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How intensive is a watercooling loop?

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im wondering how intensive it is to take car of a loop like a nzxt kraken or an h100?

also whats a good lga1155 socket watercooler for cheap?

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A closed loop watercooler requires no maintenance. The only thing I can think of is cleaning dust out of the radiator fins.

I'd recommend a cooler but I need more info about your case. Do you have 2 x120mm holes, 2 x140mm fan holes, or single 120 / 140mm fan holes? The Corsair Hydro line is the most popular and you can't quite go wrong with one.

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It isn't hard to take care of any watercooling loop.

The only thing is when you want to add or remove things from your loop it takes a very long time but for an AIO unit even that isn't a thing to worry about.

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A CLC cooler requires no maintenance whatsoever except cleaning the rad and fans occasionally.

There are no good cheap CLC coolers. The lowest I would even consider is a H60, which is double the cost of a 212 EVO for the same performance. TBH, wouldnt bother getting a 120/140mm CLC cooler, its not worth it until your in the dual rad territory, and even thats iffy.

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A closed loop watercooler requires no maintenance. The only thing I can think of is cleaning dust out of the radiator fins.

I'd recommend a cooler but I need more info about your case. Do you have 2 x120mm holes, 2 x140mm fan holes, or single 120 / 140mm fan holes? The Corsair Hydro line is the most popular and you can't quite go wrong with one.

i dont have the case i was planning on a nzxt phantom though

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