current AIO cpu water cooling review/round up

[Qasar]

is there a current one ? which would be the better for x99 and an i7 5930k currently have a Noctua NH-D15.. worth it to go to an AIO ?

 

[Qasar]

wow.. 188 views.. and no thoughts???? dang

 

[XavierMace]

Most of the AIO's are just rebranded Asetek's so comparable models across the different brands (Corsair, NZXT, etc) are pretty much the same. The variations between equal models is generally due to the included fans and the included software. Once you realize that, trying to make a massive round up off all the current offerings kinda pointless.

 

[aigomorla]

95% of AIO's are rebranded asteks... they will all perform near the same...

and no dont replace that unless its just too big.... the D15 is a beast and u dont need to worry about pump dying or leaking.

 

[Hans Gruber]

I concur with the previous posts. All re-branded stuff but there are a couple of manufacturers. Things like fan quality make a bit of difference. I would suggest water cooling AIO of a 240mm variant. That is superior to th D15 by a bit. I used thermalright ultra 120's for years (still use a couple) and Tuniq tower 120 and a Gaia 120. All based on the Thermalright Ultra 120 design to a large degree. In my opinion a 240mm water cooler will give you 5C to 10C lower temps. My 3570K ran mid to high 60's with a 120mm air cooler. With a 240mm AIO my temps never touch 60C. HIgh temps mid 50's to about 58-59C for a brief moment in hours long gaming sessions.

 

[Fir]

The biggest issue with tower coolers is blocking ram slots and in the case of some TR4 boards, the first PCI-E slot!
For the folks that received their Enermax Liqtech TR4 360 they've been reporting great load temps. Newegg gets them in small quantities and they are sold a microsecond after they email auto notify recipients!

 

[Qasar]

hmmm looks like i am staying with the Noctua then

Hans... i STILL use a couple of HSFs based n the thermalright ulta 120 myself i think my Core i7 920 or 930 has one on it

Fir, no issues with ram on my X99 Deluxe although.. the Samsung 960 evo i just added.. kind of blocks the front fan on the noctua...

 

[BonzaiDuck]

The biggest issue with tower coolers is blocking ram slots and in the case of some TR4 boards, the first PCI-E slot!
For the folks that received their Enermax Liqtech TR4 360 they've been reporting great load temps. Newegg gets them in small quantities and they are sold a microsecond after they email auto notify recipients!

Just to spread the word around . . . I was making cross-comparisons between "customizable" AiOs like Swiftech and EKWB against the top-end air-coolers before I pulled the checkout string for building my Skylake. I had the Skylake re-lidded with CLU -- easiest thing I could do before picking the cooler. From bench-tests and common test-beds, I discovered that the TR LG Macho performs about 1+C better than the D15, and about 5C behind the EKWB Predator. It also has no overhang obscuring the RAMs on socket 1155 or 1151. The E chips with RAMs on either side of the CPU -- a different situation. The re-lid gave me more than double improvement in C degrees as opposed to the 5C difference between the cited water-cooler and the Macho. But for the top-tier chips, I don't suppose you gain by that, unless they've now started using TIM on the new Intel product line of six cores and more.