AIO coolers - your recommendations

DigDog

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is it the corsair H100i ?

Being lucky enough (for once) to live in europe, i can get the swiftech H200 as well, and all the other cool-kids cpu coolers, but the reviews i've read don't really agree with each other;
some call the pump on the corsair loud, some say all AIOs are practically identical, some say the 220 is far better, and so on.

So, real life, owner's perspective on these, please.

(i got about a month to decide, so take your time)

I prioritize silence over efficiency, since my overclock is going to be moderate.. maybe.
I love corsair's amazing RMA, but then again, i'd rather not have to go through *any* rma if i can help it.

Thoughts?

tldr: which all-in-one water cpu cooler
 

DigDog

Lifer
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ok lets be reasonable; i'm gonna run *probably* 1.3Vcore, as most people here do ,and most OC guides on haswell give this as the ideal step between high performance and lower returns. whatever OC i get out of this doesn't really matter.
However, i also have a vice and some coollab pro..

case will be a CM haf xb - the cube' HTPC case - plenty of fans.
 

ctk1981

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I just upgraded to a h220. Had a corsair h80 in push pull and just didn't seem to be enough for my fx over clock. So far so good.