Hi everyone, I need advice, in order to choose the best cooling method for my actual rig.
I have an i7 4790k stock, cooled with a seidon 120v, which is getting 2 years old and I decided to change it.
Since I always dreaded water cooling (because, I mean, who in his right mind would put liquid in an electric circuit?), I was planning to go back to air cooling.
I saw 2 possible options. Either I go back air cooled with a noctua NH d15, or I go all in with liquid cooling and get a gamestorm captain 360.
Now my main concern with liquid cooling is: the radiator is installed directly above the VGA, so if some coolant were to drip on it, what would the extent of the damage be? I have a Gtx1070 g1 gaming from gigabyte, it has a back plate, so I figured that if some coolant were to drip on it, it would cause no major damage, right?
About the noctua now... Not only is less expensive, it's also nearly as good as liquid cooling. We're talking about 1-2C° difference. But my main concern about this cooler is... It's a really HUGE heatsink. I mean, since we're talking about a lot of metal there, I was wondering if it wouldn't crack or ruin the motherboard from the weight.
For information purposes, I am currently installing this in a Thermaltake core v51, so I have no problems of space since the rams are low profile Corsair vengeance, so the noctua heatsink would be installed easily with the 2 fans, and my motherboard is an AsRock z97 anniversary.
I am open to other suggestions, please feel free to suggest anything that comes in your mind.
I'm planning to spend around 100-150€ (which is around 200 dollars I guess?) but it has to be AIO, ready to use, no DIY kits. I would prefer air cooling, but could evaluate liquid cooling
Thanks to everyone who reads this!
I have an i7 4790k stock, cooled with a seidon 120v, which is getting 2 years old and I decided to change it.
Since I always dreaded water cooling (because, I mean, who in his right mind would put liquid in an electric circuit?), I was planning to go back to air cooling.
I saw 2 possible options. Either I go back air cooled with a noctua NH d15, or I go all in with liquid cooling and get a gamestorm captain 360.
Now my main concern with liquid cooling is: the radiator is installed directly above the VGA, so if some coolant were to drip on it, what would the extent of the damage be? I have a Gtx1070 g1 gaming from gigabyte, it has a back plate, so I figured that if some coolant were to drip on it, it would cause no major damage, right?
About the noctua now... Not only is less expensive, it's also nearly as good as liquid cooling. We're talking about 1-2C° difference. But my main concern about this cooler is... It's a really HUGE heatsink. I mean, since we're talking about a lot of metal there, I was wondering if it wouldn't crack or ruin the motherboard from the weight.
For information purposes, I am currently installing this in a Thermaltake core v51, so I have no problems of space since the rams are low profile Corsair vengeance, so the noctua heatsink would be installed easily with the 2 fans, and my motherboard is an AsRock z97 anniversary.
I am open to other suggestions, please feel free to suggest anything that comes in your mind.
I'm planning to spend around 100-150€ (which is around 200 dollars I guess?) but it has to be AIO, ready to use, no DIY kits. I would prefer air cooling, but could evaluate liquid cooling
Thanks to everyone who reads this!