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ibehymer
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im looking to get a cpu water cooler for my build. should i get the corsair h100i or the ekwb predator?

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The H100i is better price wise, but the EKWB Predator is probably a tad better.

 

I say go for the Predator, IF you choose to expand on the cooler and add another rad for your gpu.

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the h100i is gonna be the better option if you dont want to try to cool the whole system on a 240 rad later on. if you can fit it in your case i would actually recommend a nzxt kraken x61 or h110I seeing as you have the money to get the ekwb predator.

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kraken x61 if you dont want to expand predator if you do 

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The H100i is better price wise, but the EKWB Predator is probably a tad better.

 

I say go for the Predator, IF you choose to expand on the cooler and add another rad for your gpu.

i would like to water cool the gpu eventually as well. but i dont know if i will be doing that in this build or not.

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