The BEST AIO Liquid Cooler - A Guide to the RIGHT Size

I am personally biased again 120mm and 120mm based fan systems. Quiter, stronger, more effective 140mm fans ALL THE WAY!!!

It is a loud pump. Very loud actually.

I find it dumb how people care about the sound of the fans over the cooling efficiency, if u want better cooling then u shouldn’t care about the noise, just put on headphones lol

Really surprised that an additional fan decreases the temp by only 6%. Might as well spend that money on a smaller but better performing cooler.

What type of Slav are you?

Hey, I got i7 13700k which size aio should I purchase?

This looks like an ad, information is helpful but didn't like the minutes wasted on selling me shit

Loved this test, a couple years later and I think I'll be comfortable running a slight overclock on an i5 13600k with a 240mm Corsair AIO so I have room for the 360mm AIO attached to the Aorus 4090 Waterforce GPU

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PLEASE HELP!!! Hi there, recently I’ve bought a 5900X CPU and wanna choose a sufficient AIO for it. I’ve ordered the Deepcool LE500 240mm AIO for $68 but I’m thinking of cancel it and order a 360mm AIO instead. My choice is TeamGroup Tforce GD360E for about $98. Do you think it’s a sensible decision? Is it worth extra cost for having a little bigger AIO?

I5 12400 is good with 120mm aio ?

nice review and shows how people are losing their money with 100w cpus and wasting $300 in aio rgb i still use my h60 dual fan on my 6600k at 5ghz and i now have a 5600 at 4.8ghz my 120mm aio cost me $59 and doesn't go above 75c in games I rarely get above 60c buy what you want my at $59 its unbeatable as an offer and it has been running since 2014! unless you have a 200w i9 or a big 200w cpu

I really do not like the design of plugging all the fans into a single line. I know there isn't much alternative right now, but it's still not a very good way to accomplish connections and function.
When you go to calibrate the fans using software, the software thinks it's only calibrating one fan since only one fan returns an RPM Tac signal. So, it calibrates the three fans (in a 360) by just calibrating the one fan. If the three are not exactly identical, you can end up with one or two fans shutting off while the one fan that was calibrated continues to run. This is because the minimum RPM of the three fans is not identical, and only needs to be out by a few RPM to shut of the fans off. So, in the case you end up manually increasing the minimum allowed RPM.

i think that a 240 or a 120 mm radiator would have a great personality, and like who needs a full 360 one like not all cases can even handle that

So how does this compare to something like a ek aio or an arctic freezer aio

5800X with PBO, Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut Liquid Metal, Glacier One 280MP front mount with 100% fan and pump, running cinebench r20.

78C.

so you could cool a 12900k with 90degree celsius at constant 260w load?

Will slim fans fit on the side if using a 280mm AIO up front?

1 year later, i chose this aio for my 5900x and wow it is amazing not letting it go over 70c under load when i game and having the fan on auto. at idle it ranges around 38-45c

Can someone tell about the 7x40 by 40mm alphacool server rads, how do they compare to a single 120mm rad?

Will ekwb aio 120mm enough to cool i5 12600k?

wait, what is his name ?

I'd like to see 3 x 120 radiators vs 360 which is cooler

Excellent content. I have been using a 360mm AIO for many years, one as I just like the size in my case and running them at low fan speeds keeps things quiet and cool especially when I run a 10700K at 5.1GHz. I do push some serious loads at times and the temps are always in check. Bottom line a good 120mm/240mm AIO will for a great job especially if overclocking is not important, just low noise systems. AIO's have come a long way and I do like the Phanteks design though I am rocking the Lian Lin Galahad which also just looks great!

Great Vid, This knowledge is "something nobody thought to ask, but needed to learn"

Dam I never knew phantex made aio I bought one of their cases about 3 years ago I definitely would’ve bought theirs vs the Corsair.

Phanteks vs Kraken which one would suggest? Thx

Thank you for this video. Great graphs and so on.

I'm looking into the ROG Ryujin II 240mm and 360mm AIO, with Asetek 7th gen pumps. I was pretty bummed out because I am not able to fit the 360mm in my case because of my big STRIX graphics card, so I wanted to see how much performance I would lose by choosing the 240mm and by the looks of it, not much - barely any actually, when considering I'm only running a 8700K at 4.7GHz - might pull 100 watts at maximum while gaming.

Awesome, thank you

What will be best size aio for 3700x inside O11 mini with side mounted rad & its fans are as intake & with 3 bottom intake & 3 top as exhaust ?? Also if push pulled make a much difference?? Plz suggest

Where have you got the Asetek 120mm aio?

Does the 280mm use 140mm fans, which I'd be able to replace with the SK140mm Phanteks RGB's? I want to buy the extra 3-pack, use one as a rear exhaust and replace the non-RGB fans included with the AIO to daisy chain the 6 total Phanteks fans.

THE BEST VIDEO ABOUT COOLERS

Corsair H80i since 2016. 5 years and still working great.

360 for aesthetic

Upgrading from Corsair NR200 to Lian Li 011 Mini
I am running 5900x nd RTX 3080
I have a Z63 currently.
So my best result in the Liam Li would be to stick with the 280, but use the top position instead on=f side?
Should this be exhausting as a top would be normally or intake as I would a rad side mounted?

Thank you

Is it just me or are all the companies hopping on NZXT's Infinity Mirror hype train?

Wish they sold the black AIO's with their all black PWM fans but I get they want to try and get costumers to buy the Halo's to add to the fans. I would like to buy this AIO but then I need to spend more $ and get the black fans, or buy some other components that are white so it turns into a black and white build instead of a minimal RGB dark build.

He reminds me of StarLord. Thank you for this vid! I learned a lot about choosing the best AIO!

I want a comparison between lian li galahad, corsair elite capellix, Ek and phanteks

Long time watcher, first time subscriber! Your videos have always been great and editing/quality have only gotten better over the years. Keep it up my man!

The irony is that I had already picked out this Phantek AIO on PcPartPicker and clicked on this video to decide between 240 and 280. You just helped me decide on the 240 without feeling like I was shooting too low. Thanks!

As of Feb 1 2021 you still cant find these anywhere in Canada. I'd love to grab a 240 or a 280 for my modest CPU. They look great.

im using a corsair 4000d airflow with 6 be quiet silent wings 3 fans, i want to get an aio but i dont know whether to get a 240mm from corsair and have rgb to light up my parts (rn they are invisible becuase of tinted glass) or to get a 360mm and put it on the front and use the silent fans. any ideas of what i should do and what is best for thermal performace?

6 year warranty? Damn dude

Great video! Especially because there is very small number of noise normalized reviews. It would be awesome to add D15 as a air representative for comparison there as well. If possible then there are 2 420mm aios on the market. You could add them there as well.

could you use different fans than the ones provided? I like the look of my nzxt fans