I just ordered this AIO cooler. I had noticed it at £114.00 a few weeks back and then it disappeared at that price. I promised myself if it dropped again to £115 I'd pick it up. Granted I have notice one other cheap price on Amazon at 119+
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Twinsenx
31 Jan 174#6
Good luck cooling overclocked i7 6700 with 20e cooler.
SaleChaser
31 Jan 173#8
Clearly you have never heard of enthusiast or overclocking. Sone people just want to have nice rigs or perhaps overclock their CPU's. Is that so bad because this cooler doesnt appeal to you or is too expensive?
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kkane_irl
31 Jan 171#1
I just bought a used corsair h115i for £90 on eBay, would have got this instead. heat
robodan918
31 Jan 172#2
Slightly ot
What's with rgb on everything these days? Surely it adds cost, and even if you have a glass side panel, do you really want to look at your case all the time? I love my pc and spent loads of time and thought picking each part but I don't really care what they look like as long as they perform. I just honestly don't get the rgb craze and don't think it'll last - could be wrong though
heingericke to robodan918
31 Jan 17#3
You're probably right. It's my first build so I really wanted it to look pretty, glass panel etc. The trouble is the enthusiasts, reviewers online all have fancy wancy cases and they look so good. :smiley: I want one like them.
EndlessWaves to robodan918
31 Jan 171#5
Adds cost?
This is a cooler that costs £100 more than just about anyone needs to spend to get something good. Nobody buying this sort of kit is remotely interested in value for money.
Like any fashion both RGB LEDs and closed loop coolers will be replaced by something else when they become uncool.
If you look at sensible £10-20 coolers you'll find very few of them have RGB lighting.
AadilF1 to robodan918
1 Feb 17#19
Some people love the look of their components, having them change colours depending on how they are feeling that day is a great personalization tool, I look into my computer case every day and just love the look of it, I also have quite a lot of RGB components like the case, my keyboard, headphones, desk RGB strips and mouse. It's all down to personal preference.
CHAOSEN3 to robodan918
1 Feb 17#23
For me, RGB computer parts are rather pointless since I don't like windowed cases and never look inside after I've built the PC. However I think for peripherals they are a god send.
I have a Corsair k70 keyboard, which has red LED's only, and a razer mamba mouse, which by default is green.
But thanks to the RGB of the mouse I can have both in red!
Isn't going to be for everyone, but I never specifically buy a product for RGB, it's definitely nice to have though.
RedRain
31 Jan 172#4
would rather put the money towards a better cpu unless you already have the top end one but still cant bring my self to pay this much for a cooler
Twinsenx
31 Jan 174#6
Good luck cooling overclocked i7 6700 with 20e cooler.
Clearly you have never heard of enthusiast or overclocking. Sone people just want to have nice rigs or perhaps overclock their CPU's. Is that so bad because this cooler doesnt appeal to you or is too expensive?
Overclocked to 4.2Ghz and 1.2V it was a good 20°C off maximum temperature in a typical full load and didn't even throttle under artificial stress tests.
Spending the extra £100 on this sort of cooler might get you an extra couple of hundred megahertz but no noticeable difference.
Feeling a bit guilty? I said nothing about buying this sort of thing being bad. Of course it's not bad, no more than spending money on any other hobby.
I'm just saying that it's now a hobbyist market where stuff is bought because it's interesting, instead of the situation a decade or two ago where components were primarily bought because they provided a noticeable improvement to your everyday computer experience.
I remember the last time lightshows were popular, with acyclic cases and cold cathode tubes. Back then it was a far smaller proportion of the desktop market.
RedRain
1 Feb 17#10
if your looking at cooling on its own i find the evo hyper great pricewise i56600k running at 4.6 at a max 68 degrees
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What's with rgb on everything these days? Surely it adds cost, and even if you have a glass side panel, do you really want to look at your case all the time? I love my pc and spent loads of time and thought picking each part but I don't really care what they look like as long as they perform. I just honestly don't get the rgb craze and don't think it'll last - could be wrong though
This is a cooler that costs £100 more than just about anyone needs to spend to get something good. Nobody buying this sort of kit is remotely interested in value for money.
Like any fashion both RGB LEDs and closed loop coolers will be replaced by something else when they become uncool.
If you look at sensible £10-20 coolers you'll find very few of them have RGB lighting.
I have a Corsair k70 keyboard, which has red LED's only, and a razer mamba mouse, which by default is green.
But thanks to the RGB of the mouse I can have both in red!
Isn't going to be for everyone, but I never specifically buy a product for RGB, it's definitely nice to have though.
I couldn't see anyone testing with the 6700K yet, but look at Techpowerup's test of the H9i on the 4770k for example:
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/CRYORIG/M9i/6.html
Overclocked to 4.2Ghz and 1.2V it was a good 20°C off maximum temperature in a typical full load and didn't even throttle under artificial stress tests.
Spending the extra £100 on this sort of cooler might get you an extra couple of hundred megahertz but no noticeable difference.
Feeling a bit guilty? I said nothing about buying this sort of thing being bad. Of course it's not bad, no more than spending money on any other hobby.
I'm just saying that it's now a hobbyist market where stuff is bought because it's interesting, instead of the situation a decade or two ago where components were primarily bought because they provided a noticeable improvement to your everyday computer experience.
I remember the last time lightshows were popular, with acyclic cases and cold cathode tubes. Back then it was a far smaller proportion of the desktop market.