H115i Pro or H100i v2?

be quiet! new Silent Wings 3 are quite good. I would pick them over Noctua and they are similar priced. I use a lot of Phanteks case fans .. and Thermalright TY-147A SQ and TY-143 SQ, but I had to buy in volume to get the Thermalright TY-14x SQ fans at a half reasonable price (14-15 quid).
 
Chances are in your favor that you will be very happy with NF-A14. I personally don't like their sound signature as well as well as be quiet! and Thermalright, but that's just me .. and most others who have compared them all.
 
doyll said:
I know your your ears are not easily pleased, so I look forward to hearing (no pun) you thoughts of fan sound profile when you get it built.
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Thanks - I'll update when it's done. At least it'll be a good test of how good the sound isolation is! Almost tempted to order the Silent Wings too and do a proper test...
 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5nNjujMB0E&t
GamersNexus review of the EK Phoenix, he talks about the noise at just past the 6 min mark.
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Talks about noise?? He barely mentions it. :p
Their written review lists a bunch of systems dB level, but I don't see anything about how sound level is being measured. Regardless, we can use NH-U14S TR4 as a resonably quiet know sound level that they recorded 40dB(A). Review shows EK MLC Phoenix 360 as 35dB(A) @ 1400rpm in one graph and 40dB(A) @ 1400rpm in the next .. no idea what the 5dB(A) difference is all about. I guess we have to guess if it really 35dB or 40dB .. I'm going for 40dB .. so lowest noise level for EK MLC Phoenix 360 is 40dB(A) @ 1400rpm, 48.2dB(A) @ 2150rpm compared to NH-U14S TR4 w/ NF-A15 1500rpm fans being 40dB(A).
https://www.gamersnexus.net/images/media/2018/cooler/phoenix/ek-mlc-phoenix-all-noise.png
 
Hi all - finally got everything set up now. I ended up rebuilding in a Define S and went for the H115i Pro purely becayse it was the cheapest 280mm AIO at the time. I also added an NZXT G12 + 570LC to my GTX 1080 (2.1ghz solid in the Final Fantasy XV benchmark and doesn't go over 52c). I can't get over how quiet it is, especially now I've intstalled Silent Wings 3 fans on the GPU cooler (I originally went with Enermax TB Silent fans from my last build, but it turns out they're anything but silent on a radiator).

Doyll, you were right about the NF-A14s. They're fine on an open chasis, but when I stick the side panels on I can hear a pulsing hum on Corsair's balanced profile (admittedly in a silent room). I've ordered a pair of Silent Wings to replace them and will see if they sound a bit better. For anyone tempted to use them, they'd probably be ok on a mesh case, but they're not necessarily cut out for a silent case.

Thanks for your help!
 
adrichardson81 said:
Doyll, you were right about the NF-A14s. They're fine on an open chasis, but when I stick the side panels on I can hear a pulsing hum on Corsair's balanced profile (admittedly in a silent room). I've ordered a pair of Silent Wings to replace them and will see if they sound a bit better. For anyone tempted to use them, they'd probably be ok on a mesh case, but they're not necessarily cut out for a silent case.

Thanks for your help!
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You might be able to do a custom temp to rpm curve that changes fan speed enough to be above or below the range you are getting the pulsing hum from them at.
 
I will add that I don't believe Asetek's low failure rate claim in an interview with Gamers Nexus. Leaking is very unlikely but there appears to be a lot of pump failures. For a period, NZXT Krakens were plagued by them. One could argue, it's skewed by happy users not posting online but the shear numbers makes me think Asetek products aren't reliable.
 
jwilliamson47 said:
I will add that I don't believe Asetek's low failure rate claim in an interview with Gamers Nexus. Leaking is very unlikely but there appears to be a lot of pump failures. For a period, NZXT Krakens were plagued by them. One could argue, it's skewed by happy users not posting online but the shear numbers makes me think Asetek products aren't reliable.
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Definitely not as reliable as a good air cooler costing considerably less money. :p

I think a lot of CLC users never bother reporting their failures / processing RMA to get replacements .. and that would make them look better than they claim. I remember thousands of 'refurbished' H100's being sold all over the world. Either they were actually refurbished RMA returns or Asetek was unloading them as 'refurbished' with 90 day warranty instead of several year new product warranty. Either way you want to explain it, there were thousands of 'refurbished' sold.
 
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I think it's £99.95 for Alphacool Eisbaer LT 360, but the Eisbaer series are good AIOs not to be confused with CLCs. They have copper radiator, fill port, threaded fittings so hose length can be changed or components added / replaced as needed, inline quick-connect for adding components with same quick connect, pump is rated 4W with 7-13.5v power range with 70 L/h flow rate and 0.85 liter lift .. that is much better than any CLC pump I know of (most CLCs don't publish pump flowrate & lift) .. and CLCs all have aluminum radiators no threaded fittings, no fill port.
 
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doyll said:
I think it's £99.95 for Alphacool Eisbaer LT 360, but the Eisbaer series are good AIOs not to be confused with CLCs. They have copper radiator, fill port, threaded fittings so hose length can be changed or components added / replaced as needed, inline quick-connect for adding components with same quick connect, pump is rated 4W with 7-13.5v power range with 70 L/h flow rate and 0.85 liter lift .. that is much better than any CLC pump I know of (most CLCs don't publish pump flowrate & lift) .. and CLCs all have aluminum radiators no threaded fittings, no fill port.
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nice review here

https://www.eteknix.com/alphacool-eisbaer-lt-360-cpu-liquid-cooler-review/4/
 
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