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Case Rebuild - AIO water coolers vs my dark rock pro 3?

rIcK

rIcK

rIcK

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Hello!

I currently have a 8700k in my main rig crammed into a tiny ITX case with a Noctua NH-D15 basically filling all the usable space and a graphics card taking up the remainder with a couple of decent Noctua fans.

I'm just about to get a 1080Ti and would like to do a slight rig upgrade.

I'm thinking a Meshify Mini C mini ATX case to allow for slightly more airflow and a new AIO closed loop cooler which should fit inside nicely.

Simply put, is it worth the upgrade from my current massive CPU cooler?

And secondly which one is worth looking at? I overclock and my CPU is sat at 4.8ghz stable right now.

*edit not a dark rock but a Noctua NH-D15 - can a mod edit my title?*
 
rIcK said:
Hello!

I currently have a 8700k in my main rig crammed into a tiny ITX case with a Noctua NH-D15 basically filling all the usable space and a graphics card taking up the remainder with a couple of decent Noctua fans.

I'm just about to get a 1080Ti and would like to do a slight rig upgrade.

I'm thinking a Meshify Mini C mini ATX case to allow for slightly more airflow and a new AIO closed loop cooler which should fit inside nicely.

Simply put, is it worth the upgrade from my current massive CPU cooler?

And secondly which one is worth looking at? I overclock and my CPU is sat at 4.8ghz stable right now.

*edit not a dark rock but a Noctua NH-D15 - can a mod edit my title?*
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hope this helps, review of Alphacool new 25mm Thick AIO units (360) and has a few air coolers on the list when using 8700k at stock and 5ghz

https://www.eteknix.com/alphacool-eisbaer-lt-360-cpu-liquid-cooler-review/4/

unfortunately, the 240 unit cant handle the heat output unit, goes to show more rad space you can have with the 8700k, the better!

I push mine to 5.1ghz on Gigabyte ITX board using Eisbaer pump unit, ekwb SE 360 and silent wing fans- hits 40c when gaming, 88c rendering but that slim line Rad from EK is just usesless

seems like your Cooler is fine, but would be louder then some decent AIO models
 
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