£35 360 Rad or £35 H60 2013 Edition?

[RadeonHDx]

So should I get a H60 from CCLOnline:

http://www.cclonline.com/product/98163/CW-9060007-WW/CPU-Coolers/Corsair-Hydro-Series-H60-2013-model-High-Performance-Liquid-CPU-Cooler-/CLR0517/

or an AlphaCool XT45 360 Rad and build a whole custom loop for around £200?

Just anyones thoughts? Maybe?

 

[Feronix]

That... depends...

- What CPU do you use?
- Are you overclocking it?
- Can you afford to spend £200 on cooling?

 

[RadeonHDx]

Ok so...

1. FX 4170 (shitdozer)
2. Yea, it could probably do about 4.6/4.7Ghz
3. I have the money but idk weather I would be spending it on the wrong thing atm.

Thanks though!

 

[Ghosthud1]

Honestly spending 200 on a custom loop would be silly with your current setup. The thing hardly spits out heat.

 

[Feronix]

Honestly spending 200 on a custom loop would be silly with your current setup. The thing hardly spits out heat.

This.

Not worth it. Your cooling would be more expensive than your actual CPU (+ motherboard, probably)

 

[RadeonHDx]

Lol, that's what I was thinking and at current eBay used prices more expensive than my CPU+GPU+Mobo! Lol, but do you think I should get the H60 then?

 

[Ghosthud1]

Well, yes to be honest and that ccl deal is about to expire....so be fast about it.

 

[RadeonHDx]

Bought it! This is probably the thing that'll get me into the mood to fix my case up.

 

[NeverBackDown]

I would not have bought anything.. would have upgraded that CPU first

 

[RadeonHDx]

I've still got money left and I wanted a cooler anyway and this one was cheap, the one I have now is small and I need to use paperclips to put fans on

 

[garih]

if you had £200 to spend on gear why not spend the rest on a 8320?

 

[NeverBackDown]

Then get a 8320. Will help the 7870 do better in games as well.

 

[Feronix]

if you had £200 to spend on gear why not spend the rest on a 8320?

Then get a 8320. Will help the 7870 do better in games as well.

This...

 

[RadeonHDx]

TBH I wish I never got this CPU, I was attracted to it by the 4Ghz and didn't understand any of the other stuff. This CPU has been nothing but a pain since I got it, mainly because of how power hungry it is, how hot it runs and how loud I have to run the fans in order to keep it cool and safe.

Thanks for your opinions guys

 

[NeverBackDown]

The new h60 you bought should help resolve that. Also you could get a 8320 and still run it slightly overclocked and still have it quite.

 

[RadeonHDx]

Well no doubt I'll be running the H60 as an intake in pull with some of the stock InWin fans that I pained Black.
Any idea what kind of OC I might get?

 

[Feronix]

Well no doubt I'll be running the H60 as an intake in pull with some of the stock InWin fans that I pained Black.
Any idea what kind of OC I might get?

We can't tell, every chip is different.
The H60 comes with a pretty good stock fan btw.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Might want some dust filters if the rad is in the back of the case.

 

[RadeonHDx]

Any recommendations? I don't really use dust filters so I don't really know whats good or bad :/.

 

[Feronix]

Any recommendations? I don't really use dust filters so I don't really know whats good or bad :/.

Not really a lot of difference. I like the Silverstone ones though, they look nice and are magnetic:

http://www.scan.co.uk/search.aspx?q=silverstone+dust+filter