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Swiftech H220 X2?

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Thinking of upgrading my Cryorig H7 to a 240mm AIO. I have a Thermaltake Core V1, which officially supports only 140mm coolers. Then again, officially, I can't fit the H7 in there either.

After studying just about everything out there, it looks like the Swiftech H220 X series (and only the H220 X) will fit in the V1, thanks to Swiftech putting the reservoir on the back of the rad instead of the top/bottom. Any other 240mm rad would require cutting holes in the exterior panels (V1 is ~265mm from top panel to bottom). Doable, but undesirable.

Only issue is that reviews seem to be thin on this series. It looks like the included PWM splitter is over complicated and crap, but I was planning on getting a basic PWM Y-splitter cord and running the fans off the Mobo header anyway. Maybe wire the LED connector into my existing 5050LED strip (or just leave it off, because how many LEDs do you need in a case?).

Anyone have any experience with this series? Comments?
 
I've heard really good and really bad things about that line of AIOs. The good being really great cooling performance. The bad being their QC sucks balls and they tend to break at a higher than expected rate and sometimes leak.
 
Yeah...That's similar to my findings.

Even with the H220, I'll have to drill holes and cut away some streel. My thoughts have turned towards a full custom loop with a 140mm rad that's 45mm thick, vs a Kraken X42 that's only 30mm thick.

But at this point, I'm pretty sure I'm just being nuts. I mean, going from the H7 to the X42 will probably yield me 10-12c. From the X42 to H220 or custom loop maybe 3c? Hell, I'm just trying to get a couple hundred extra MHz.

I've never even built my own loop. Seems straightforward, just test thoroughly once built and before putting it in close proximity to $2,000 in electronics. Still, probably ridiculous.
 
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Yeah, the Kraken won't be as good as a custom loop, but the X41 I have cooled both 980 Tis to 45C and the 1080 ACX (base model) that I had to 39C, average. I swapped to a X61 for my 1080 Ti, and it averages about 43C with the exact same eLoop 100+ CFM fans.

For a 6 or 8 core CPU you might want something bigger, but for a 4C / 8T it should suffice - especially with two identical fans in push/pull.
 
Thanks for the input. I decided I was being nuts and went for a vanilla H90 with a pair of NB-eLoop 14's because I have the space for the extra thick fans. I wish I knew about those a couple weeks ago while investigating intake fans.

I mean, that's still kinda nuts, but it's not "blow $200-400, then spend 4 hours taking apart my box, drilling holes and putting it all back together" nuts.
 
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