how to pick an AIO

Ross Thomson · 25 Jan 2019 at 16:45

FFS doyll give it a rest.

doyll · 25 Jan 2019 at 18:15

"FFS Ross Thomson give it a rest" .. no, you are not even a part of this discussion.
So,
FFS Ross Thomson mind your own business.

Grandmaster Fap! · 25 Jan 2019 at 22:46

Ross Thomson said:
FFS doyll give it a rest.

FFS no, he's actually questioning the performance of products we all buy, i'd rather he stand up to companies that dont supply the proper information to make an educated purchase than just blindly buy something that says it can cool an 9900k and have flash LED LAWLZ!

AsetekDennis · 28 Jan 2019 at 08:19

As mentioned, I have taken the wish for technical specs onwards and upwards. Hopefully I can assist in making this happen on our website

Ross Thomson · 28 Jan 2019 at 08:29

Grandmaster Fap! said:
FFS no, he's actually questioning the performance of products we all buy, i'd rather he stand up to companies that dont supply the proper information to make an educated purchase than just blindly buy something that says it can cool an 9900k and have flash LED LAWLZ!

The performance of the coolers are not under question. We know how they cool from reviews. The constant whining about flow rates is just boring as is the constant CLC are a subset of AIO comments when someone doesn't ask for it. The flow rate is only part of how an water cooling works and going on and on and on about it doesn't help anyone.

deuse · 28 Jan 2019 at 08:31

Loxa said:
I would say mainly based on case compatibility.

Thread right there.

doyll · 28 Jan 2019 at 11:23

AsetekDennis said:
As mentioned, I have taken the wish for technical specs onwards and upwards. Hopefully I can assist in making this happen on our website

Thank you sir. Hopefully they will listen, but I'm not holding my breath.

doyll · 28 Jan 2019 at 11:24

Ross Thomson said:
The performance of the coolers are not under question. We know how they cool from reviews. The constant whining about flow rates is just boring as is the constant CLC are a subset of AIO comments when someone doesn't ask for it. The flow rate is only part of how an water cooling works and going on and on and on about it doesn't help anyone.

So stop going on and on and on about it.

Ross Thomson · 28 Jan 2019 at 12:55

doyll said:
So stop going on and on and on about it.

yawn.

Loxa · 28 Jan 2019 at 21:33

MartinPrince said:
No wonder they quit while they were behind. I was considering one as well as they 'appeared' well put together. What are using to cool now?

H115i for the CPU and a 360mm asketek AIO for GPU.

MartinPrince · 29 Jan 2019 at 13:05

Loxa said:
H115i for the CPU and a 360mm asketek AIO for GPU.

Cheers. Precisely which Asetek AIO are you using for the GPU?

Loxa · 29 Jan 2019 at 20:19

MartinPrince said:
Cheers. Precisely which Asetek AIO are you using for the GPU?

I am not 100% sure it was in a bundle i purchased from OCUK, i believe it was 'OcUK Tech Labs 360mm Kraken Extreme VGA Cooling Upgrade Bundle - Ultimate - Black Shroud'.

Ross Thomson · 30 Jan 2019 at 03:38

its an astek 591 LX - 360x27 mm

HellDiverUK · 30 Jan 2019 at 10:14

Interesting 'discussion'. To the question of "how to pick an AIO", in my experience of having had a fair number of AIOs, I'd also go with the "whatever fits in your case".

In the various machines I use/have built, there are AIOs back as old as the very first H100, through a H100i, H110i GT, then a H100i v2, then a Kraken X62, and even a few OcUK OEM Aseteks. All of those have been used in overclocked machines, or 24/7 heavy use ones, and to date I've had zero failures apart from noisy fans on the older H100/100i units.

My PC at work is my old 5960X overclocked to 4.7GHz, running on the old H110i GT, and it's been running 24/7 for years - the machine started out with a 5820K, then a 6800K, then the 5960X. The cooler now has replacement ML140 fans, because the junk Corsair hairdriers that came with it died.

The only time I've heard the pump in any of the AIOs is on the H100i v2 which is effectively running upside down (rad fitted in bottom of a 600Q, with the pump above), so there is sometimes air in the pump. I know it's not ideal, but when I get a chance I'll swap in a 280mm Asetek in to the front of the case to solve that issue.

Long story short, AIOs are a commodity item now, like a DVD writer is - they're cheap and all basically the same.

Loxa · 30 Jan 2019 at 13:01

MartinPrince said:
Cheers. Precisely which Asetek AIO are you using for the GPU?

astek 591 LX - 360x27 mm

Ross Thomson said:
its an astek 591 LX - 360x27 mm

Ahh nice thanks for clarifying.