Best 240mm AIO?

[vital axle]

Looking for a 240 mm AIO that works well with a 5900X. Currently using a 280mm where the pump is making unsettling noises so I'm planning to replace it, but while doing it I wanted an AIO that fits in the top or my case as my 280mm AIO is currently mounted in the front. My case does support 280mm, but my motherboard is to high for a 280mm AIO to fit in the top. 😅

Any suggestions? Currently looking at the Ryujin II 240 mm as there is a good deal on it at the moment, but I'm open to anything similar. (RGB and such is a plus, but not a must as long as it looks alright)

My mobo is a Asus ROG B550 and I'm using a Cooler Master Masterbox MB530P for reference.

[quick wolf]

dont get aio

[vital axle]

Do explain 🙂 Been working fine with the AIO, but I'm open to regular air cooler as well

[quick wolf]

and what is a good deal any way with the one your looking at

[turbid tapir]

Price range?

[quick wolf]

aio just stuck in my opinson they have finnite life span vs air cooler where only part that can fail is fan and they dove have a temp advanatge most of the time some of them a good but most of them are not

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/4vzv6h/noctua-nh-d15-825-cfm-cpu-cooler-nh-d15

this is cheaper then the price i can find for the one you where looking at

[turbid tapir]

Massive waste of money just get a TR phantom spirit

You can get 360 aios as well for like $70 from thermal right

[vital axle]

In USD, about $113

[vital axle]

I would, but max i can fit is a 240mm, unless i mount it in the front again

[turbid tapir]

https://a.co/d/fJ9JpW1

Here’s a very reputable air cooler that would work fine

https://a.co/d/4IEle3H

And here’s a good AIO that would work fine

They both also come in rgb if I’m not mistaken

[vital axle]

Alright, I'll have a look 🙂

Been a while since I built anything, so AIOs feels like a bit of a jungle to look through and find whats best

[waxen nimbus]

Hey, don't get an AIO.
Here, get this expensive ass dual-tower that is the same price of an AIO when there are cheaper proven alternatives.

[turbid tapir]

Exactly the ones I sent ! Thermal right is really the goat

[oblique bone]

If your case (and budget) can fit it, I'd recommend you to just get the NH-D15, but otherwise get the Arctic Liquid Freezer III 240mm.

Idk the price where you live, but here the LF III 240 is around 65€

but if you end up being fine with the AIO being mounted to the front of the case, the 280mm variant would make so much more sense. Costs a little more, but the performance should be closer to a 360mm one

[vital axle]

€65 shouldn't be a problem, current Be Quiet AIO cost way more than that.

Tha main reason I was thinking of going top mounted was for better air flow and partly because I always get told that the water flow is better if its top mounted, right now I have the case fans blowing onto the AIO, and the AIO fans mounted on the inside pulling the air into the case. And unfortunately the way the CM case is built, unless the water pipes is very flexible the outlets as to be at the top when mounted in the front

[oblique bone]

Ah, the pipes being on the top part of the case sounds a bit problematic

Generally, you'd want a front mounted AIO be mounted like this

[vital axle]

It's been working alright so far, i think partly because the pump isnt mounted on the block but close to radiator

Not my PC, but the hole in the front is really tight as you can see

[raven horizon]

Phantom spirit Evo

Don't need aio

[turbid tapir]

If they’re the same price why wouldn’t you go for the AIO?

[unkempt schooner]

Thermalright’s peerless assassin and phantom spirit perform basically identically to the nh-d15 at half the price

[unkempt schooner]

It’s not. As long as some portion of the radiator is above the pump, there will be no longevity concerns (this also only applies to asetek branded aios with the pump and cpu block together).

[oblique bone]

That's true, they are somewhat close so they're good options too.

I just listed what I'd buy

[snow yew]

No, the top is the best

For noise atleast

[unkempt schooner]

Having tubes at the top might have an acoustic disadvantage because of the water spraying out of the radiator inlet and through some air

[delicate lark]

Sounds?

Noise?

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-star-spongebob-squarepants-wow-mindblown-gif-13169052

[oblique bone]

having the pipes on the top part can cause air getting into the pump, which will eventually kill it early

this is the optimal way to have a front mounted aio

having it like this can cause the pump to eventually die early

[raven horizon]

No discount will get that aio to 42$ which is the price of the evo

[turbid tapir]

it's $44 on amazon and the 240 aio from TR is $47 lol

[raven horizon]

I was under the impression you were talking about the ROG one

The ryujin II

[delicate lark]

Expensive mfer

[pine slate]

Budget?

