Best cpu AIO?

SavellM

SavellM

SavellM

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My nzxt aio pushes on my closest ram slot, so ive been thinking to replace my cooler.

Are there any guides or comparisons for all the latest AIOs?
Or which is the best?

Not bothered about rbg, less wires the better...
 
I have both A80 and Silent Loop 280mm A80 is Asetek OEM and their pumps make noise. My A80 pump makes significantly more noise than my Silent Loop 280mm pump .. and fans are quieter as well.
Here is link to testing of both A80 & Silent Loop 280 as well as Eisbaer 360 & 240 with Silent Loop being slightly cooler than A80, Eisbaer 360 falling between the two and Eisbaer 240 not performing as well. Ignore their air cooler comparisons because they are testing in a case using room ambient air temp as baseline, and air temp into air cooler inside of a case is always at least a few degrees warmer than air entering case into raidator, and can be as much as 20c warmer into air coolers. They list temps as K (Kelvin) but I think it is Celcius. 40,00K would be -233.15C or 40,00K is 3726.85C. :D
https://www.hardwareluxx.de/communi...mit-280-mm-radiator-im-vergleich-1147070.html
 
Not the best but I'd consider the ID-Cooling Frostflow 280mm, it only costs £40 although I'm interested in seeing who the OEM is first.
 
£40 CLCs only prove how low cost they are being made and considering how many more moving parts and seals are needed begs the question "how can they be as good and dependable as air coolers?" when air coolers are much simpler in design and construction.
 
doyll said:
I have both A80 and Silent Loop 280mm A80 is Asetek OEM and their pumps make noise. My A80 pump makes significantly more noise than my Silent Loop 280mm pump .. and fans are quieter as well.
Here is link to testing of both A80 & Silent Loop 280 as well as Eisbaer 360 & 240 with Silent Loop being slightly cooler than A80, Eisbaer 360 falling between the two and Eisbaer 240 not performing as well. Ignore their air cooler comparisons because they are testing in a case using room ambient air temp as baseline, and air temp into air cooler inside of a case is always at least a few degrees warmer than air entering case into raidator, and can be as much as 20c warmer into air coolers. They list temps as K (Kelvin) but I think it is Celcius. 40,00K would be -233.15C or 40,00K is 3726.85C. :D
https://www.hardwareluxx.de/communi...mit-280-mm-radiator-im-vergleich-1147070.html
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differences in temps are within error margins

this one shows major differences between the silent loop and the bog standard A40

https://www.eteknix.com/be-quiet-silent-loop-280mm-aio-cpu-cooler-review/5/

given that people run computers in cases it is a pretty valid comparison even only for that case.
 
Ross Thomson said:
differences in temps are within error margins

this one shows major differences between the silent loop and the bog standard A40

https://www.eteknix.com/be-quiet-silent-loop-280mm-aio-cpu-cooler-review/5/

given that people run computers in cases it is a pretty valid comparison even only for that case.
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I don't know how they got such a difference.

Both are 280mm radiators and only a few dB difference in noise levels. Silent loop waterblock is easily as good, pump is better and copper versus aluminium so common sense says performance should be similar not an aluminum radiator with less flow rate pump testing significantly better.

We need to use our brains instead of blindly believing test data. ;)
 
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doyll said:
I don't know how they got such a difference.

Both are 280mm radiators and only a few dB difference in noise levels. Silent loop waterblock is easily as good, pump is better and copper versus aluminium so common sense says performance should be similar not an aluminum radiator with less flow rate pump testing significantly better.

We need to use our brains instead of blindly believing test data. ;)
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the effect of an alu rad and a copper one isn't that great and its clear that the pump doesn't make much of a difference with just the one small loop. fact remains that several test/reviews show differences and you can't tell until you actually run them in your system rather than seeing a review. A good example of this is the recent 2700x launch. If you look at some scores my 1700 beats them or is very close (real world blender and other render tests) .

as for blinding believing test data? you are quite happy to believe it when it proves your point ;)
 
SavellM said:
Is there any graph that shows a list of many coolers in 1?
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Assuming you are asking about CPU temps and noise levels, most review sites list a bunch of coolers. Problem is as above, their testing is done to such un-scientific / non-laboratory standards that it is extremely hard to compare cooler performance with their results.

Look for reviews that use synthetic heat sources instead of actual CPUs and/or ones that at least use cooler intake air temp as baseline air temp and not room ambient. It only takes common sense to know that a test system even on an open bench will warm up the surrounding are a few degrees warmer than elsewhere in the room.

Another big problem with big lists of cooler test results is most do not run a verification / standardization test using a cooler already tested each time the do testing to be verify the current test session is giving same results as other test sessions. People who have done some cooler testing can usually look at group results and pick out results that are obviously not right. Like the eteknix review above with Silent Loop 280 scoring the same temps as H7 cooler while A40 CLC with smaller 240mm radiator being 7c cooler and A80 (same quality as A40 but 280mm radiator) being 10c cooler. Believe me, A80 and Silent Loop 280 perform basically the same with Silent Loop being quieter.
 
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