Do you ever replace your aio?

Akagi · 28 Jul 2020 at 06:56

You can get refillable ones. Most arent or werent refillable though.

iSaff · 28 Jul 2020 at 14:12

Acme said:
You can get refillable ones. Most arent or werent refillable though.

Artic Freezer II seems to have done very well in perfomance tests on Gamers Nexus, and is refillable. I'm definitley considering it for my next build if I go beyond 8 cores.

Akagi · 28 Jul 2020 at 14:25

iSaff said:
Artic Freezer II seems to have done very well in perfomance tests on Gamers Nexus, and is refillable. I'm definitley considering it for my next build if I go beyond 8 cores.

I bought the Rajintek somethingsomething Core edition from OcUK for £60.

iSaff · 28 Jul 2020 at 15:36

Acme said:
I bought the Rajintek somethingsomething Core edition from OcUK for £60.

I'll look into it, £60 is very reasonable, around what i paid for my Noctua U14s. Have Rajintek got an established reputation? I think that's the thing with liquid coolers, n00bs like me need to know which are the reliable ones, and which like Enermax have a very poor rep. That's partially why i went air, it's a lot safer and easy to install and forget when you're starting out in PC building in particular.

Akagi · 28 Jul 2020 at 15:40

iSaff said:
I'll look into it, £60 is very reasonable, around what i paid for my Noctua U14s. Have Rajintek got an established reputation? I think that's the thing with liquid coolers, n00bs like me need to know which are the reliable ones, and which like Enermax have a very poor rep. That's partially why i went air, it's a lot safer and easy to install and forget when you're starting out in PC building in particular.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/raij...o-cpu-water-cooling-unit-240mm-hs-02j-rt.html

They are fairly new on the scene but they seem to have proven themselves. The build quality of this AIO seems very good, the pipes have a nice braided finish, the pump is external to the block, its refillable, it even has programmable RGB if that is your thing (it isnt mine)

The CORE version comes without fans, and as far as I can tell, without a way to control the RGB (so it just isnt illuminated) - Fine by me. I didn't want it to be illuminated anyway, and I already had fans.

Its another £40 to have it with fancy RGB fans and the RBG controller doodad.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/raij...d-aio-water-cooling-unit-240mm-hs-033-rt.html

iSaff · 28 Jul 2020 at 15:46

Acme said:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/raij...o-cpu-water-cooling-unit-240mm-hs-02j-rt.html

They are fairly new on the scene but they seem to have proven themselves. The build quality of this AIO seems very good, the pipes have a nice braided finish, the pump is external to the block, its refillable, it even has programmable RGB if that is your thing (it isnt mine)

The CORE version comes without fans, and as far as I can tell, without a way to control the RGB (so it just isnt illuminated) - Fine by me. I didn't want it to be illuminated anyway, and I already had fans.

Ah, nice that it coms without fans so you can pick your own, I have so many fans i need to sell on ebay that i've accumilate, that said there's another model i see that comes with a couple of noiseblockers for £10 more. I'm saving them to my wishlist for 2021 build.

Kelt · 28 Jul 2020 at 17:37

iSaff said:
Artic Freezer II seems to have done very well in perfomance tests on Gamers Nexus, and is refillable. I'm definitley considering it for my next build if I go beyond 8 cores.

You sure?

Says it's a sealed unit when you look at sales sites.

Kelt · 28 Jul 2020 at 17:40

Acme said:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/raij...o-cpu-water-cooling-unit-240mm-hs-02j-rt.html

They are fairly new on the scene but they seem to have proven themselves. The build quality of this AIO seems very good, the pipes have a nice braided finish, the pump is external to the block, its refillable, it even has programmable RGB if that is your thing (it isnt mine)

The CORE version comes without fans, and as far as I can tell, without a way to control the RGB (so it just isnt illuminated) - Fine by me. I didn't want it to be illuminated anyway, and I already had fans.

Its another £40 to have it with fancy RGB fans and the RBG controller doodad.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/raij...d-aio-water-cooling-unit-240mm-hs-033-rt.html

Hope it's more reliable than its leaky predecessor, the Triton.

I know, I had one.

OCUK even deleted the huge thread about it, probably because Raijintek objected, but I'm guessing.

Akagi · 28 Jul 2020 at 17:43

Kelt said:
Hope it's more reliable than its leaky predecessor, the Triton.

I know, I had one.

OCUK even deleted the huge thread about it, probably because Raijintek objected, but I'm guessing.

This one has a totally different style of (non removable) fittings, so I guess they learned from their mistakes!

So far had a few weeks of 24/7 usage at fairly high temps (under load) and no issues yet. Touch wood.

