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Corsair 540 High Airflow Build

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Hey guys!

 

I am planning to build a Haswell system in the 540 airflow case. 

I will be overclocking the i7 4770k but I am not very sure which cooler to get.

 

I already have the Noctua NH-D14 and I know how beastly that cooler is but it is massive, and it will cover up most of my motherboard and the beautiful ram I am getting. ( I am getting the Gigabyte z87x-ud4h with vegeance pro series red and silver rams, trust me it looks sexy together)

 

As we know the Corsair 540 lets you have a very very clean build. So I was thinking about getting the h100i but how does it differ in performance? I never had a water cooled cpu. Also does corsair have any 280mm radiators? and are they any good?

 

Thanks guys!

 

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H100i is a great cooler. If you want a 280mm rad corsair has the h110 but it doesn't come with the link software or the customize able LED on the block. 

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AHEM*** NZXT KRAKEN BABY!!! H110 is lame!

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Thanks for the reply! I have some more questions,

 

Can I change the LED on the 100i to glow red?

Is the 110 better in performance wise? I would guess it is. But how much better the question is, 

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AHEM*** NZXT KRAKEN BABY!!! H110 is lame!

 

Can it be mounted on the 540 case?

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I would opt for the Corsair H100i instead, it will look very clean in the case, and with the right fans it would just look beast. 

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Thanks for the reply! I have some more questions,

 

Can I change the LED on the 100i to glow red?

Is the 110 better in performance wise? I would guess it is. But how much better the question is, 

Yes you can customize the LED to just about anything.

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h220 with a 360 and 140 rad added would be way better than a h100...

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Thanks for the reply! I have some more questions,

Can I change the LED on the 100i to glow red?

Is the 110 better in performance wise? I would guess it is. But how much better the question is,

the H110 performs better because it has a bigger radiator, but it has very strange screw spacing, it can only be mounted in corsair cases, and its not as new as the h100i, the H110 is only a little bit better, which wouldn't have any dramatic impact on your CPU anyways so i would get the h100i :) im getting the same case and it is awesome.
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Thanks for the reply! I have some more questions,

 

Can I change the LED on the 100i to glow red?

Is the 110 better in performance wise? I would guess it is. But how much better the question is, 

the H110 performs better because it has a bigger radiator, but it has very strange screw spacing, it can only be mounted in corsair cases, and its not as new as the h100i, the H110 is only a little bit better, which wouldn't have any dramatic impact on your CPU anyways so i would get the h100i  :) im getting the same case and it is awesome.

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The 4770k is made from molten lava, your tiny h100i is no match, sadly.

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I would look at the swift tech 220

This can beat the h100i by upto 20℃

how ever in this case it won't

but it will still beat the h100i

By a noticeable margin with propper fans ofc

Because Hasewell runs HOT*!!!

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