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AIo or air

ChickenCable
By ChickenCable
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I'd just go with an air cooler, though sometimes you can get killer deals on AIOs; I picked up my 280MM EVGA AIO for $20.

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Just got a used NHD14 off my local equivalent of craigslist. Paid 45 EUR for it after buying an AM4 bracket and paying for shipping/handling. That thing blows my old Nepton 240M out of the water, and it's quieter to boot (not to mention more reliable inherently).

 

Point is: unless you're planning on going super high end you'll probably be better served by a decent air cooler. Not only do AIOs have a fixed cost associated with the pump, tubing, etc, but entry-level units often come with cheap, noisy, less reliable pump and have less surface area overall than a comparable air cooler.

IMO, the best play here is to buy a used air cooler because there's basically nothing (fans aside) that can fail, and you can get them for damn cheap too.

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My nhD15 was like $80 USD and most of the time it runs with the fans either off or so low that they basically make no noise.

 

 

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