Kelt · 28 Jul 2020 at 17:54

Acme said:
This one has a totally different style of (non removable) fittings, so I guess they learned from their mistakes!

So far had a few weeks of 24/7 usage at fairly high temps (under load) and no issues yet. Touch wood.

Wouldn't a new buyer be better off buying this?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/raijintek-eos-rgb-rainbow-complete-water-cooling-240mm-hs-03e-rt.html

It's the successor the the Orca.

Only a fiver more, comes with fans and you get the essential RGB that makes it go faster.

Akagi · 28 Jul 2020 at 18:14

Kelt said:
Wouldn't a new buyer be better off buying this?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/raijintek-eos-rgb-rainbow-complete-water-cooling-240mm-hs-03e-rt.html

It's the successor the the Orca.

Only a fiver more, comes with fans and you get the essential RGB that makes it go faster.

Its not the successor is it? Its the cheaper model. Not refillable. I ignored it for that reason, because I was looking for a refillable one.

Kelt · 28 Jul 2020 at 18:49

Acme said:
Its not the successor is it? Its the cheaper model. Not refillable. I ignored it for that reason, because I was looking for a refillable one.

I just assumed it as the Orca has been listed as discontinued on the Raijintek site.

I didn't look any further so don't know if they still have a refillable unit.

iSaff · 28 Jul 2020 at 19:06

Kelt said:
You sure?

Says it's a sealed unit when you look at sales sites.

Steve Burke mentions that in theory if he is able to disassemble the cooler non-destructively, then he should be able to refill it, he then goes on to say it's the easiest AIO to take apart he's come across. He is able to drain it by just removing the 4 screws holding the copper plate and removing the fin array and seal, seems a straightforward job. He doesn't specifically state it's refillable, but i'll let you judge, tell me what you make of it. If you can't watch the whole video and want the TLDR skip to 5:40 and watch until around 6:10.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQRwn-lecnk

Kelt · 28 Jul 2020 at 21:07

iSaff said:
Steve Burke mentions that in theory if he is able to disassemble the cooler non-destructively, then he should be able to refill it, he then goes on to say it's the easiest AIO to take apart he's come across. He is able to drain it by just removing the 4 screws holding the copper plate and removing the fin array and seal, seems a straightforward job. He doesn't specifically state it's refillable, but i'll let you judge, tell me what you make of it. If you can't watch the whole video and want the TLDR skip to 5:40 and watch until around 6:10.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQRwn-lecnk

You can't call that refillable, you stand every chance of borking the AIO or refilling it and having a leak.

Any AIO is refillable by plunging a syringe in one of the tubes, draining and then refilling by the same syringe, cover the hole up with duct tape, job done!

Wouldn't recommend it though!

Point being, it's not designed to be refilled.

vfdb · 28 Jul 2020 at 22:54

my h110 must be 7 years old now and my pc is on at least 12 hours a day lol

iSaff · 29 Jul 2020 at 12:15

Kelt said:
You can't call that refillable, you stand every chance of borking the AIO or refilling it and having a leak.

Any AIO is refillable by plunging a syringe in one of the tubes, draining and then refilling by the same syringe, cover the hole up with duct tape, job done!

Wouldn't recommend it though!

Point being, it's not designed to be refilled.

Ah, see i asked about AIO's being refillable and the process a couple of pages back, i have no experiance with AIOs, and was just going on what Mr. Burke states in his videos. NZXT do link to his videos from one of their Q&A pages on AIOs, but they don't specifically mention refilling, so it's confusing for peeps like myself.

psychas · 29 Jul 2020 at 17:51

pump died on kelvin s36 (after 3.5 years) decided to stick with air cooling now .

CK61938 · 7 Aug 2020 at 12:47

Update:

I replaced my 5 year old Corsair H100i GTX with a Cougar Helor 240 AIO. With the Corsair I was seeing idle temps of around 55-60C. With the Cougar, I am now seeing idle temps of around 35-40C. When gaming temps don't even go near 60C whereas with the Corsair it would reach 90C. Leads me to believe the Corsair may have started to run out of fluid.

The Cougar is also refillable and it came with a bottle of liquid for when the time comes.

Grim5 · 7 Aug 2020 at 21:08

psychas said:
pump died on kelvin s36 (after 3.5 years) decided to stick with air cooling now .

Good thing most AIO come with 5 year warranty now, stick to good brands with long warranty

heatonpkmassive · 7 Aug 2020 at 22:20

Acme said:
I wouldn't spend £120 etc on an AIO, that's ludicrous, my last two 240's were both under £60.

I wouldn't either, I'd spend £80 on a good air cooler. I'm lazy.