Cooling Question

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Ok so was just looking around and wanted to ask opinions on the following-

Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler
Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler
Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
OcUK Tech Lab - V6 Watercooling Kit 120

Which would be the best solution out of these?
 
Should have explained more, this is the spec it's for-

excuse the double monitors, i haven't chosen yet!

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Total : £1,982.90 (includes shipping : £27.55).

 
By real would that be leaning towards the likes of the OCUK wc kit? I only really want to WC the CPU so not sure if I would be spending too much going custom when I only have the intention of one object wc'd.

Also the PC will be up in my man cave, that I don't sleep in or do anything other than game/basic ms office processing, so noise really isn't an issue for me.

I had kind of swung towards the corsair over a massive air cooler but just wanted a bit of clarification for those in the know!
 
If noise isn't an issue, a closed loop system like the H80 you listed will do a decent enough job.
A massive air cooler will do just as good a job but won't have any of the potential issues that can and do arise with such systems, will last for as long as you need and do it with less noise and they look way better (to me anyway).

Real watercooling along the lines of kit you mentioned (although I'd go for one of the EK or XPSC 240 kits) should offer substantially lower temps than either of the above choices, will still require the odd bit of maintenance and looks better than both depending on your tastes. Obviously, it'll be a fair bit more complicated to set up.

Lower temps are great and all that, but seeing as a top end air cooler will keep your temps sweet anyway, is there any real need to splash out on watercooling unless it's for looks, very high OC's and/or benchmarking fanaticism? ;)

Just my two pennies...
 
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Uncle Petey said:
If noise isn't an issue, a closed loop system like the H80 you listed will do a decent enough job.
A massive air cooler will do just as good a job but won't have any of the potential issues that can and do arise with such systems, will last for as long as you need and do it with less noise and they look way better (to me anyway).

Real watercooling along the lines of kit you mentioned (although I'd go for one of the EK or XPSC 240 kits) should offer substantially lower temps than either of the above choices, will still require the odd bit of maintenance and looks better than both depending on your tastes. Obviously, it'll be a fair bit more complicated to set up.

Lower temps are great and all that, but seeing as a top end air cooler will keep your temps sweet anyway, is there any real need to splash out on watercooling unless it's for looks, very high OC's and/or benchmarking fanaticism? ;)

Just my two pennies...
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Agree with you Petey but....
Could you please define
Real watercooling along the lines of kit you mentioned (although I'd go for one of the EK or XPSC 240 kits) should offer substantially lower temps than either of the above choices
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because I think top air coolers will dissipate all the heat most of us get from our CPUs.

If you add GPU in, than component water moves out ahead of air.;)
 
lol ok, 'substantial' wasn't the best word perhaps :D

It's hard to give an actual figure given the variables involved, but it's fair to say that a decent watercooling setup with a 240 rad should get your temps lower than clc or air.
How much lower depends on a lot of things.
 
Spoken like a true politician. :D
"It's substantial, but it fair to say decent should give lower temps but depends on a lot of... babble, blah, blah, babble, blah, babble.":eek:
Guess that means it might be better and it might not??:confused: :D
Honestly I've never research or done anything connected to water cooling in years. 9-10 years ago I built a water cooled system from scratch.. Aquarium pump, car heater radiator, etc. Only the CPU heatsink was production part.. well even it was from a small CNC company branching out.. and it cooled substantially better than the air coolers available at the time. :D
 
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I may just go with the air cooling then as noise is no issue and the massive air coolers do look sweet! To add I have no exp of over clocking so will only be doing it to a basic level I do :)

Many thanks for the advice!
 
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