Is the liquid Cpu cooler or the air cooler the way to go.

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irvineparrett

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Is the Corsair CWCH60 Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - Socket LGA775, LGA1155, LGA1156, LGA1366, Core i5, Core i7 the better way to go, or for example the Noctua d-14 air cooler the better way to go. And where does the liquid cpu cooler mount. On the inside of the case. Do I need a special case for the liquid cpu cooler.
Thanks appreciate the help.
 
i never would have thought a air over a liquid, but i've never gotten either but my factory cooler, don't do much oc'ing but like +26mhz on my pentium dual putting it at about 2.5mhz instead of 2.2
 
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A high end air cooler will generally be better than a cheap all-in-one liquid cooling kit. And you mount the radiator on the outside of regular rear 120mm fan slots. As long as there's room to stick the radiator (and pump and reservoir if you're using a full size liquid cooling kit), then the case is fine for liquid cooling.
 
diduknowthat said:
A high end air cooler will generally be better than a cheap all-in-one liquid cooling kit. And you mount the radiator on the outside of regular rear 120mm fan slots. As long as there's room to stick the radiator (and pump and reservoir if you're using a full size liquid cooling kit), then the case is fine for liquid cooling.
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I've got my H60 mounted internally, but with bigger rads on the H100 or proper watercooling gear you will need to mount them externally.
 
linkin said:
I've got my H60 mounted internally, but with bigger rads on the H100 or proper watercooling gear you will need to mount them externally.
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Depends on the case, there is a vast number of cases that can hold triple/quad rads internally.


diduknowthat said:
That works too, though wouldn't a push configuration give better cooling?
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Push/Pull with the air blowing into the case will net the lowest CPU temperatures, but exhausting in push/pull will provide the lowest overall case temperatures.
 
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