Whats better 115i or NH-D15 for ryzen 1700x?

[theminnesotanman]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2Mk3Gf I want to try to OC the 1700x as far as possible. I would be switching the fans on either one of these for high air flow corsair fans. So with that, in terms of performance, what would be the better pone for my needs.

[LordGabeNisBae]

Swap out a 1700 non-x, get a smaller PSU~550W. Get rid of the hdd and invest in a better monitor and more case fans. No point getting a 1080ti and a 1080p screen. You can always add more hdd space later, 500gbssd is pretty adequate.

 

As for NHD-15 vs h115i. The performance should be similar albeit better on the watercooler. Also the watercooler puts less stran on the mobo as there is not a massive block of metal hanging off it and the heat is directly exhausted out of the case and not left to the case airflow to deal with.

 

personaly I would get the aircooler as it is a quality product a d should never leak or fail on you. And the fans you get are quality.

 

 

 

 

[DrMikeNZ]

Both coolers are more than enough for Ryzen, the NH-D15 will be more reliable (as you won't need to worry about pump failure, water evaporation, or line blockages). air flow fans aren't great on radiators, and corsair fans don't have very good performance for their noise.

[Cyracus]

No reason to get an x370 board unless you're planning on crossfire/sli in the future, a quality b350 board will OC the cpu just as far, and the 1080ti is best paired with a 4k monitor, and if you aren't planning to sli in the future this should be a great psu for you https://pcpartpicker.com/product/DPCwrH/seasonic-power-supply-ssr550rm  As said though both will perform about the same, the nh-d15 will be good as long as you replace fans when they die, with the 115i the pump will eventually fail and then it won't be good for much of anything, I've heard general guesstimates of 3-5 years, but heard people claim to run AIOs for 7+ years

[theminnesotanman]

18 hours ago, Cyracus said:

No reason to get an x370 board unless you're planning on crossfire/sli in the future, a quality b350 board will OC the cpu just as far, and the 1080ti is best paired with a 4k monitor, and if you aren't planning to sli in the future this should be a great psu for you https://pcpartpicker.com/product/DPCwrH/seasonic-power-supply-ssr550rm  As said though both will perform about the same, the nh-d15 will be good as long as you replace fans when they die, with the 115i the pump will eventually fail and then it won't be good for much of anything, I've heard general guesstimates of 3-5 years, but heard people claim to run AIOs for 7+ years

 

18 hours ago, LordGabeNisBae said:

Swap out a 1700 non-x, get a smaller PSU~550W. Get rid of the hdd and invest in a better monitor and more case fans. No point getting a 1080ti and a 1080p screen. You can always add more hdd space later, 500gbssd is pretty adequate.

 

As for NHD-15 vs h115i. The performance should be similar albeit better on the watercooler. Also the watercooler puts less stran on the mobo as there is not a massive block of metal hanging off it and the heat is directly exhausted out of the case and not left to the case airflow to deal with.

 

personaly I would get the aircooler as it is a quality product a d should never leak or fail on you. And the fans you get are quality.

 

 

 

 

the reasoning for the 1080ti is to run everything at max settings and 144 fps for the next 2-2.5 years. would i be able to do that with a gtx 1080?

[theminnesotanman]

18 hours ago, LordGabeNisBae said:

Swap out a 1700 non-x, get a smaller PSU~550W. Get rid of the hdd and invest in a better monitor and more case fans. No point getting a 1080ti and a 1080p screen. You can always add more hdd space later, 500gbssd is pretty adequate.

 

As for NHD-15 vs h115i. The performance should be similar albeit better on the watercooler. Also the watercooler puts less stran on the mobo as there is not a massive block of metal hanging off it and the heat is directly exhausted out of the case and not left to the case airflow to deal with.

 

personaly I would get the aircooler as it is a quality product a d should never leak or fail on you. And the fans you get are quality.

 

 

 

 

also what monitor would you recommend?

[LordGabeNisBae]

On 19/06/2017 at 10:41 AM, theminnesotanman said:

 

the reasoning for the 1080ti is to run everything at max settings and 144 fps for the next 2-2.5 years. would i be able to do that with a gtx 1080?

A 1070 will be better for that. Or a 1060 now and a 1260 in 2 years. No GPU is future proof. Look at what happened to the 780ti...

 

On 19/06/2017 at 10:48 AM, theminnesotanman said:

also what monitor would you recommend?

Unless you are going 1080p 240hz ---> expensive Asus ROG monitor. but no point. Fast 1080p is still 1080p. 

 

Personally I would look at a 1440p minimum and would better justify a 1080ti purchase. Ideally something with G-sync. 

 

I have a system with 2 1080ti in sli for my ultrawide x34. I am also running a predator xb271hu 165hz G-sync monitor on 980ti sli <--- approx what you have with a 1080ti, just fine.

 

I would invest heavily in the monitor if I were you as that is the part that lasts you the longest. No GPU you will ever buy will be 'top of the line' for more than 2 years. I can almost guarantee you there will be a 1160 next year that will kick the 1080ti's ass and cost a third as much.