[vital axle]

@pine slate I would say $150 or so, since I was considering the Ryujin II 240mm when asking the question

[vital axle]

It is, but right now its on a special offer for $113 on the site I usually order from, but no idea if it can cope well with the 5900X

[unkempt schooner]

still more expensive than thermalright

[vital axle]

It is, so looking into Thermalright a bit more. 🙂 Unfortunately(?) where I usually order from only have Thermalright air coolers, so if I want an AIO I would have buy it off Amazon

Anyone tried the Scythe Mugen 5 with 5900X?

now that I'm looking at air coolers as well

Or the Mugen 6 even

[pine slate]

IF you care about Looks:
Corsair iCUE LINK H100i RGB

[spark tartan]

liquid freezer 3

it's the new GOAT of AIOs

[vital axle]

That's two votes for that one 😛

[snow yew]

The LF3 is very good, nice RGB

I like the Alphacool Eisbaer more though

Refillable and stuff

[vital axle]

Another brand I've never heard of, this is a learning experience 😄

[south escarp]

the eisbaer is good due to being able to customise it due to using standard g1/4 fittings, the arctic lf3 is basically the best for price to performance for aio's, though i'd ignore jjtb7's suggestion of the nh-d15 for the price it is you'd be better off getting an aio instead as it would be more thermally efficient over it, and if you went air cooler the thermalright peerless assassin 120/120se/ phantom spirit 120/120se would be better than going noctua

[snow yew]

Only issue is the Eisbaers pump isn’t very strong

[south escarp]

this is a massive big no in many ways, of icue bieng 💩, locking yourself into a single ecosystem (refer to icue being 💩) and overpaying for a serious lack in performance compared to an arctic lf2/lf3, thermalright frozen notte/ deepcool's ls/lt series

[south escarp]

it is but due to how customizable that it is, you can pair it with the eiswolf /eiswolf 2 for a custom loop made from 2 of alphacool's aio's (eisbaer for cpu, eiswolf/eiswolf2 for gpu)

you can also swap out the pump/block/reservoir for a block and pump/res combo

alphacool being the only one to offer modularity in that sense

not even ekwb with the aio's they've released offers anything similar in that regards

[pine slate]

i have an older corsair AIO its good but ique software is shit, thats why i use signal rgb

and i didnt overpay

[south escarp]

you definitely did for a corsair aio

[pine slate]

nope 100€ for a 240 one

it still works, compared to my friends Fractal one which got air inside after a few months

[south escarp]

meanwhile it looses to a frozen notte that's only $50

[delicate lark]

Bad unit?

[delicate lark]

The lumen is one of the nicest coolers out there.

[pine slate]

Corsairs AIOs have pretty good RGBs, not like the Ram...

[south escarp]

it's had some qc issues lately despite that

[delicate lark]

But it doesn't mean shit if you have Asus level tech support and terrible qc issues alongside shit performance in first place

[delicate lark]

Damn really?

[south escarp]

yeah

though the goat got better (arctic lf2 -> lf3)

[pine slate]

omg i didnt check we talked abou the fractal lumen LOL. Yea Fractal Support is awesome

i heard asus support is terrible

but i quiet like their Mobo and Graphicscards designs

[delicate lark]

Mobo was known to kill cpus. Still love em and buy em tho

[delicate lark]

Yes

My meshify air routes brok

They sent free ones

[pine slate]

at my friends aio, they just sent him the money back

[delicate lark]

That's what he probably chose then

[pine slate]

yea

he then got a nzxt one

[south escarp]

single chipset tbh rather than all their mobo's when it comes to the current lot

[south escarp]

a much worse aio bought after

their air cooler on the otherhand is sureprisingly ok

[pine slate]

its actually solid, i personally would be a noctua or bequiet air cooler or a bequiet AIO

[south escarp]

thermalright, deepcool or arctic for both aio/air cooler tbh, thy've had more solid products that are better than noctua

[delicate lark]

I pick up deepcool

Ls720/lt720

[pine slate]

Deepcool is also cool

[raven horizon]

Arctic LF3>

[turbid tapir]

If you’re defo spending big money on an AIO which isn’t useful at all. Then Arctic lf3, EKWB nucleus, Deepcool ls/lt720 (loud pumps tho), and several other very high quality aios. Spending money on Corsair nzxt or asus aios is dumb and they don’t cool as well.

[oblique bone]

the lf3 is the best option IMO

doesn't cost that much

[turbid tapir]

Oh yea as far as price goes for sure but seems like he just wants to spend some money lol

[oblique bone]

The 240mm one is around 65€ here

280mm like 70€

which is the one you should go for if your case can fit it

240mm should not exist besides smaller builds