Arctic 380mm or better. Probably can't beat that with any other AIO in terms of price and performance.

 

What case?

 

I've updated my post sorry I thought I Ctrl+V'd it right into the post.

 

To be honest the only liquid cooling I would trust is the liquid cooling that I built myself. I've had enough AIO's fail to not trust them. A well built and thought out custom loop is honestly the safest liquid cooler on the market.

 

I've had one AIO fail, a Corsair H80i. It died due to a dead pump after 4 years of use across two builds. Not a big deal and the failure was immediately picked up by the PWM fan header on the motherboard. No different if a fan died on any CPU cooler. Cooler's pump died, motherboard reported it was dead, walked into a PC store and brought a new one that same day and within a couple hours was back up and running like it never happened.

My current AIO a Corsair H110i GT is 6+ years old and been used on my 1700x, 3800x and now 5800x builds, still going strong and doing an excellent job. Three builds, 6 years, not a single hiccup.

Instances of AIOs leaking imo are grossly overstated, so too criticisms of their reliability and longevity. Brands like Corsair and Arctic offer 5+ years on their AIOs for a reason.

 

That is a terrible case (level20 HT) . You can NOT put AIO in that . The case is designed for full WC. If u are not willing to build one, u better off just selling the case and buy one that wont cook ur power hungry components , and can fit a huge AIO . Arctic LF2 420 is the best right now ,and the only one that will perform significantly better than u'r current Noctua D15 .
I would buy one of these :
-Corsair 7000D Airflow (top AIO)
-Fractal Meshify2 XL or Meshify S2 (top AIO)
-Fractal Torrent (front AIO)
-Phanteks P500A (front AIO)
-Phanteks P600S (front AIO )
-Be Quiet 802 (front AIO)

 

Yeah I agree. I would not really be worried about leaks with CLC, and really the warranty ought to cover that should it happen. My biggest concern would be around how the CLC handles pump failures, especially if one left the system on but wasn't around. I'd imagine as long as the unit has the proper PWM cables for the motherboard to monitor and turn off the system if there is a problem with the CPU overheating, then there is nothing to really worry about there either.

That said, I don't really see much point in CLC's either, unless for clearance issues. I think for me it'd either be a high end air cooler or else custom. But hey, that's just me.

 

That said, I don't really see much point in CLC's either, unless for clearance issues. I think for me it'd either be a high end air cooler or else custom. But hey, that's just me.

For me the choice to go with AIO is all about cost and convenience.

I've built custom loops before, at one point I had dual NVidia 580 GTXs in SLI and a i7 3930 all in a custom loop. But the price and time to purchase all the required loop components, setup and install is to much of a PITA for me these days. I just want something I can slap together and it works. So too if a part fails, I can remove it from the computer without having to drain a loop and disassemble. I'm married and have kids now, they take all my time and money. I need something that out of box will just 'work'.

High end air coolers, capable of adequately cooling HEDT or high end i7/R7+ parts are very large and heavy and come with their own complexity of installation like ensuring RAM and height clearance, motherboard compatibility etc.

Where as high end AIO coolers like Artic Freezer 280mm can easily cool any high end desktop or HEDT CPU including overclocked, do it quietly and reliably and don't require any real considerations as to 'will it clear my RAM' or fit in my case like some of the bigger air coolers that offer similar performance and noise. Most mid tower or larger cases these days as standard support AIO rads as standard, so it's nice and simple.

I totally understand why some people prefer air coolers, end of the day sans fan failures they're rock solid and even then how often do good quality fans die. But my experience with AIO coolers is that they're kind of like the best of both worlds, good cooling and noise performance at low cost without the complexity or planning that a good custom loop requires

I replaced my AIOs fans with Noctua's PWM A14 industrials to improve noise, as the stock Corsair ones sucked ( Who's surprised?). The cooler has spend its whole life on low pump and fan speeds and still had no issues cooling my overclocked 5800x, even after 6 years of use and absolutely no 'maintenance' sans the odd dusting of the radiator. I'm actually more amazed that the coolant inside the AIO hasn't evaporated, as I honestly wouldn't have thought it'd still be as efficient 6 years on as it is.

 

So you brought a case where the manufacturer explicitly lists radiator support only on sides and bottom but installed it on the top and then complain about said radiator blocking your DIMM slots?

Ok.

 

So you brought a case where the manufacturer explicitly lists radiator support only on sides and bottom but installed it on the top and then complain about said radiator blocking your DIMM slots?

Ok.

No, are you light headed read what I've said this is the setup I've ordered not the one I've completed or built and if you did read you would know that the title of this post is not I bought something that doesn't work because I didn't read like you have done. Now tell me what CPU/GPU liquid coolers on the market are the safest and most well made that work WITH MY CASE. Not another case just the one I chose and take your time to read before you blow the your last few brain cells away spattering non sense.
"What are the SAFEST and most well made Liquid Coolers on the market for my CPU/GPU that work with my case?"

 

Really...

 

In theory all 360 AIO will fit in the bottom ,but it won't last long ,since the pump is the highest point in case of bottom mounted AIO. And air bubbles will kill the pump fast.
Fractal 360 build
Arctic 360 build
Asus 360 build

But there are few 360 AIO-s ,where the pump is not located in the CPU block , those would work just fine for u :
- Be Quiet Pure Loop 360 (pump in the tubing
-Be Quiet (pump in the tubing)
-MSI MAG Coreliquid 360R (pump in rad )

 

Don't waist your time with that case. Whether air cooling or watercooling, your performance potential will always be predicated on air flow. If your case has no air flow, your cooler has no performance. This case will not perform very will either with an air cooler, AIO, or custom water cooler.

If you are going for "Show", fine. If you are going for "Go", go somewhere else and get a case designed with functional air flow.

As far as you question, from Gamer's Nexus review, the best designed AIO was the EK-AIO Elite.
EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB – EK Webshop (ekwb.com)

A runner up I think is the Lian Li Galahad
Galahad AIO 240/ 360 - ARGB CPU cooler (lian-li.com)

 

Dude literally you talked about a case I don't have and about clearance in it and yes I mixed some stuff up but you were talking about someone else's case not mine and that confused the hell out of me. Anyways I swear you edited your posts or else I'm on crack so my apologies. Also you are still a Jackass.