H80i VS Hyper 212 Evo in a SFF case

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So next week i will finally be able to build a new system and down to the cooling choice. I will be putting everything in a Bitfenix Prodigy M-Itx case. So my setup would either be the 80i pulling the front and a 1200mm on the back of the case exhausting or have 2 120mm
fans fulling air from the front and the 80i on the back exhausting air.

My second choiuce would be having 2 120mm pulling in air and then 1 120mm exhausting from the back and the Hyper 212 Evo pushing air out the back, but i do have and extra 120mm fan if needed. Im bad when it comes to cooling, i usually go the route of more fans = better. :) Thanks for any info in advance.
 
I have an H80i exhausting out the back of my case (an NZXT h260) with two 120mm fans up front (and one on the bottom blowing up), seems to do alright. I have the pump (controlled by the cpu fan header in the bios) set to silent, and if I didn't have that excessively loud blower on my GPU it probably would be silent. Still keeps my temps around ambient at idle and about 38c under load (temp taken from radiator fins after running for a while, may not be accurate; mb sensor says +38c, fwiw), with slight overvolt (A10-6800k).

Since the Evo doesn't really blow air down on the MB either, I guess it's down to personal preference (and whether you prefer better performance or less noise, do you mind having a cooler hanging from your mb or does a big radiator and hoses running through your case and a potentially loud pump bother you, etc.). Height would be a consideration, but it looks like it would fit.

I'd definitely look at some reviews and see which performs better for your circumstances. ;)
 
Nobu said:
I have an H80i exhausting out the back of my case (an NZXT h260) with two 120mm fans up front (and one on the bottom blowing up), seems to do alright. I have the pump (controlled by the cpu fan header in the bios) set to silent, and if I didn't have that excessively loud blower on my GPU it probably would be silent. Still keeps my temps around ambient at idle and about 38c under load (temp taken from radiator fins after running for a while, may not be accurate; mb sensor says +38c, fwiw), with slight overvolt (A10-6800k).

Since the Evo doesn't really blow air down on the MB either, I guess it's down to personal preference (and whether you prefer better performance or less noise, do you mind having a cooler hanging from your mb or does a big radiator and hoses running through your case and a potentially loud pump bother you, etc.). Height would be a consideration, but it looks like it would fit.

I'd definitely look at some reviews and see which performs better for your circumstances. ;)
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sorry to hijack this thread but if you want to prolong the life of your h80i you should deactivate the control of the pump. those pumps are designed to be mandatory running at full speed.. as its mandatory with all of the corsair units.

about the thread.. well.. what chip will you be cooling OP?. that can change the whole landscape in the building process and choice of cooling..
 
212 is a mid-level cooler at best. Top level air coolers are much better. What cooler to use depends on what motherboard CPU to PCIe clearance is and how tall RAM is.

For what the H80 costs you can get a top tier air cooler that coolers better, is quieter, will be more dependable and if a fan goes bad still works and fan is not expensive to replace. If H80 pump fails (most common problem) you must replace the entire cooling system .. not cheap.
 
To the OP, the 212 is a fine cooler, but if you are looking to either use an air cooler or an H80i, why not look at an air cooler with a more comparable price? Like an NH-D14?
 
Never thoight about using a noctua, i hear good things about the, What about their peerformance?
 
NH-D14 is still one of top air coolers. Only 2-3c warmer than the very best. Best are R1 Ultimate, NH-D15 & PH-TC14PE. Followed by a large number of others 2-4c warmer like NH-D14, Deepcool Assassin, Dark Rock Pro 2 & 3, Silver Arrow, Silver Arrow SB-E & IB-E, Archon SB-E & IB-E, NH-U14S, HR-02 Macho, etc.
 
HalTech TV said:
This being said we were able to fit the Noctua NH-D15 in the BitFenix Prodigy while still being able to fit all of our storage bays, something that is impossible to do with any water cooler that will want to compete in the same class as the D15.
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So, yes? ;)

Btw, thanks Araxie. I've set it to full-speed, though I couldn't find anywhere that said they were meant to run full-speed, in the manual or on corsair's site. I still can't hear it over my gpu, so it's no biggie. lol
 
Sure the noctua will fit, but holy crap it looks like it would snap the m-its board especially since there is no center support holes for m-itx. Well my wife said i can spend more so im looking at teh H105i which will fit in the top of the prodigy if i remove the 5.25 drive, then ill slap a 200mm intake and maybe a 120mm at teh rear for extra exhaust.
 
I would be a little worried about access to the PCIE slot with some of those air coolers. My wife uses an Asrock H77 ITX motherboard in the Prodigy case, and due to where they located the CPU socket, I ended up just using an Antec 620 AIO to avoid fitment issues. Otherwise I'm all for air coolers over most sealed-loop units.
 
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