Benefits Of An AIO

venomx said:
Apart from aesthetics, is there any benefit ?
I heard the cooling isn't as good as a high end standard heatsink. I'd also be very weary about putting water into the computer

Also would you need to use the " pump " fan header or can you just use the standard " case fan " ones, or even the cpu fan header and use a splitter
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you heard wrong about the cooling.

It depends on the AIO you get TBH - The point of failure on an AIO isn't a leak but the pump failing.

Wouldn't spend over £100 and get the biggest that will fit in your case.
 
venomx said:
Temps are good and it's now silent. Don't want to mess with it now, if temps go up then i'll consider it. Some say pipes up, some say pipes down.
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Its not so much temps but air which eventually accumulates at the top of the rad which the pump can suck air into the block. This doesnt happen overnight but could decease the life of the pump and lead to more noise.
 
mickyflinn said:
Its not so much temps but air which eventually accumulates at the top of the rad which the pump can suck air into the block. This doesnt happen overnight but could decease the life of the pump and lead to more noise.
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All closed loop coolers will have some air in them from the factory so the issue is not necessarily related to age although any permiation over time will exacerbate the situation. The issue with noise the OP is complaining about is almost certainly caused by air being sucked into the pump from the expansion tank and would be completely eliminated by rotating the radiator so the tank where the hoses connect is at the bottom. This way all the trapped air will rise away from the pump connections and will then be at the furthest point from the pump. As well as noise the air in the pump will be causing it to wear out more quickly. All of this is explained in this video so well worth watching all the way through.

 
@PieEater yes I saw that video, this one also has some good points ( he references to the vid you posted )

From what I've learned mounting at the very top of the case is best, and on the front either way is fine.
Basically as long as the top of the radiator is higher than the pump, then air will only get trapped into the radiator and not the pump as the air will go to the highest point.

I did some reading about the kraken aios and lots of people have the same issue with noise even after mounting in different directions.

I did a few stress tests and changed the settings in the nzxt software and now its silent happy days
 
What I feel you are missing is the fact that the way you have mounted the radiator means all of the air is going to be trapped in the expansion tank right where the pump sucks in the coolant. It is inevitable the pump will be drawing in air after it has settled back at the top of the expansion tank. The video thumbnail does show your exact radiator mounting method as being one of the two main culprits that should be avoided for this reason. What I presume has happened is you have had the pump running for long enough to distribute the air around the system so the symptoms have subsided but as and when you leave it long enough for the air to accumulate back in the expansion tank you will be back to square one.
 
Yes the rad is the wrong way around. I had a kraken x52 and mounted it same way as yours and overtime the pump noise became unbearable. I turned it around but it was too late as the pump was still noisy. I know wits a faff swapping it over but your well advised to do it before damage to pump occurs.
 
My rad is setup exactly yours. As long as the highest point isn't the pump I say you are fine. I had a H115i GTX in the same orientation for 4 years. Never had issues, never heard the pump and still going solid. Had to replace it with the H150 GTX Pro due to upgrading to a 10900k. Currently got the cpu running ballz to the wall with no issue in temp.
 
Does this look better ?Temps are fine, no noise whatsoever
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I have a meshify C and on the spec for the case it says it can house a 240mm rad up top, however it definitely can't.
On the site it says " (max component height on motherboard 40 mm) "

Is it simply because my specific RAD was too big for it ?
 
Oh no, pipe orientation FUD again.
As long as pump is lower than top of radiator, it doesn't matter which way pipes go!
 
Been looking to get a KRAKEN X53 to cool a yet to be built i9 10850k, I was going to use a Noctua, but the conversion mount hasn't arrive from them yet. About 4 weeks now (Brexit! :Mad: ) the other AIO I'm looking at is the FD S23 option. All going in a FD Define 7 Compact case.

TBH I'm to the point of selling off the new motherboard, CPU, RAM, case and not bothering. My 2011-V3 i7 5820k runs everything fine.
 
alec said:
As long as pump is lower than top of radiator, it doesn't matter which way pipes go!
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Well they say (According to what i've learnt. )

  1. Mounting up the top of the case is best

  2. Mounting at the front with the pipes down is second best.

  3. Mounting at the front with the pipes up is third best
Mounting with the pipes down means air travels upwards where there is no chance of it clogging up the inlet and outlet on the rad


Mikey said:
Been looking to get a KRAKEN X53
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I'd strongly recommend it, it's an excellent AIO
 
The main advantages are aesthetics, easy access to M.2 slots, PCIE released switch and access to high profile memory, basically anything that might be blocked by a large cooler.

I'd rather have a Noctoa cooler, once you've had an AIO cooler leak on you, it's hard to trust them again.

Also, I've never had a AIO cooler that was actually silent when idle, the pump is always audible for me. As for performance and noise, AIO or large heatsinks need fans and performance isn't much different.
 
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