AIO or No?

[A Silver]

In November I am going to be getting a new case (Meshify C) and tidying up my PC and making it sexy (my current case is a total nightmare to cable manage in so it looks a bit crap inside) and I am thinking of replacing my 212 evo with a Corsair H100i  V2 240cm AIO. I have a few questions about this:

1. Apart from it looking really cool (no pun intended) is it worth getting it as in the LTT video last night there was not much difference between the air and liquid coolers

2. If I do get it, should I replace the stock fans with the ML120 fans from my 212 evo?

3.Will the AIO even fit in the Meshify c case with two Gigabyte G1 Gaming 1080's?

4.Is the H100i reliable as I heard that AIO's tend to break within the warranty period and the last thing I want to do is have to take it out if breaks especially if it leaks

 

Thanks in advance!

[ricksteendam1]

4 minutes ago, A Silver said:

In November I am going to be getting a new case (Meshify C) and tidying up my PC and making it sexy (my current case is a total nightmare to cable manage in so it looks a bit crap inside) and I am thinking of replacing my 212 evo with a Corsair H100i 240cm AIO. I have a few questions about this:

1. Apart from it looking really cool (no pun intended) is it worth getting it as in the LTT video last night there was not much difference between the air and liquid coolers

2. If I do get it, should I replace the stock fans with the ML120 fans from my 212 evo?

3.Will the AIO even fit in the Meshify c case with two Gigabyte G1 Gaming 1080's?

4.Is the H100i reliable as I heard that AIO's tend to break within the warranty period and the last thing I want to do is have to take it out if breaks especially if it leaks

 

Thanks in advance!

hey corsair aio have a lot of trouble you will be better of by choosing another 240 aio or even a 360 aio

[A Silver]

2 minutes ago, ricksteendam1 said:

hey corsair aio have a lot of trouble you will be better of by choosing another 240 aio or even a 360 aio

Ok, any suggestions? I know almost nothing about AIO's

[Cruorzy]

Even fractal got their own Aio, check them out.

I'm not at home in the AIO world, since i keep Air cooling them.

[Lord Nicoll]

3 minutes ago, ricksteendam1 said:

hey corsair aio have a lot of trouble you will be better of by choosing another 240 aio or even a 360 aio

They're made by Asetek (the market leader) and I've found them to be pretty reliable. 

9 minutes ago, A Silver said:

In November I am going to be getting a new case (Meshify C) and tidying up my PC and making it sexy (my current case is a total nightmare to cable manage in so it looks a bit crap inside) and I am thinking of replacing my 212 evo with a Corsair H100i 240cm AIO. I have a few questions about this:

1. Apart from it looking really cool (no pun intended) is it worth getting it as in the LTT video last night there was not much difference between the air and liquid coolers

2. If I do get it, should I replace the stock fans with the ML120 fans from my 212 evo?

3.Will the AIO even fit in the Meshify c case with two Gigabyte G1 Gaming 1080's?

4.Is the H100i reliable as I heard that AIO's tend to break within the warranty period and the last thing I want to do is have to take it out if breaks especially if it leaks

 

Thanks in advance!

Yeah the H100i is ok, the H100i V2 is better though. It should fit ok, and yeah, the ML 120 fans are pretty nice, a bit better than what it comes with by default. If it breaks with in the warranty period then Corsair will replace it generally, along with anything that breaks. 

[Jurrunio]

1. If you compare the AIO with a huge air cooler, yes.

 

2. Yes.

 

3. Yes on the front (unless the radiator is thicker than 35mm, which it isnt at 27mm). If somehow it doesnt fit then you can have it on the top of the case.

 

4. Liquid AIO coolers will never be as durable as air coolers.

[A Silver]

6 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

They're made by Asetek (the market leader) and I've found them to be pretty reliable. 

Yeah the H100i is ok, the H100i V2 is better though. It should fit ok, and yeah, the ML 120 fans are pretty nice, a bit better than what it comes with by default. If it breaks with in the warranty period then Corsair will replace it generally, along with anything that breaks. 

I meant the V2 version, i'll edit that now. If there is room (which there probably won't I may use the included fans and my ML 120s for push pull but I can't imagine there will be room.

[ricksteendam1]

12 minutes ago, A Silver said:

Ok, any suggestions? I know almost nothing about AIO's

I personally like the Antec 360 I'm using it in my build but I don't have it long enough to say it will go that 5 years but I have had Antec components before and the survived it for three years or more so that's ok for my

[Lord Nicoll]

2 minutes ago, A Silver said:

I meant the V2 version, i'll edit that now. If there is room (which there probably won't I may use the included fans and my ML 120s for push pull but I can't imagine there will be room.

push pull isn't really needed for such a thin rad, so that'd be fine, use the fans it comes with in the top or something, since cooling the two GTX 1080's is more important than the CPU.

[Mooshi]

I'd go for the Celcius cooler instead of Corsair to match tbh