How to use All in One Watercoolers

Stubbsy

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Hi,
I'm thinking of swapping out some bits for a modest upgrade. The spec i'm going to end up with is

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £433.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)​
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In addition to that purchase, I have an Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 Windforce OC 6GB GDDR5.
I intend to reuse my existing case: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/antec-300-three-hundred-ultimate-gaming-case-black-ca-101-an.html.

Question is, can I use something like this: Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML120L RGB AIO CPU Cooler - 120mm Stock Code HS-07N-CM

I've no experience with these blocks - I would normally put a large air cooler like a Sythe on - but am interested to understand how they are mounted etc. I'll want to OC the 3600.

Any advice would be appreciated. I'm not adverse to getting a new case, but I'm not sure it's necessary.
Thanks.
 
Thank you both for your replies. Sounds like a load of faff and not something that I really need.
OK how about this as a final set then?

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £457.05 (includes shipping: £11.10)​
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I'm assuming that the CPU cooler will be advantageous over the stock one, both in terms of noise and performance?
 
@orbitwalsh I'm moving from an i5-7600K that I've had comfortably OC'd at 4.3 GHz for the duration of its life, using a Scythe Ninja Plus Rev.B Heatpipe CPU Cooler (including the supplied 120 mm fan).
There's a huge difference in price for the 3700X compared to the 3600... I'm not sure it's justified for my relatively benign usage.

@@Gray2233 I've actually had some issues with the current MB (RAM slots no longer working), which I believe is due to the weight of the CPU heatsink bending the board during transport. OK, I probably should have thought to not move the PC in the upright position, but I didn't. As a result, I'm slightly wary of the giant units now, so if the stock one is good enough... I can always swap it out for a bigger model if it proves to be too noisy I suppose.

@orbitwalsh it does look like the case will handle a full ATX so you're right, I might as well save a few quid and go for the PRO MAX thanks. Can't see that there's much difference in the specs.

edit: apparently i don't know how to use the @ thing :(
 
 
Thanks for the continued helpful advice. I saw that you replaced the 3700X with a B-Grade item in your basket.
I have a couple of questions; the first is, is there any way to tell what the specific item you get will be like? A used CPU i'm not comfortable with. One that's just been 'unboxed' is fine.

I also tried to direct message you about the price of that part, as I don't want to discuss other sources on this forum, but the DM didn't work :)
 
I think because I'm not upgrading the GPU it might be worth more on the processor now with a view to getting a GPU upgrade in a bit? IDK to be honest. If you look at OCUK's gaming pcs, they have inferior processors are better GPUs, but I'm going to end up with the opposite combo.

Anyway, I'm not sure if right now the a good time to be spending the money. Future doesn't have the same certainty it did a couple of months ago. What normally happens to prices when the Pound tanks? I assume they go up, particularly if the dollar is strong?
 
So, remember I'm pairing this with a 1060 6GB, I'm guessing neither will make much difference as the bottleneck will be the gpu?
But if at some point in the future I was to stretch to a newer gpu...
I was surprised to see the userbenchmark scores that I linked to above; I thought Intel was struggling at the moment on value per performance, but the 9600k is a lot less than the 3700X...
 
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