Jump to content

What is the best AIO CPU cooler around/under $150-$200 USD?

James Jonathim

ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 280 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (ACFRE00066A) - PCPartPicker

 

Price to performance it won't be beat. There is a RGB version for $10 more

I'm not actually trying to be as grumpy as it seems.

I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. 

Project Hot Box

CPU 13900k, Motherboard Gigabyte Aorus Elite AX, RAM CORSAIR Vengeance 4x16gb 5200 MHZ, GPU Zotac RTX 4090 Trinity OC, Case Fractal Pop Air XL, Storage Sabrent Rocket Q4 2tbCORSAIR Force Series MP510 1920GB NVMe, CORSAIR FORCE Series MP510 960GB NVMe, PSU CORSAIR HX1000i, Cooling Corsair XC8 CPU block, Bykski GPU block, 360mm and 280mm radiator, Displays Odyssey G9, LG 34UC98-W 34-Inch,Keyboard Mountain Everest Max, Mouse Mountain Makalu 67, Sound AT2035, Massdrop 6xx headphones, Go XLR 

Oppbevaring

CPU i9-9900k, Motherboard, ASUS Rog Maximus Code XI, RAM, 48GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB 3200 mhz (2x16)+(2x8) GPUs Asus ROG Strix 2070 8gb, PNY 1080, Nvidia 1080, Case Mining Frame, 2x Storage Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB, PSU Corsair RM1000x and RM850x, Cooling Asus Rog Ryuo 240 with Noctua NF-12 fans

 

Why is the 5800x so hot?

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Link to post
Share on other sites

16 minutes ago, Sam Sheen said:

What is the best AIO CPU cooler around/under $150-$200 USD?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pCLmWt

Yeah, why not get a better computer?  Grab a very solid cir cooler for $40 and put the rest into performance.  

 

Can upgrade that GPU from a 6700XT to a 6800XT or 7800XT.

"Do what makes the experience better" - in regards to PCs and Life itself.

 

Onyx AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d / MSI 6900xt Gaming X Trio / Gigabyte B650 AORUS Pro AX / G. Skill Flare X5 6000CL36 32GB / Samsung 980 1TB x3 / Super Flower Leadex V Platinum Pro 850 / EK-AIO 360 Basic / Fractal Design North XL (black mesh) / AOC AGON 35" 3440x1440 100Hz / Mackie CR5BT / Corsair Virtuoso SE / Cherry MX Board 3.0 / Logitech G502

 

7800X3D - PBO -30 all cores, 4.90GHz all core, 5.05GHz single core, 18286 C23 multi, 1779 C23 single

 

Emma : i9 9900K @5.1Ghz - Gigabyte AORUS 1080Ti - Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3200CL16 - 750 EVO 512GB + 2x 860 EVO 1TB (RAID0) - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360mm - Fractal Design Define R6 - TP-Link AC1900 PCIe Wifi

 

Raven: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x3d - ASRock B550M Pro4 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 3200Mhz - XFX Radeon RX6650XT - Samsung 980 1TB + Crucial MX500 1TB - TP-Link AC600 USB Wifi - Gigabyte GP-P450B PSU -  Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L -  Samsung 27" 1080p

 

Plex : AMD Ryzen 5 5600 - Gigabyte B550M AORUS Elite AX - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 2400Mhz - MSI 1050Ti 4GB - Crucial P3 Plus 500GB + WD Red NAS 4TBx2 - TP-Link AC1200 PCIe Wifi - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - ASUS Prime AP201 - Spectre 24" 1080p

 

Steam Deck 512GB OLED

 

OnePlus: 

OnePlus 11 5G - 16GB RAM, 256GB NAND, Eternal Green

OnePlus Buds Pro 2 - Eternal Green

 

Other Tech:

- 2021 Volvo S60 Recharge T8 Polestar Engineered - 415hp/495tq 2.0L 4cyl. turbocharged, supercharged and electrified.

Lenovo 720S Touch 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400MHz, 512GB NVMe SSD, 1050Ti, 4K touchscreen

MSI GF62 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400 MHz, 256GB NVMe SSD + 1TB 7200rpm HDD, 1050Ti

- Ubiquiti Amplifi HD mesh wifi

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Link to post
Share on other sites

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YzzVCd

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($219.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120 V2 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($18.59 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($149.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($84.57 @ Amazon) 
Storage: ADATA Legend 800 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 3 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Western Digital) 
Video Card: Zotac Twin Edge GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card  ($599.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: MagniumGear NEO AIR (2023) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 - TT Premium Edition 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $1317.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-22 21:25 EST-0500

 

This is what I'd build. 

i5 2400 | ASUS RTX 4090 TUF OC | Seasonic 1200W Prime Gold | WD Green 120gb | WD Blue 1tb | some ram | a random case

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Link to post
Share on other sites

A 360 is a complete waste on that CPU, even if you were trying to push max static clocks.

AMD R7 5800X3D | Thermalright Aqua Elite 360, 3x TL-B12, 2x TL-K12
Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero | 32GB G.Skill Trident Z @ 3733C14
Zotac 4070 Ti Trinity OC @ 3045/1495 | WD SN850, SN850X
Seasonic Vertex GX-1000 | Fractal Torrent Compact, 2x TL-B14

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Link to post
Share on other sites

Dont waste that much money on aesthetics

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7PQJRK

12600kf + 4070tis + 32gb 3200c16

 

Not only is it a complete overhaul with a far superior cpu + gpu, the aesthetics arent complete rubbish either

 

Upgraded cpu

Upgraded gpu

Much faster 2tb nvme

Superior psu with a 10 year warranty and a fan that isnt noisy

 

Obviously there has been some cost cut on the aesthetic parts but aesthetics are still retained, still got rgb fans on the case, rgb rams, even an rgb aio as requested whilst still keeping costs down

 

Also the 4070ti is a placeholder for the 4070ti super

 

 

If this is abit too much over budget you can cut the gpu down to a 4070s

 

If you need the mass storage of a hdd you can alter the storage config

Seagate enterprise 4tb 7200rpm

Pny cs2230 1tb (dram gen3 > dramless gen4), though the 2tb jpr700 at 88$ is a much better value than this 1tb cs2230

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Link to post
Share on other sites

  • 4 weeks later...

You can get Windows for much cheaper, don't buy it for 120 bucks. You can get it for like 12.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now

×