AIO cooler 120mm

soundzen · Jul 6, 2024

what is the best AIO water cooler 120mm under 60€ ???

it must be white kit and no RGB on the fan !!!

AusWolf · Jul 6, 2024

Forget a 120 mm AIO, they're all rubbish. A good tower that costs half the price runs miles around all of them.

kapone32 · Jul 6, 2024

Just get a 240mm from Thermalright. It will probably be cheaper too than what you are looking to pay.

dgianstefani · Jul 6, 2024

Absolutely do not buy a 120 mm AIO, or even an AIO at all for a 12600K.

Get a Thermalright or a Noctua tower cooler.

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Zach_01 · Jul 6, 2024

soundzen said:
what is the best AIO water cooler 120mm under 60€ ???

it must be white kit and no RGB on the fan !!!

You either go for a 240/280mm or an air tower.
For under 60€ you better go air.

For AIOs on a budget with nice performance you can look for ArcticLiquid III 240/280mm (nonRGB).
In my region those cost 65~75€.

kapone32 · Jul 6, 2024

dgianstefani said:
Absolutely do not buy a 120 mm AIO, or even an AIO at all for a 12600K.

Get a Thermalright or a Noctua tower cooler.

Peerless Assassin 140 WHITE – Thermalright

www.thermalright.com

If the OP is looking for an AIO why would you recommend an Air cooler. Then you put Noctua who may have performance but are not cheap. His case may be too small for the Peerless as well.

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This is 40 Euros when converted and White to boot. It comes with the fans pre installed and has one of the easiest mounting procedures as well.

Toothless · Jul 6, 2024

kapone32 said:
If the OP is looking for an AIO why would you recommend an Air cooler. Then you put Noctua who may have performance but are not cheap. His case may be too small for the Peerless as well.

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This is 40 Euros when converted and White to boot. It comes with the fans pre installed and has one of the easiest mounting procedures as well.

But OP is looking for a 120mm and you linked a 240mm. What if they can't fit the 240?

An air cooler would work better than a 120 AIO and be cheaper.

soundzen · Jul 6, 2024

im worried of the heat from radiator onto gpu exposed chip... do all gpu have this aproximity problem with cooler?

the gap is less that my pinky finger !!!

i mentioned 120mm to mount at the rear mesh of the case because the top mesh of case is not deep enough for thickness of radiator + fan, im afraid... plus, the dust gravity?
- got 2 fans on the front of case pushing in fresh air to all components.

Toothless · Jul 6, 2024

soundzen said:
im worried of the heat from radiator onto gpu exposed chip

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the gap is less that my pinky finger

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i mentioned 120mm to mount at the rear of the case because the top of case is not deep enough for thickness of radiator + fan... (lot of space for pump on the cpu) got 2 fans on the front of case pushing in fresh air to all components... and no, my case does not allow to turn my GPU 90 degrees and let it vent from side panel of plexiglass.

Your GPU will be 100% fine as is.

soundzen · Jul 6, 2024

its pretty / looks cool to see the guts of the GPU when not covered, but why do they exposed electronics on that specific spot, knowing air-cooler towers exist LOL :laugh:

...and mine is not a RTX Ti model, so no Titanium plate here to protect chip

dgianstefani · Jul 6, 2024

soundzen said:
its pretty / looks cool to see the guts of the GPU when not covered, but why do they exposed electronics on that specific spot, knowing air-cooler towers exist LOL
...and mine is not a RTX Ti model, so no Titanium plate here to protect chip

????

No GPU has a titanium plate...

And that isn't the chip, it's some surface mounted components on the backside of the PCB.

Literal non issue.

Toothless · Jul 6, 2024

soundzen said:
its pretty / looks cool to see the guts of the GPU when not covered, but why do they exposed electronics on that specific spot, knowing air-cooler towers exist LOL
...and mine is not a RTX Ti model, so no Titanium plate here to protect chip

As dgianstefani said, the chip is on the other side being cooled properly. This is a non-issue completely.

Pretty sure if this was an issue then hundreds of cards would be fried by that little spot not getting air. Your card and next card or even a 4090 do not need cooling on the back of the core.

soundzen · Jul 6, 2024

thank you guys to apease my worry.

kapone32 · Jul 6, 2024

Toothless said:
But OP is looking for a 120mm and you linked a 240mm. What if they can't fit the 240?

An air cooler would work better than a 120 AIO and be cheaper.

I looked up the case the OP has and it supports 240 Rads on the front. As it only supports 120mm fans I was worried about the size of the Air cooler that was also recommended.

Klemc · Jul 6, 2024

Tiny

https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B07QK5Z2XZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Toothless · Jul 6, 2024

kapone32 said:
I looked up the case the OP has and it supports 240 Rads on the front. As it only supports 120mm fans I was worried about the size of the Air cooler that was also recommended.

Thermalright has a shorter dual tower air cooler that would work too. OP also already has a tower air cooler installed.

Zach_01 · Jul 6, 2024

soundzen said:
im worried of the heat from radiator onto gpu exposed chip... do all gpu have this aproximity problem with cooler?

View attachment 354285

the gap is less that my pinky finger !!!

View attachment 354286

i mentioned 120mm to mount at the rear mesh of the case because the top mesh of case is not deep enough for thickness of radiator + fan, im afraid... plus, the dust gravity?
- got 2 fans on the front of case pushing in fresh air to all components.

Those are capacitors for the GPU voltage feed to handle transients. Believe me, those components are getting cooled from CPU air tower or whatever air is going around there. The GPU on the other side is heating them up way more than the air on that side.

soundzen · Jul 6, 2024

thanks so no AIO needed, ok!
topic closed

freeagent · Jul 6, 2024

soundzen said:
the gap is less that my pinky finger !!!

Only because there is no offset built in. I have a couple of older coolers that are like that.. pretty tight.

nomdeplume · Jul 7, 2024

soundzen said:
the gap is less that my pinky finger !!!

Top mounted 150mm fan on my low profile cooler sits against the gpu backplate. So far as I'm concerned that is somewhere between ideal and inconsequential.

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