best performing AIO

Daytrader said:
I have just bought the EK-Nucleus AIO CR360 Dark All In One CPU Water Cooler from overclockers, from all what i have read and reviews read and watched, this seems to be one of the best, been looking on and off for like a month now, just need a power supply and keyboard to finish my build now, thx for suggestions here, i know its not my thread but been helpful, would like to know what @mr griffin has chosen.
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nothing yet as he already has a dark rock pro 4 on his cpu atm, so it's not and urgent upgrade - more cosmetic really
 
Personally never liked Asetek variants. The pump high pitch is t for me, but the vast majority won’t notice it, sadly I do. Corsair where the worst. And the supplied fans would be very noisy at reasonable rpm.
My personal choice is either EK, as the regular thickness is less likely to cause clearance issue, plus models with build-in RGB on the block. Pump at 60-70% is likely to be inaudible and 95% of the performance. Fans used to be okayish, don’t know about the ones supplied with the Nucleus.
Arctic is fantastic. Thicker radiator, decent fans. RGB only on fans, depending on selected model variant. If clearance isn’t an issue, you’re after performance and don’t mind the lack of RGB on the block, that’s the one to go. Pump is quieter than the EK.
 
EK280s are discontinued from what I can gather. The Artics are good, but thicker rad might not fit all builds. Alphacool seem to get decent reviews. No idea if there are any others that don't use Asetek pumps.
 
covenantuk said:
EK280s are discontinued from what I can gather. The Artics are good, but thicker rad might not fit all builds. Alphacool seem to get decent reviews. No idea if there are any others that don't use Asetek pumps.
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yeah i noticed that they dont seem to have them now...wonder why??? plenty of cases have all 140mm fans..... if they did a rad for the 2 180mm fans on mine I would get one, but not much chance.... 'i'm guessing fitting a 360 rad behind the 2 x 180mm fans would hurt performance as they wouldn't mount properly
 
mr griffin said:
yeah i noticed that they don't seem to have them now...wonder why??? plenty of cases have all 140mm fans..... if they did a rad for the 2 180mm fans on mine I would get one, but not much chance.... 'i'm guessing fitting a 360 rad behind the 2 x 180mm fans would hurt performance as they wouldn't mount properly
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Alphacool do a dual 180mm radiator - just buy an AIO and swap the rad if you can't be bothered with a custom loop.
 
Toony90 said:
I have the same dilemma myself, I have 13900kf and want to replace the cooling, currently I have EK Elite. Initially, I considered the Corsair H170i XT, EK Nucleus 360 and Lian Li Galahad II Performance and after reading a few reviews, I think I will buy Lian Li Galahad II Performance. Cooling, although new in the reviews, collects positive opinions, it has the thickest heatsink of what I took into account, plus the price is also attractive. I will replace the fans anyway with the T30 because I have them mounted on the current cooler.
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I went around and around researching AIOs as I needed one for a few months whilst building a full waterloop on my new build..

I tried a few AIOs out, and the one aspect that is vital IMO is being able to control the pump speed.. not a lot allow it, the Corsair H150i ELite LCD has a fixed speed.. this means that the inevitable small pump high pitched whine is inevitable..

So in the end I liked the reviews for the EK Nucleus CR360, very good cooling performance, but the build quality and aesthetics tipped it over the edge for me, and on getting it, I was not disappointed.. lovely quality bit of kit, and the pump is fully controllable, so getting a nice cool n quiet setup was great.. I just used a Aqua computing OCTO fan/pump controller to control the pump/fans and have quiet profiles as well as gaming and of course flat out for Benchmarking..
 
Demon said:
I went around and around researching AIOs as I needed one for a few months whilst building a full waterloop on my new build..

I tried a few AIOs out, and the one aspect that is vital IMO is being able to control the pump speed.. not a lot allow it, the Corsair H150i ELite LCD has a fixed speed.. this means that the inevitable small pump high pitched whine is inevitable..

So in the end I liked the reviews for the EK Nucleus CR360, very good cooling performance, but the build quality and aesthetics tipped it over the edge for me, and on getting it, I was not disappointed.. lovely quality bit of kit, and the pump is fully controllable, so getting a nice cool n quiet setup was great.. I just used a Aqua computing OCTO fan/pump controller to control the pump/fans and have quiet profiles as well as gaming and of course flat out for Benchmarking..
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Yup i spent months looking and reading up on aio's, exact same aio i bought, the black version as i not into rgb really, and my asus motherboard has a dedicated aio pump header, so when i finely build my pc, i will be able to control pump also, but i read its very quiet anyway.
 
I have been lucky enough to have had a few of these for testing purposes (22/23) - (360 - NXCT, Corsair Elite, ROG Ryujin, Artic, EK and Deepcool LT720), my experience is...
1. Best performance: EK
2. Best aesthetics: NZXT, Corsair, ROG
3. Aesthetics & performance: ROG Ryujin
4. Flexibility / cross compatibility: EK & Deepcool
5. Best bang for buck: Artic, EK-Deepcool
6. Software restrictions: ROG, NZXT, Corsair
7. Requires account to use: NZXT
8. Most bloatware: ROG, NZXT, Corsair
9. Worst Cost vs performance: Corsair
10. Poorest performing: Corsair
11. Best RGB Software: Corsair, NZXT- L-Connect 3
12. Worst RGB software: Armory crate (ASUS) and all motherboard manufacturers

Not tested but I expect the EK and Galahad v2 to be very similar

However with the new Galahad AIO and the new TL fans, I see NZXT thunder being taken, if just by a little.
TL LCD fans offer greater flexibility and reduced reliance on AIO all-in-one screens, so unless you are locked in to an eco system EK and Deepcool a great products.
That said, if you are not looking to update fans its very subjective 'form over function - cost over aesthetics' - I can see NZXT, Galahad v2 and ROG remaining strong.

For me... its always Performance and flexibility. I have an EK 360 and TL Fans throughout. I am not a massive RGB, Lian Li TL Fans offer a compromise and EK's defused lighting is a nice addition all running off one small software package
 
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The new Hyte AIO is claimed to be the best AIO on the market for pure performance (claimed by Hyte) - to use their exact wording "The Hyte Q60 destroys any other AIO today"

It does make some impressive numbers in that package. It's using a dual pump design with the pumps toping out at 4500rpm, one pump is in the block and the other on the radiator. The radiator is a 240x52mm thicc boi with 3000rpm 120x32mm fans rated for 8.2mmH2O static pressure

 
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