Antec kuhler 1200 performance question

SaTrOx

SaTrOx

SaTrOx

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Hi as i was previously suggested by someone on this forum to get this cooler i have question to the users who have used it or use it currently.

Do i have to replace stock fans or i will be better off just keeping them on ?

What sort of performance i could expect from it ?

it will be used on i5 4670k overclocked to whatever it can handle.
 
The stock fans on the Antec AIOs aren't the quietest, but they're not that bad at all. I've had worse. I have the smaller H600 on an i5 4670K and it does run warm, but only because it's a 120mm rad and my case has really bad airflow.

The H1200 is a 240mm rad, so will be much better. In general, a 240mm rad is good enough for a decently overclocked hex-core i7, like the 5930K in my sig. It should have no problems with an i5.
 
Same experience as Borealis with noise, not the quietest but by no means as loud as plenty of other AIO (that cost more) stock fans. Worth trying them first unless you don't want blue leds to begin with, before considering replacing.

Different experience with temps, likely due to better airflow (Carbide Spec 01 with extra fans: two front 120's intake, 1 rear 120 exhaust, Antec H600 top exhaust). i7-6700K showing 60C temps with Cinebench/RealBench @ 4.7Ghz on 1.366v which is pretty amazing for a 120mm AIO. The Skylake chips don't tend to run as hot as previous equivalent models which also helps. What I didn't test on that particular system was stressing both CPU and GPU at the same time. So CPU temp may be higher with a hot GPU in use. But it's still a good temp compared to other CPU only tests I've run with other systems, given the overclock.
 
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Yeah, as I said, my airflow is terrible. Due to fan positions/lack of suitable fasteners, I have 1x120mm intake and the H600 as the exhaust. The case can take 2x120mm intake fans and 1x120mm exhaust, but to be honest I'm probably going to get another case.
 
I have Thermaltake Core V31 case and this would be airflow setup:



Full SSD setup no drive cage to block anything as it is right now, waiting for paycheck to get my 2nd ssd and mount them on the back where cable management goes :D
 
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