Quiet AIO 280mm cooler with good software ?

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Scoobaru

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Hi, looking for some advice on a new PC build I am buying.
I am aiming for something pretty quiet with good all round performance after a basic CPU overclock.
I will be using it for general purpose PC tasks including 45MP photo/4K video editing, web browsing, a few games like Forza/GTA, serving 4K movies to my TV. I won't be upgrading it for several years except storage drives.

Spec so far -
Intel i7 13700KF
Nvidia RTX 4070 12Gb
32GB DDR5
Z790 Mobo
CPU Cooler AIO 2x140 Fan
M2 SSD for System+Apps
16/18Tb HDD for storage
Fractal Design Meshify 2 Case
700w PSU

For the CPU Cooler its definately going to be a AIO 2x140, but not sure which one. Being quiet is top priority, then price. Just doing a basic CPU overclock so I assume performance will be good enough with anything.
I might want to run the pump only and no fans for general web surfing/idling, with the fans only switching on at higher loads.
I saw one with the pump in the water block instead of on the CPU, does that matter much ? What probably makes the most difference will be the software, I want good control over the fans and pump and monitoring of temps etc. Reviews often don't go into detail on the software much so thought I'd ask here what's the best ? Do people try to buy the Mobo+Cooler from the same company for better software compatibility ? Don't care about looks.
Also not sure what heatsink compound to use, but don't want to mess with liquid metals. Is ARCTIC MX-4 ok ?

Considering these -
Alphacool Core Ocean T38
be quiet! Pure Loop 280
Corsair iCUE H115i PRO XT RGB Liquid CPU Cooler 280mm
ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 280
MSI MAG CORELIQUID C280
 
Your motherboard software
Is usually perfectly adequate for fan/pump control
Once you dial in what suits you
You can then apply it in the bios fan/pump control

The artic is very good
Especially for the price of it
Though uses a thicker 38mm radiator
Recently did my stepson a build with artic
And front mounted the extra thickness and a very long gpu
Caused a problem
Think was a meshify c case
Where the pump is basically comes down to copyright
If you put the pump in certain places it's classed
As aseteks design or something
I remember years ago asetek had a go at swiftech over it
Doesn't really matter where in the AIO the pump is
From a performance perspective though

Artic mx4 should be fine
Think I used thermal grizzly kryonaut in his build
Paste not liquid metal
 
I wasn't sure the Artic could have the Pump and fans separate but found this vid which shows the connectors at 3mins
I guess I will need a 4 Pin y-splitter/extender.
 
Yeah artic daisy chained them
Using standard 4 pin pwm connectors thankfully
No proprietary stuff for once
I actually removed one fan
And replaced it with a 15mm slim fan
Because of the mentioned issue with gpu length
In my stepson build
So yes you could separate pump and fans
And use different headers for them
With a bog standard pwm splitter
 
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