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Hello everyone! I'm having some trouble decided which "All in One" or Closed Loop water cooler I should choose for my build. I've been doing a lot of research on these coolers, as well as looking at different forum posts to see what people recommend, and they all vary. So, I decided to take a shot in the dark on what to choose, and I want some opinions on if I made a good choice, or if I should change my pick.

The CPU I will be overclocking, and using with this cooler will be the "Intel i7-4790K." It's a recently released chip, and it's the perfect chip for my gaming build. Originally, I was going to choose the Corsair H100i. Everyone seemed to have this cooler, and to me it seemed like it was a good cooler. Then I started reading online, and people were saying the Corsair H100i runs into some problems, and isn't really that reliable. I did read though that Corsair does have the best customer service and warranty. So I said "Alright, lets look at other coolers" and then this is where I ran into some trouble. I was reading a lot of people saying "Get the Swiftech H220", then I read a lot of people saying "Get the Cooler Master Glacer 240L" or the "Cooler Master Eisberg" or the "NZXT Kraken X60"

I was going to choose the Swiftech H220. Is this a good choice, or do you recommend any of the other ones I mentioned ( or didn't mention) ?
 
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Hi guys,
Have a question. I have recently (like yesterday) installed Corsair H80i. I see you're not saying good about Corsair but maybe you can help me.
Installation went OK, no problems. I downloaded the Corsair Link software - it detected couple devices (CPU 4770K, CPU Activity, HDD1 and HDD2). But it did not detect any fans or leds. Can you tell me why?

Viteck
 
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Hi guys,
Have a question. I have recently (like yesterday) installed Corsair H80i. I see you're not saying good about Corsair but maybe you can help me.
Installation went OK, no problems. I downloaded the Corsair Link software - it detected couple devices (CPU 4770K, CPU Activity, HDD1 and HDD2). But it did not detect any fans or leds. Can you tell me why?

Viteck
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Have you connected the wire in the motherboard?
 
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The only pre-made units I would recommend is the Glacier/H220 and the Fractal Design Kelvin series. Reason being is EVERYONE get's the upgrade itch. You'll start off with a close loop and then eventually want to put your GPU under water. Future proof yourself and get the expandable units.
 
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Any of the brands I stated will work. Once you get the itch, you can change tubing, radiator size, and even add more to you loop. I personally would wait for the Fractal Design Kelvin to come out. It uses radiator from one of the best water cooling companies (alphacool).
 
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I've owned both the h80i and h220. The h80i is pretty decent if you swap out the stock fans (which are absolute garbage, I don't even know why corsair would ship the fans they do on the majority of their CLC's), though it probably won't give the greatest oc headroom for an i7. As far as the H220 is concerned, it's great for the sake of putting your foot into the water for future expansion, but I considered the pump to be moderately noisy, and the fans were unbalanced and one malfunctioned. As the H220 is not a "CLC" it can contain air bubbles in the loop causing more noise issues and reduced cooling performance. I tried every recommended solution to remove the air bubbles contained in the loop but nothing worked, even after adding more distilled water to the rad. I wish I hadn't given up on my custom loop due to some order issues with a specific company, for me personally the reason to water cool is for silence, and every CLC or AIO i've owned fails in that respect (I'm very picky when it comes to electrical, mechanical noises generated by hardware
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Ok, thanks for reply.
Look, I'm just the beginner, I bought an AIO unit just few day ago. I didn't know what to buy so I simply went to the store and get it. It seemed to me as "perfect" kit for me (as a beginner). You know, the price was very good - $90 (now is $120). That was $30 off. Corsair have good products. I have a DDR3 Corsair and it's very good.
You say "custom"... I even don't know when to start. I mean what to buy for a start for making a custom liquid cooling. Now I confused, I don';t know if I should keep the H80i or changed it.
 
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Ok, thanks for reply.
Look, I'm just the beginner, I bought an AIO unit just few day ago. I didn't know what to buy so I simply went to the store and get it. It seemed to me as "perfect" kit for me (as a beginner). You know, the price was very good - $90 (now is $120). That was $30 off. Corsair have good products. I have a DDR3 Corsair and it's very good.
You say "custom"... I even don't know when to start. I mean what to buy for a start for making a custom liquid cooling. Now I confused, I don';t know if I should keep the H80i or changed it.
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For just beginning the h80i is going to be fine, especially if you're new to overclocking and aren't going for serious oc's and voltage increases. Research haswell overclocking (most likely going to be very similar to devil's canyon overclocking), and see how you fair in terms of temperatures with the h80i. There are plenty of threads for information in the intel cpu section of the forums on overclocking; read, learn, and ask questions. If the h80i isn't giving you the results you're looking for then there are methods of improving cooling performance (delidding, lapping, swapping fans, thermal paste/tim applications), then the next step would be a better AIO, or custom loop. I got a bit ahead of myself recommending what I did, first decide what you're looking to get out of your oc and go from there. It's a long process (14 years for me), and can get expensive quickly
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Thank you rv8000 for those few words.
Yeah, I think maybe I'll keep the H80i and I'll see what I can do with it. I'm not gonna go crazy with voltage and other things - I have time.
I'll look at the threads about it and will ask questions.
I hope I can ask you also about something.
 
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