Is the OcUK Tech Labs 240mm AiO liquid cooler decent?

King Mustard · 29 Oct 2016 at 13:02

I recently bought a Thermaltake Water 3.0 Riing RGB 240 (£107).

The reviews were positive.

However, under Prime95 load, my i7-6700K (at 4.4 GHz) reaches 70C, which isn't much of an improvement over my Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO's 80C.

Basically, a 10C decrease and a smaller case footprint is not worth £107, to me.

However, Minstadave pointed out the £55 OcUK Tech Labs 240mm Extreme CPU Liquid Cooling Upgrade Bundle to me.

Do you think that AiO kit will also bring the temperatures down to around 70C? If so, a 10C decrease over my 212 EVO and a smaller case footprint could be worth £55 to me.

theaterix · 29 Oct 2016 at 13:42

I love mine, keeps my 5820k which is a hotter chip, running at 4.6 really cool.
Absolutely great value for money, bargain if you will

Minstadave · 29 Oct 2016 at 13:48

It's the same cooler apart from them fans. So yes it'll perform similarly

Blame · 29 Oct 2016 at 15:56

THe OCuk tech labs AIO is made by Asetek. I have one myself and it does a good job at cooling, and very well built

Legend · 29 Oct 2016 at 17:39

Personally, unless you simply must have an AIO for aesthetics, I'd look towards the Noctua NH-D15 or Cryorig R1 Ultimate... will perform better.

Dempsey22 · 31 Oct 2016 at 02:19

Running a 360mm techlabs with delidded CPU and it keeps it ultra cool. Much better looking than a giant heatsink too.

King Mustard · 31 Oct 2016 at 17:00

Legend said:
Personally, unless you simply must have an AIO for aesthetics, I'd look towards the Noctua NH-D15 or Cryorig R1 Ultimate... will perform better.

Cheapest I could find the Noctua NH-D15 is £76.

Cheapest I could find the Cryorig R1 Ultimate is £95.

They not only ugly (to me), they're more expensive than the OcUK AiO liquid cooler above (£55).

EDIT: OcUK charge £10 as the cheapest delivery method, bit steep, perhaps

Better make that £65, then... :/

Bantu · 31 Oct 2016 at 17:37

As a forum poster you should get free delivery (i believe the threshold is at 100 posts). make sure your OCUK account is linked to your forum account.

King Mustard · 31 Oct 2016 at 17:40

Bantu said:
As a forum poster you should get free delivery (i believe the threshold is at 100 posts). make sure your OCUK account is linked to your forum account.

I tried to add "King Mustard" but it said something along the lines of "it has to be between 3 and 12 characters" or something.

Bantu · 31 Oct 2016 at 17:58

Talk to someone in the customer service forum.. you should definitely be eligible.

King Mustard · 31 Oct 2016 at 17:59

Bantu said:
Talk to someone in the customer service forum.. you should definitely be eligible.

On it, like a car bonnet.

Thank you

Bantu · 31 Oct 2016 at 18:22

sounds like a coding issue... not being able to parse strings with a space in them

Praetorian · 31 Oct 2016 at 19:00

Shame they don't do this in 280mm as I'd snap one up!

King Mustard · 14 Nov 2016 at 18:39

theaterix / Minstadave,

Are you using the included Silverstone FQ121WC fans?

If so, are they both running at 1700-1750 RPM at all times? (basically, max)

Mine are, and it's definitely installed perfectly.

They're noisy!

Surely no computer fan is mean to run at 100% speed at all times unless they're cooling something that's overheating.