiator-intel

The arctic liquid freezer 2 lineup is top of the line performance for a low price. Better than the deepcool. The ak 620 seems to be a smidge better than that aio

 

That ak620 is no slouch either can easily cool any cpu it fits on except the 12900k.

 

But that thing is just dumb in terms of heat output and unless you do a custom loop that thing wont be cooled

[x Princess Leliana x]

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

The arctic liquid freezer 2 lineup is top of the line performance for a low price. Better than the deepcool. The ak 620 seems to be a smidge better than that aio

 

That ak620 is no slouch either can easily cool any cpu it fits on except the 12900k.

 

But that thing is just dumb in terms of heat output and unless you do a custom loop that thing wont be cooled

So of the AIOs get the liquid freezer II, of the Air coolers get the Scythe? That makes teh decision easy since I can't find the scythe on any site other than amazon and I don't shop there