Air vs AIO vs Watercooling

Just to add
There is a middle ground between AIO
And custom loop
If you can get hold of one in the uk
Swiftech AIO which is quality components with the ability to be expanded
No aluminium radiator or asetek pump
And not sealed like most AIO it has standard compression fittings and standard 3/8 I'd 5/8 od tubing
Or 10mm/16mm if you think in metric :)
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
Just to add
There is a middle ground between AIO
And custom loop
If you can get hold of one in the uk
Swiftech AIO which is quality components with the ability to be expanded
No aluminium radiator or asetek pump
And not sealed like most AIO it has standard compression fittings and standard 3/8 I'd 5/8 od tubing
Or 10mm/16mm if you think in metric :)
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Ohhh really didn't know that, i will have a Google search about these, cheers bud
 
Minibiker said:
Ohhh really didn't know that, i will have a Google search about these, cheers bud
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You're welcome
It's a shame really their stuff is hard to find in the uk
They are a smaller company than some
So guess they don't have the marketing
Budget of say companies like corsair
But their stuff is way better quality than the asetek rebranded corsair stuff
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
Just to add
There is a middle ground between AIO
And custom loop
If you can get hold of one in the uk
Swiftech AIO which is quality components with the ability to be expanded
No aluminium radiator or asetek pump
And not sealed like most AIO it has standard compression fittings and standard 3/8 I'd 5/8 od tubing
Or 10mm/16mm if you think in metric :)
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I came DAMN close to buying one of the EK Predator AiO's some years ago as it was essentially just a pre-built custom loop.

There's some really nice stuff out there if you know where to look, it's few and far between though, I'm usually a die hard High End Air or Custom Loop guy.

The Arctic Liquid Freezer II looks to be amazing for the price point for example, here's a great video on them:


My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £234.87 (includes shipping: £9.90)
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Craps all over the more expensive AiO's, let alone those at the same price points.

As I said, I'm a hardcore high end air type of guy, but the above would tempt me.
 
Gray2233 said:
I came DAMN close to buying one of the EK Predator AiO's some years ago as it was essentially just a pre-built custom loop.

There's some really nice stuff out there if you know where to look, it's few and far between though, I'm usually a die hard High End Air or Custom Loop guy.

The Arctic Liquid Freezer II looks to be amazing for the price point for example, here's a great video on them:


My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £234.87 (includes shipping: £9.90)
​

Craps all over the more expensive AiO's, let alone those at the same price points.

As I said, I'm a hardcore high end air type of guy, but the above would tempt me.
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I was browsing OCUK just now and came across these, For their price they seem to be right up there... It's got a good look to it aswell.

What do you have in your system?
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
You're welcome
It's a shame really their stuff is hard to find in the uk
They are a smaller company than some
So guess they don't have the marketing
Budget of say companies like corsair
But their stuff is way better quality than the asetek rebranded corsair stuff
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It's a shame there aren't more products like this tbh, i'm sure they would shift a lot of them
 
Minibiker said:
I was browsing OCUK just now and came across these, For their price they seem to be right up there... It's got a good look to it aswell.

What do you have in your system?
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My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £26.99 (includes shipping: £0.00)​
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They're a little ugly and they are quite high so you need to check they'll fit your case, you also need to buy the AM4 bracket (just under £3) if you want to go Ryzen. I bought a few of them when they were going for around or under £20 for various builds.

That said they perform amazingly for the price, five heatpipes, two big and silent 140mm fans.

I love mine but if you're going for a nice look with a case window they might not be ideal. lol
 
Gray2233 said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £26.99 (includes shipping: £0.00)
​

They're a little ugly and they are quite high so you need to check they'll fit your case, you also need to buy the AM4 bracket (just under £3) if you want to go Ryzen. I bought a few of them when they were going for around or under £20 for various builds.

That said they perform amazingly for the price, five heatpipes, two big and silent 140mm fans.

I love mine but if you're going for a nice look with a case window they might not be ideal. lol
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I don't think they look that bad tbh, Yeah my case does have a window so i need it to look pretty mint aswell as perform good ;):p
 
Minibiker said:
I don't think they look that bad tbh, Yeah my case does have a window so i need it to look pretty mint aswell as perform good ;):p
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It looks cool until you put them in a flashy case full of lighting effects! :P

I'd look at the Arctic stuff above and maybe replace the fans with some decent RGB stuff if your goal is visuals + performance.

As I said I'm not that keen on AiO's but those Freezer II's are impressive. In a build where I wanted it to look awesome I'd have no issues at all in picking one up.
 
Gray2233 said:
It looks cool until you put them in a flashy case full of lighting effects! :p

I'd look at the Arctic stuff above and maybe replace the fans with some decent RGB stuff if your goal is visuals + performance.

As I said I'm not that keen on AiO's but those Freezer II's are impressive. In a build where I wanted it to look awesome I'd have no issues at all in picking one up.
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I'm going to pick up the 280mm version to go with a 4900x upgrade later this year. Just hoping I can squeeze it into the front of the silverstone RL06.
 
You left the dark art of phase change cooling out of your options! For me it was a slippery slope where water cooling led to a Prometia Mach 2 evaporator cooler for my CPU and a water block and peltier chip on the GPU yes I was chasing overclocks but it was also more about tinkering with my PC and the challenge of making such a system 24/7 stable and user friendly. Now I just use plain water cooling for its looks and performance, my current build is 4 years old in August and I haven't drained it once in that time, so for me maintenance of a self built loop isn't an issue either.
 
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