Any help is appreciated

[spellmanuk]

Hi,

So I built my first PC in October last year and I feel like after using the stock fans on both the gpu and the cpu that they are in adequate for gaming (especially when I play cities skylines it feels like my cpu is about to melt since the stock cooler goes up to max rpm) so I would like to upgrade preferably to all in one liquid coolers I was thinking h80i gt for cpu since it's fairly inexpensive and seems to perform well and have good reviews however I cannot seem to find one for my GTX 950 graphics card if anyone has any tips on where to find one that would be greatly appreciated.

Also is worth upgrading the case fans to maybe some noctua or better corsair ones?

And for size reference I have a cosair 200r case

[Bazilias]

Hi,

So I built my first PC in October last year and I feel like after using the stock fans on both the gpu and the cpu that they are in adequate for gaming (especially when I play cities skylines it feels like my cpu is about to melt since the stock cooler goes up to max rpm) so I would like to upgrade preferably to all in one liquid coolers I was thinking h80i gt for cpu since it's fairly inexpensive and seems to perform well and have good reviews however I cannot seem to find one for my GTX 950 graphics card if anyone has any tips on where to find one that would be greatly appreciated.

Also is worth upgrading the case fans to maybe some noctua or better corsair ones?

And for size reference I have a cosair 200r case

Noctua NH-D15

Cryorig H5 Ultimate

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[Paralectic]

First of all I would not bother with 120mm radiators, 240mm or bigger or go air cooling.

240mm you can get a Corsair H100i GTX, 280mm you can get a Kraken x61 or the Corsair H110i GT(x).

For the GPU cooling, I wouldn't bother with wanting to water cooler such budget GPU, better off selling it and buying a better one with better cooling.

 

For air cooling CM, Cryorig, Be Quit and Noctua got decent units.

Upgrading case fans for increased airflow is recommended.

[spellmanuk]

The only reason why I was thinking of watercooling it was because I was thinking of running 2 in sli and I wanted them to be in neighboring pcie slots so restricting airflow to card 1

[SirRoderick]

For the CPU, any AIO 240mm would give you a nice quiet rig. The exact model is really up to you.

 

For the GPU, well really putting liquid cooling on a GTX 950 is entirely unnecessary. They don't need it and you won't gain anything from it, plus cooling would be expensive. Best to save that cash and put it towards a future upgrade to a card with better on board cooling and better performance.

[Bugs-bunny]

Hi,

So I built my first PC in October last year and I feel like after using the stock fans on both the gpu and the cpu that they are in adequate for gaming (especially when I play cities skylines it feels like my cpu is about to melt since the stock cooler goes up to max rpm) so I would like to upgrade preferably to all in one liquid coolers I was thinking h80i gt for cpu since it's fairly inexpensive and seems to perform well and have good reviews however I cannot seem to find one for my GTX 950 graphics card if anyone has any tips on where to find one that would be greatly appreciated.

Also is worth upgrading the case fans to maybe some noctua or better corsair ones?

And for size reference I have a cosair 200r case

The case fans are not necessary to upgrade but I would recommend a good air cooler over a inexpensive water cooler. ive had my fair share of 120mm All in one coolers and they are rubbish. the benefit only comes is at 240 mm coolers. so go with a good air cooler like the coolermaster air coolers. they are quite good.

[spellmanuk]

So I guess I'll go with a 240 mm aio since I want quietness and coolness and as recommended leave the cooling on the gpu

[acturisme]

Helps to know what temps you are at now under gaming load.  Get a tool like Openhardwaremonitor.  It's free and it can show you how hot you are running now.

[JohnnyCorporalTech]

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[EdInk]

First of all I would not bother with 120mm radiators, 240mm or bigger or go air cooling.

 

I get really concerned when I see statements like you've made because your explicitly undermining the cooling capacity of a 120mm rad AIO... you haven't provided any supporting information to your outrageous claims bear in mind, OP is someone who doesn't know much about these items.

 

If a 120mm radiator is OK for an 980ti Hybrid GPU with a max TDP ~3 times or more than that of typical CPU, why is it not adequate to keep the CPU within intels specifications?

[Paralectic]

I get really concerned when I see statements like you've made because your explicitly undermining the cooling capacity of a 120mm rad AIO... you haven't provided any supporting information to your outrageous claims bear in mind, OP is someone who doesn't know much about these items.

 

If a 120mm radiator is OK for an 980ti Hybrid GPU with a max TDP ~3 times or more than that of typical CPU, why is it not adequate to keep the CPU within intels specifications?

It's not "an outreageous claim" it's about price/performance.

[EdInk]

It's not "an outreageous claim" it's about price/performance.

Based on what? Cooling a G3258 or a 5960X?

 

Without knowing what OP is cooling how can you reach such conclusion?