Cheap AiOs worth it?

[martward]

Hi all,

 

I have a CM Hyper 212+ cooling my CPU, but I wanted to check out water cooling solutions. I don't have any problems with the cooling capabilities of the Hyper 212+ (and it's cooling a xeon so it's easy), but I prefer the looks of an AiO. I was wondering if cheap AiOs like the CM Seidon 120V v2, Corsair Hydro H45/H55 etcetera are worth the €50-60 bucks, or if I should just skip it untill I get a new build where I can no longer use my 212+.

 

Thanks

[Shimejii]

No they are not. Cheap AIO are meh compared to air coolers of the same price range.

[PRTI]

Mostly the answer is No,air coolers for the same price perform better

[Aytex]

No

[martward]

4 minutes ago, Shimejii said:

No they are not. Cheap AIO are meh compared to air coolers of the same price range.

 

4 minutes ago, Shimejii said:

No they are not. Cheap AIO are meh compared to air coolers of the same price range.

 

2 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

we'll for something like a xeon, I really don't see a reason to go water cooling since they tend to stay cool even with the intel stock cooler. Therefore no, a small AiO has absolutely no purpose since there are bigger and cheaper air-coolers that outperform them. A small AiO is really only for (very) small mITX builds and for looks and that's pretty much it.

 

Just now, Aytex said:

No

Damn, it looks so nice though