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Best budget aio cpu liquid cooler?

I was wondering what is the best AIO liquid cpu cooler for people on a tight budget... If it helps, I have a corsair spec-01 case... Thanks!

I like Nvidia GPU's, but AMD processors 

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Well corsair ones are good, or a coolermaster one. Both are good. Just pick what you like. Try to get the one with the biggest rad you can in your budget.

But if you go AIO, Get at least something like an H80i, 1 120mm rad nice and thick, or like most of us a 240mm rad.

If you go cheap and get one with a thin rad, it's better to stick with aircooling, i mean they perform better at that price...

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Cooler master Seidon 120V

Enermax Liqtech 120

Corsair H55/60

Nzxt Kraken X31

Zalman LQ315

 

I would just find what is the cheapest out of these

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Cooler Master Seidon 120v

I heard that the cooler master seidon 120v is loud

I like Nvidia GPU's, but AMD processors 

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Get the revised version.

 

P.S Any budget AIO may be louder than an aircooler..

 

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oh ok... is the corsair h60 a good aio cooler?

I like Nvidia GPU's, but AMD processors 

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Well corsair ones are good, or a coolermaster one. Both are good. Just pick what you like. Try to get the one with the biggest rad you can in your budget.

But if you go AIO, Get at least something like an H80i, 1 120mm rad nice and thick, or like most of us a 240mm rad.

If you go cheap and get one with a thin rad, it's better to stick with aircooling, i mean they perform better at that price...

Not necessarily it's just that air coolers have quieter performance and have a better price to performance ratio but in terms of actual performance there are cheap single 120s that performance better than a NH D15 overclocked such as the Zalman LQ315 but air coolers tend to last longer so it's really upto the users choice.

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oh ok... is the corsair h60 a good aio cooler?

It`s ok for stock clock/slight OC, but to keep 50o c @4.5Ghz 1.36v OC I had to delid. BTW it looks nice too.

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It`s ok for stock clock/slight OC, but to keep 50o c @4.5Ghz 1.36v OC I had to delid. BTW it looks nice too.

if i were to have a cpu that is stock at 3.00, what kind of overclock could i get with the h60?

I like Nvidia GPU's, but AMD processors 

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if i were to have a cpu that is stock at 3.00, what kind of overclock could i get with the h60?

Depends on how good CPU OC's. Mine OC's below average so I had to delid to achieve nice cool 50°c with 4.5Ghz. My guess is that you could hit 4Ghz without problems.

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If your on a budget get an air cooler like noctua nh-d14. Performs as good as high end liqiid coolers

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Water cooling, even with AIO's, just doesn't work on a budget. You can get a cheapo 120/140 which will underperform and overprice air coolers. A 240mm will cost at least £80, you simply can't do it cheaply.

What price range are you talking about? That would be helpful to know

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