Air or water

Dave.A · 20 Nov 2011 at 16:32

Wondering which to buy and if the 2 water coolers have much difference to temperatures, I would add an extra fan to both

Processor is Intel Core i7-2600K @4.40GHz, mainly used for video encoding to MKV and rendering artwork in Vue and poser

Corsair CWCH60 Water Cooler

Antec Kuhler H2O 620

Or either of these

Noctua NH-D14

Phanteks PH-TC14PE

Helios1234 · 20 Nov 2011 at 16:34

The two ALC units are not even close to matching the performance of the two air coolers and they tend to be much louder. Between the Phanteks and Noctua, the Phanteks is slightly better but the cost reflects that also.

You can't really go wrong with the two air coolers you suggested. See sig for performance.

Dave.A · 20 Nov 2011 at 16:41

Thank you very much

koooowweeee · 20 Nov 2011 at 16:50

Go custom water

Helios1234 · 20 Nov 2011 at 16:58

koooowweeee said:
Go custom water

For less than £80?

koooowweeee · 20 Nov 2011 at 17:15

Helios1234 said:
For less than £80?

No one mentioned a budget im just answering the thread title lol

can be done for 80 if you buy used. Will not be good but still be custom

Helios1234 · 20 Nov 2011 at 17:19

koooowweeee said:
No one mentioned a budget im just answering the thread title lol

can be done for 80 if you buy used. Will not be good but still be custom

Well you can imply from his suggestions that he's not going custom water, unless my assumption is incorrect.

vectisitch · 20 Nov 2011 at 17:19

i would always say custom water as i have had both.but out of those chopices in the op's post i would deffo go for the NH-D14 every time.i don't think those ready made water coolers are that good

GTO656 · 20 Nov 2011 at 17:23

Yes if you have more money then go for water.

koooowweeee · 20 Nov 2011 at 17:45

Helios1234 said:
Well you can imply from his suggestions that he's not going custom water, unless my assumption is incorrect.

stop whining

was a joke

shadow_boxer · 20 Nov 2011 at 17:46

I'd go for either of the air coolers if your not interested in a custom loop. I have the Antec Kuhler 620, just fancied a change from my Titan Fenrir and for the money it is a very good cooler. Happily runs my i7 [email protected] with HT enabled. Replaced the stock fan with a pair of Akasa Apaches and it runs virtually silent at full load apart from a very slight pump buzz.

pgi947 · 20 Nov 2011 at 18:14

620, don't really need anything more than that for 4.4ghz. Half the price of the noctua and phanteks too.

If you intend to take it higher (4.7+) in the future then the noctua or phanteks would be a solid investment.

Helios1234 · 20 Nov 2011 at 19:36

koooowweeee said:
stop whining

was a joke

LOL, that was funnier than your 'joke'.