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Have an h100i I got when they first came out and has been in 3 computers pretty much running 24/7 with fans at 1200rpm pump full out.   It still seems to do the job very well.  Would a better cooler even net me better temps?  

The age of it is making me think its gonna fail soon or start leaking.   On the other hand I don't know if its making me get bad temps from its age. 

 

Wondering should I buy an EKWB kit, or another AIO?  The h115i and Krakin62 use the same Astek gen 5 pump that has a 50% failure rate.  Newegg and Amazon reviews show this. 

 

I'm at 5.3ghz with 5.2ghz avx clock.  1.36v.   Here are a few short runs of Aida64 and OCCT just for a short temp run.

 

 

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18 minutes ago, Shzzit said:

Have an h100i I got when they first came out and has been in 3 computers pretty much running 24/7 with fans at 1200rpm pump full out.   It still seems to do the job very well.  Would a better cooler even net me better temps?  

The age of it is making me think its gonna fail soon or start leaking.   On the other hand I don't know if its making me get bad temps from its age. 

 

Wondering should I buy an EKWB kit, or another AIO?  The h115i and Krakin62 use the same Astek gen 5 pump that has a 50% failure rate.  Newegg and Amazon reviews show this. 

 

I'm at 5.3ghz with 5.2ghz avx clock.  1.36v.   Here are a few short runs of Aida64 and OCCT just for a short temp run.

 

 

temps look fine. is that overclock stable? like FULLY stable?

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3 minutes ago, SeanAngelo said:

temps look fine. is that overclock stable? like FULLY stable?

Can pass 4 hours of OCCT large data set at 5.3ghz avx at 1.39v and 5.2ghz avx at 1.36.  Havent tried anything past 1.4v but I suspect I could hit higher clocks.

 

I'm just worried about the age of the cooler and it failing and messing up my cpu.  

 

 

EDIT:  If the pump failed or something would my cpu hit fatal temps, or would it hit the tjmax and then shut down or just throttle tell death?

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5 minutes ago, Shzzit said:

EDIT:  If the pump failed or something would my cpu hit fatal temps, or would it hit the tjmax and then shut down or just throttle tell death?

It probably would just shut off.

 

Temps for the computer seem fine, nothing too crazy.

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Only you know what you need to do with your computer, so nobody's really qualified to answer this question except for you.

 

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1 minute ago, bob51zhang said:

It probably would just shut off.

 

Temps for the computer seem fine, nothing too crazy.

Ok thanks, you think its better safe then sorry to just buy a new cooler?  Like an h115i or something cheaper ?

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Ok thanks, you think its better safe then sorry to just buy a new cooler?  Like an h115i or something cheaper ?

Why not just go air? :P

Much safer and approximately the same performance. 

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3 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

Why not just go air? :P

Much safer and approximately the same performance. 

I like to see my motherboard and ram, air coolers are just to big and bulky for my liking.  Was wanting a custom water cooling kit from EK but I just don't know if spending 400 dollars for cooling vs 100 when I'm probly going to get around the same temps.  

 

Guess its the same thing as a 120 dollar aio vs a 70 dollar air cooler, looks and better view for higher price. 

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get a noctua nh d15, itll never fail and need replacing for much cheaper and youll get better temps

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4 minutes ago, Zeta_Demon said:

get a noctua nh d15, itll never fail and need replacing for much cheaper and youll get better temps

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3 minutes ago, Shzzit said:

Is this real?

 

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yeah, aio's  dont jus perform better than a air cooler, its based on the radiator pretty much, look for an aio with a thick 350mm radiator, thatll be your best bet if you want a aio, look at corsairs new aio's

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Is the noctua nh d15 the best air cooler there is?  And would it fit on my motherboard with out the ram blocking it or the fans?

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12 minutes ago, Shzzit said:

Is the noctua nh d15 the best air cooler there is?  And would it fit on my motherboard with out the ram blocking it or the fans?

the h115i is barely an improvement over the h100i, so if u upgrade it's purely for buying new, the d15 is better than a h100 and h115 but barely ~within 5C im gonna guess. It does cool the VRM better than the nonexistent airflow on the h100i. I'd suggest staying with the h100i or just go ekwb

 

Using d15 on an old 2600k, 115i on a 8600k and another d15 on a 8700k. I like the d15 better than AIOs, but i'm biased toward aircooling vs AIO.

 

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