CLC Cooler Selection Help

[Nashinator]

I built a computer a few weeks ago, but left the country, (and sadly, my beloved new computer) on vacation a day or two later. I'm less than a week from coming back from my trip, and need to pick up a new AIO cooler to hopefully arrive at my house before then. (BTW, here's the link to my post a while back if anyone's interested, and here are my specs.)

 

Why am I purchasing a new cooler, you ask? I had a catastrophic incident with my corsair h100i, where it functioned poorly and actually smoked out after two hours of extremely idle CPU use. Yes, it actually smoked out. The hardest the processor had to work was installing windows. So the part's been sent back and I'm in the market for a new closed loop. Please do not recommend kits or custom loop solutions. I am actually going to be custom cooling this whole thing next year so it really is entirely unnecessary right now. Thanks in advance.

 

I'm currently wary of the Corsair closed loops, so while the h110 might otherwise be an option, I will likely not purchase it now. I'm certainly not buying another h100i. The real contenders, in my mind, seem to be:

 

NZXT Kraken x61: My first choice right now, concerns will follow.

Swiftech H220-X: Was not aware of this product until Linus' video, but I don't think I will buy it, as upgradeability isn't a concern right now as all of my parts are already on water. 

XSPC Raystorm 750 EX360: It's the only kit that fits in my price range and has been recommended to me multiple times. IMO it seems too loud, and I would pull out a majority of the parts out next year anyways, so it seems almost like a waste of money. Tubing included, it would run me ~$180 USD plus uncertainty and no warranty in the case of a leak.

Cooler Master Seidon 240L: Too loud...

Recommendations?: I really want to hear any suggestions that you guys may or may not have. Anything I may have missed would be vital. Thanks in advance.

 

My most important concern:

Will the NZXT Kraken reach the front of my Corsair 750D? That would be the most important piece of information I hope to ascertain by opening this thread.

 

Kudos!

[nanowatt]

Go for the kraken with some noctua fans and yes it will fit just fine but you will need to remove the hdd cage

ps:kraken is the best all in one cpu liquid cooler in term of performance.Getting the XSPC Raystorm 750 EX360 is not of any good.Maintenance is hard and is a waste of money since the performance is almost the same

[Nashinator]

Go for the kraken with some noctua fans and yes it will fit just fine but you will need to remove the hdd cage

I've already removed the drive cages, but I'll be using SP140s in Push-Pull (Red LEDs) Just for pure bling factor. I assume that should be okay, correct?

[Nashinator]

By the way, the processor in question is a 4930k.

[nanowatt]

By the way, the processor in question is a 4930k.

The processor is fine and the kraken is more that enough to cool it down even is hot days.For the fans i would recommend using some noctua nf-f12 they are the best for static pressure.If you want push-pull well it will work fine but it will add a lot of thickness to the radd and the performance will be almost the same.Why i say that?2 fans will not make the air move any faster if the radiator is thick they will only help each other move the air since the thickness of the rad creates resistance.The noctua fans are made for static pressure which means that 2 of them will be more that enough.Usual fans are not that great and will require 2 of them on each side to move the air as good as possible but a push-pull combination is a disaster dust will build in the raid immediately and if you don't clean it the temperatures will go up.

ps:dual tower heatsinks use 2 fans for a reason if you put just 1 fan in the middle it will pull and then push all the hot air from first heatsink and exhaust it in the heatsink behind it when if you have 2 of them first fan will push cooler air.