Which AiO?

[Kavalree]

I currently have a Lian Li O11 Mini with an Alpenfohn 360 AiO, but to mount it, I had to take parts of my motherboard apart.

I'm looking at replacing it with a 280mm AiO mounted up the side, my options are:

H115i Platinum
EK 280mm Elite
Alpenfohn 280mm
Alphacool Eisbaer

The fans included are of no consequence as they will be used behind the AiO and my Lian Li SL140's will be mounted to be viewed in the case.

The aRGB is also not a deciding factor, as whatever I get will be controlled through my Razer Croma controller.

I'm looking entirely at pump/rad performance and price.

It will be cooling a 5600X if that even matters?

 

[ANDARIAL]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wate...-water-coolers?ckSuppliers=46&ckTab=0&sSort=2
these seem to get a lot of love

 

[Kavalree]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wate...-water-coolers?ckSuppliers=46&ckTab=0&sSort=2
these seem to get a lot of love

Sadly, due to aesthetics of the fans (They are wired through the tubing) it's not in my choices

 

[ANDARIAL]

fan wires are separate,just in a sleeve.Apparently they are daisy chained and can be split inc the pump

 

[Kavalree]

fan wires are separate,just in a sleeve.Apparently they are daisy chained and can be split inc the pump

The wires come from the fans and straight into the AiO tubes. VERY nice for cable management, not great for changing them. I've fitted a couple of these AiO's at work...

 

[ANDARIAL]

I have the 360 one non RGB.there is supposed to be normal fan connectors on a splitter cable inside the sleeving.not looked for it myself though

 

[Ross Thomson]

I currently have a Lian Li O11 Mini with an Alpenfohn 360 AiO, but to mount it, I had to take parts of my motherboard apart.

I'm looking at replacing it with a 280mm AiO mounted up the side, my options are:

H115i Platinum
EK 280mm Elite
Alpenfohn 280mm
Alphacool Eisbaer

The fans included are of no consequence as they will be used behind the AiO and my Lian Li SL140's will be mounted to be viewed in the case.

The aRGB is also not a deciding factor, as whatever I get will be controlled through my Razer Croma controller.

I'm looking entirely at pump/rad performance and price.

It will be cooling a 5600X if that even matters?

I'd not bother wasting your money TBH.

 

[Kavalree]

I'd not bother wasting your money TBH.

The 360 in the roof of my O11 Mini meant I had to remove my WiFi card and I/O shroud... Replacing that with the 280mm so I can put the board back together...

 

[Ross Thomson]

The 360 in the roof of my O11 Mini meant I had to remove my WiFi card and I/O shroud... Replacing that with the 280mm so I can put the board back together...

put it at the front.

 

[Kavalree]

put it at the front.

If you can fit a 360mm AiO in an O11 Mini in the front/side, let me know. It's simply not possible. The 280mm is to go in the front/side and in push/pull config.

 

[Ross Thomson]

If you can fit a 360mm AiO in an O11 Mini in the front/side, let me know. It's simply not possible. The 280mm is to go in the front/side and in push/pull config.

do you have your 360 in push/pull config? Artic freezer II 280 for the front side in your case then.

 

[Kavalree]

do you have your 360 in push/pull config? Artic freezer II 280 for the front side in your case then.

Nope, standard push. I have a full-size ATX board, the X570 Taichi...

I have narrowed my choice down to 3, the EK Elite 280mm based on the pump as it looks really sleek and performs well, the Alphacool Aurora because it has the highest flow rate, and the Arctic Freezer 2 because everyone recommends it. Whichever I get, the falls will be mounted behind the rad so my SL140's will be inside the case to everything uniform.

Which does bring me to another quandary. Do I run it as push/pull intake or exhaust? I have 3x SL120's on the base as intake, and will have 3x SL120's on the roof as exhaust (currently push on my AiO) with my 2x 140's as intake...

 

[Ross Thomson]

run it as intake as push - flow rate on the alphacool makes no difference.