AIO Recommendations?

[vK 3 1 RON]

Like the title says, any good AIO coolers out there? I would do a custom loop, but for my first water cooler I just want to get a nice little AIO to help me and eventually when I get more room (new place) and more experience I'll attempt a custom water loop. But for now I'd like to get an AIO <3 Thanks, don't worry about price, just some suggestions would be alright and I'll start from there Thanks.

[Enderman]

h110iGTX or kraken X61

 

if you cant fit a 280 then get the H100iGTX

[The_Denks]

2 minutes ago, vK 3 1 RON said:

Like the title says, any good AIO coolers out there? I would do a custom loop, but for my first water cooler I just want to get a nice little AIO to help me and eventually when I get more room (new place) and more experience I'll attempt a custom water loop. But for now I'd like to get an AIO <3 Thanks, don't worry about price, just some suggestions would be alright and I'll start from there Thanks.

Corsair H100 V2

[The_Denks]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

h110iGTX or kraken X61

 

if you cant fit a 280 then get the H100iGTX

The GTX ones are bad. The pump is much louder, and there is no difference in temperature between the GTX and the V2.

[Guest]

I've heard Corsair AIOs are the best ones on the market. I think the statistic was that they sold more AIOs than all of their competitors combined 

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, UberGamerKing said:

The GTX ones are bad. The pump is much louder, and there is no difference in temperature between the GTX and the V2.

i thought V2 was just what they renamed the GTX ones to

they look exactly the same

http://www.corsair.com/en-ca/cooling

 

anyway, the ones I mean are now called "H115i" or "H100i v2" according to the website

[Energycore]

2 minutes ago, IAmLamp said:

I've heard Corsair AIOs are the best ones on the market. I think the statistic was that they sold more AIOs than all of their competitors combined 

Varies from model to model. The H55 sucks.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Energycore said:

Varies from model to model. The H55 sucks.

True, but for general idea though

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, IAmLamp said:

True, but for general idea though

Actually I wouldn't recommend any corsair AIO save the H100i (and variations) and the H110i (and variations).

 

There's good 140mm and 120mm AIOs from other brands like Zalman or NZXT.

 

And to anyone that can fit a 280, the clear winner is the Kraken X61

[TundraBF109]

I'm about to build another new system for my 2 1080 cards, and I've typically gone with the Noctua DH14 air coolers, but they are ugly as balls, stupid beige and white ugly looking things, which work fantastic however.

 

Anyhow, I'm not going to do a loop (yet), but want to try out H20 AIO coolers for this build.  $ isn't a huge object.

 

I see someone recommends  the Corsair 100 V2.  I see that commonly recommended.  Why?  I was thinking of trying out the 115i for the RGB and the larger radiator.  Is the pump that much louder that doing that is a bad idea over the 100 v2?  I'd also read that the Kraken X61 is the best of the "regularly" available and used AIO from the typical manufacturers, but the Swiftechs were the best of the "next step up" in the hierarchy of cost.

 

What should I do?  x61, Swiftech, or Corsair 115i were what I was considering - Corsair has RGB, link software, but if there is pump issues, or if the X61 is better in that 200$ and down price range, I have no trouble giving the Kraken a whirl.