Considering ordering v10?

ScOuT

ScOuT

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Absolutely not...that would be a huge mistake.

MAXIMUMPC magazine did a review of it a few months back, it was the worst cooler they ever tested. It got a 4 of 10 rating.
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/reviews/cooler_master_v10

- The thing was soo big they could not even get 3 motherboard screws in.

- The thing is soo big you have to remove it to access your RAM. That means taking the motherboard out.

- This thing weights almost 3 pounds!

- The cooling is just a little better than a stock Intel cooler.

If the Coolermaster V8 is not giving you the results you are looking for then you need to water cool.:D What are your temps with the V8 anyway?
 
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bigd54

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Haha Ive been looking to watercool but to have a loop with my 295 would cost way to much. And I appreciate showing me that review but I have seen many others saying instalation was a little hard but not to bad. With there benchmarks they really didnt give the TEC a chance to kick in because it will only kick in on high temperatures. This is noted in many other reviews which made the v10 a great contender. Untill the TEC kicks in all the v10 is just a normal aftermarket cooler. With my v8 I did a batched job at the thermal paste because i had to reaply so many times. (The first time I installed the v8 it was upside down!) but orginally i was getting idle temps in the low to mid 30s. Now its extremely dusty and the temps are up to low to mid 40s.
 
just a noob

just a noob

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i think it also only has something like a 50 watt tec on it, which by today's standards doesn't do diddly squat
 
Aastii

Aastii

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it may be crap but it looks hella good :p

like was said, you won't get much better than the v8 on air so far as temps go, would be quite a bit of a waste to get a v10
 
just a noob

just a noob

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it has 4 80mm fans cooling 2 aluminum heatercore radiators with a copper block, that's just corrosion waiting to happen, not to mention with the 400 dollar price tag you could get a real watercooling setup to handle both your cpu, and gpu
 
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bigd54

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I really like the whole Idea of a case integrated with the watercooling. And i heard an antec 1200 is a B**** to watercool. But you seriouslly think that would be a bad idea? If I sold my 1200 and v8 it wouldnt be that much more.
 
bomberboysk

bomberboysk

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If your looking for the best air cooler its the prolimatech megahalems. But for water, the 1200 is fine for cpu only with say, a double feser, ek 250, mcp355 with aftermarket top, heatkiller waterblock, 1/2" tubing, etc. Hint though, if you go water run distilled plus silver as biocide. That case I would stay away from, copper+aluminum=bad.
 
bomberboysk

bomberboysk

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More or less, yes. You either want all aluminum blocks or all copper in a loop, mixing metals= galvanic corrosion.
 
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elliot_c

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You can get a small water cooling system for the price of this its crazy, looks like its something you pay for so you can say I have got a v10 and also so it looks great inside your case.
 
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