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Originally Posted by Renxo
So need help with water cooling or air cooling??
stock i7-3770k possibly i5-3770k ... would you do a H60 vs H70 vs Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo $28.74 Air cooler?
TD has a sale for H70 for like $40 but has no FANS on it?.. but h60 is like $60 w a 120mm
what about air cooler?
won't OC the comp so whats a good quiet / cheap advice!?
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if your looking for good quite / cheap get the 212 Evo. Easy to find, and reliable, tons of reviews. I think at low settings with its stock fans, its like 30.0db that i read. The lowest is like 28.0db, but all of those models are hard to find, compatibility issues and yeah... and they look ugly.
Air is better than water cool in terms of noise : performance ratio. But water cooling has better cooling performance in high temperatures.
For the H70, thing is you can swap fans. So in theory you should get close to same sound levels, but better performance, depending on your fan choice. Like Scythe fans on the h70 would be nice. But again, price, quite and performance is best for air.
So I would recommend you get a 212 Evo.