Corsair A70 vs H70

[Jon55]

A buddy of mine just picked up a Corsair 600T case that replaced an old Antec Solo. He's been doing some overclocking with his i5 760 on a ASUS P55D Pro and getting ok results, but he's still using the stock CPU fan. He's looking to either replace it with a watercooling unit. Is jumping from the H50 to the H70 worth it? Or should he just grab the A70 instead? Or perhaps something else?

 

[Cat1yst]

A rasa kit? the 600t does some good internal watercooling.

 

[Tsumi]

If it can fit in his case, he might as well go with a heatpipe cooler. If he's concerned about stress on the motherboard, go for the H50/H70. The H50 and H70 generally perform in the same range as heatpipe coolers in their price range.

 

[Jon55]

A rasa kit? the 600t does some good internal watercooling.

RASA kit was more expensive than the H70.

If it can fit in his case, he might as well go with a heatpipe cooler. If he's concerned about stress on the motherboard, go for the H50/H70. The H50 and H70 generally perform in the same range as heatpipe coolers in their price range.

Good to know. Any worthwhile difference between the H50 and the H70?

 

[Tsumi]

H70 has a thicker radiator, and better fans (I think).