List of User-Serviceable AIO CPU Coolers?

[LooneyJuice]

Hello Dudes/Dudettes

 

I'm posting to ask whether someone knows of a list of user-serviceable AIO coolers on the market. I have loads of coolers in my head but I can't remember with much granularity which ones could be maintained or not. Off the top of my head I can think of the Fractal Celsius and Kelvin, and the Swiftech AIOs. The reason I'm asking is that I want to nab a new 240 or 360 cooler which I can repurpose down the line. Either just the rad, or other components. If there's no list, I would love it if you could just drop the ones you know of. Ideally, I don't really want to break the bank, as I may be on a bit of a budget by the time I want to grab it, but there's no need to go into too much depth if you don't want to. As a side bonus, if there is no such list, I could compile one based on suggestions if people would like. Thanks for taking the time!

 

 

EDIT:

 

Rough list of manufacturers:

 

Alphacool

EKWB

Fractal

Raijintek

Swiftech

[TheKDub]

http://www.raijintek.com/en/products_detail.php?ProductID=18 Rajintek

https://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=207_160_1694&products_id=29946 Alphacool

 

There are two more.

[W-L]

4 minutes ago, LooneyJuice said:

Hello Dudes/Dudettes

 

I'm posting to ask whether someone knows of a list of user-serviceable AIO coolers on the market. I have loads of coolers in my head but I can't remember with much granularity which ones could be maintained or not. Off the top of my head I can think of the Fractal Celsius and Kelvin, and the Swiftech AIOs. The reason I'm asking is that I want to nab a new 240 or 360 cooler which I can repurpose down the line. Either just the rad, or other components. If there's no list, I would love it if you could just drop the ones you know of. Ideally, I don't really want to break the bank, as I may be on a bit of a budget by the time I want to grab it, but there's no need to go into too much depth if you don't want to. As a side bonus, if there is no such list, I could compile one based on suggestions if people would like. Thanks for taking the time!

Out of those, it really would be the only ones I would recommend, Swiftech, Fractal Design, EKWB, and Alpahcool all have expandable AIO's with decent quality components that don't have mixed metal loops using aluminium rads.  

[Himommies]

Alphacool ones

EKWB Predator

kelvin 

 

But there realluy really not worth it just save up for a custom loop or get a sealed aio

[LooneyJuice]

Much appreciated dudes, I forgot about EK doing their AIO thing as well.

[Himommies]

1 minute ago, LooneyJuice said:

Much appreciated dudes, I forgot about EK doing their AIO thing as well.

Just don't buy them get a sealed loop or a custom one

[Damascus]

The Fractal Ines are bad due to having aluminum radiators.  This means no compatibility with any nice copper/bronze loop components in the future.  

 

If you want an expandable aio get one from EK, swiftech or alphacool.  These companies are actually using good components and everything can be used when expanding. 

[LooneyJuice]

1 minute ago, Himommies said:

Just don't buy them get a sealed loop or a custom one

Oh nothing's final yet, I'm mainly compiling components. That being said, the reason I want to avoid a custom loop, as much as I'd love to do one now, is that I'd just end up down the rabbit hole knowing me. I'm trying to keep things fairly simple.

 

2 minutes ago, Damascus said:

The Fractal Ines are bad due to having aluminum radiators.  This means no compatibility with any nice copper/bronze loop components in the future.  

 

If you want an expandable aio get one from EK, swiftech or alphacool.  These companies are actually using good components and everything can be used when expanding. 

Thanks for the info. Additionally I wasn't blown away by the performance of the Fractal coolers, which earned them a bit of a black mark in my book, but everything also depends on price and availability in my area too. I will nonetheless try compile a bit of a list from all these suggestions and list as many serviceable AIOs as I can.

[W-L]

3 minutes ago, Damascus said:

The Fractal Ines are bad due to having aluminum radiators.  This means no compatibility with any nice copper/bronze loop components in the future.  

If you want an expandable aio get one from EK, swiftech or alphacool.  These companies are actually using good components and everything can be used when expanding. 

Just now, LooneyJuice said:

Oh nothing's final yet, I'm mainly compiling components. That being said, the reason I want to avoid a custom loop, as much as I'd love to do one now, is that I'd just end up down the rabbit hole knowing me. I'm trying to keep things fairly simple.

 

Thanks for the info. Additionally I wasn't blown away by the performance of the Fractal coolers, which earned them a bit of a black mark in my book, but everything also depends on price and availability in my area too. I will nonetheless try compile a bit of a list from all these suggestions and list as many serviceable AIOs as I can.

The current versions of the fractal design expandable AIO's are copper based rads, while I'm not too certain on the reliability of the pump I haven't seen anything negative. 

[Himommies]

Just now, LooneyJuice said:

Oh nothing's final yet, I'm mainly compiling components. That being said, the reason I want to avoid a custom loop, as much as I'd love to do one now, is that I'd just end up down the rabbit hole knowing me. I'm trying to keep things fairly simple.

these things are much loud and less beneficent than their sealed counterparts and often with much louder and weaker pumps.Even with the rather expensive EKWB ones they can only support what 2 more components max and for their price you might as well get a custom loop

[LooneyJuice]

1 minute ago, W-L said:

The current versions of the fractal design expandable AIO's are copper based rads, while I'm not too certain on the reliability of the pump I haven't seen anything negative. 

Thanks a lot for the info. I haven't really heard anything on pump reliability either, which is a good thing in my books. If push comes to shove, they might do.

[LooneyJuice]

2 minutes ago, Himommies said:

these things are much loud and less beneficent than their sealed counterparts and often with much louder and weaker pumps.Even with the rather expensive EKWB ones they can only support what 2 more components max and for their price you might as well get a custom loop

Yeah, I understand, although in my case it will probably be strictly for CPU cooling. What prompted my initial question is mainly to possibly salvage stuff in the event of an out of warranty failure of some sort. Or maybe even more regular coolant replacement.

[Damascus]

5 minutes ago, LooneyJuice said:

coolant replacement.

Swiftech seems best for that, all the others have Itty bitty hard to see reservoirs.  Be careFul though, they seem to leak more often and don't come pre-rinsed and/or don't have biocide.  Leads to some nasty green algae water.

[LooneyJuice]

1 minute ago, Damascus said:

Swiftech seems best for that, all the others have Itty bitty hard to see reservoirs.  Be careFul though, they seem to leak more often and don't come pre-rinsed and/or don't have biocide.  Leads to some nasty green algae water.

lol, perfect for my up and coming aquarium build.