Corsair H55 Max TDP?

[DaShesano]

Hi,

I've been recently looking for a cheap, good performing and (most importantly) single 120mm low profile liquid cooler (probably under 80 dollars) and I've stumbled across the Corsair H55. Corsair claims that the H55 comes with 'Silent fans' (but i'll be replacing them with Noctua 3000rpm ppc industrial fans) and its low profile and meant for cooler running systems. I currently have a 6700k on a z170A board from ASUS using the TPU-2 setting for my overclock (and not having great temps using a hyper 212). I was wondering if the automatic overclock is too much for the cooler (4.52ghz) and if I should be seriously considering a replacement. (The TDP appears to be about 95-100 watts)

If I shouldn't be using an H55, would the new Cooler Master MasterAir Maker 8 be a good alternative? as I only have a single 120mm fan slot free in my case at the moment.

P.S. I'm building a 1u server as an uber-compact PC (it's going to sit underneath a speaker in my AV cabinet) and I was wondering if there are any good 1u AIOs or if I should go with an EK Annihilator and an external radiator/res/pump, or if I should just go air cooled. (the CPU is a Xeon e3 1225v5)

[HKZeroFive]

Honestly, go air cooled. 120mm AIOs are not worth the price when their cooling performance is very lacklustre. I dare say that Hyper 212 might even cool better than that H55.

 

How much clearance do you have for an air cooler?

[DaShesano]

1 minute ago, HKZeroFive said:

Honestly, go air cooled. 120mm AIOs are not worth the price when their cooling performance is very lacklustre. I dare say that Hyper 212 might even cool better than that H55.

 

How much clearance do you have for an air cooler?

I've got about 3-4 inches higher than my 980 (reference)

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1 minute ago, DaShesano said:

I've got about 3-4 inches higher than my 980 (reference)

That's plenty of room, I had a NH-D14 on my cpu with a board that had an identical PCIe layout.

[OsuMasterz]

7 minutes ago, DaShesano said:

I've got about 3-4 inches higher than my 980 (reference)

Only get the Corsair h55 if your cooling your GPU with a Kraken G10 from NZXT. The H55 is not really a good CPU cooler. Go with a good air cooler instead, it has less points of failure and also very easy to use when overclocking as well. If your gonna get a liquid cooler, do it yourself or get one from EK.

[DaShesano]

Can a Hyper 212 evo accomodate an aftermarket fan (Noctua NFF12 Industrial PPC)?

2 hours ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

That's plenty of room, I had a NH-D14 on my cpu with a board that had an identical PCIe layout.:

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26 minutes ago, DaShesano said:

Can a Hyper 212 evo accomodate an aftermarket fan (Noctua NFF12 Industrial PPC)?

Yeah, it comes with an extra bracket as well if you want to have dual fans.