Cheapest VS. Most Expensive AIO: What you're ACTUALLY paying for...

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[mistermcribbb]

For anyone considering this option, I recommend replacing the fans with arctic p12 fans, they make an argb version of the p12s as well and both come very close to noctua in performance while being $10 cheaper per fan

[pinoyxbox]

I was using an ID cooling aio 360mm with stock fans for about 2 years until i upgraded my system to a custom water cooling loop. All i can say is the id cooling is fantastic! It cooled my 5900x oc’ed to 4.6ghz and my cpu never go more than 70c under heavy load like rendering for hours and transcoding videos on handbrake. For $60 the performance is great!

[dedsec]

as a matter of fact, I'm currently using the ID-Cooling AIO (the exact one in the video) for about a year now, and it runs totally fine, better cooling than my cpu fan cooler

[aquint]

With gpus finally making their plunge into affordabilty, itd be cool to see a budget build with some other “off brand” components that will get ppl looking to build started. Noticed many great alternatives from ID cooling Vetroo, Thermalright, making waves

[DDRWakaLaka]

Thanks for this. People never understood why I think most mainstream AIO CLCs are overpriced as hell.

[muckymucks]

I bought the Frostflow X last minute and I was 100% motivated by price. I'm glad to see my budget pick holds up with the big boys on performance for the most part. For a first build I'm satisfied. Now that I have some experience my next build is going to be ridiculously decadent.

[longstoryshortless]

I really like the idea to buy a 2 extra fans to improve the temps. By the way you can still use stock fans for improving the airflow in the case if you find place for them.

[MrBeetsGaming]

When I built mine last year I went with a Vetroo lurker 360 aio and have loved it so far. Got it because my previous system had the Vetroo v5 air cooler and it was surprisingly good for $30. Think I paid $90 for the aio but it went up by now I'm sure.

[mattdagger]

Arctic 240 aio has always been affordable and under 100$ and performs just as good sometimes even better then the more expensive ones. 🤷‍♂️

[LorandHungary]

I would say the reason the avarage temp has been lower, but the max temp is higher is because the way the fans are set up, i believe they are set to ramp up at 69 degrees.
In the future you should set them to a constant rpm for more accurate results.

[pkpnyt]

I've had an ID Cooling 240 running since 2015 (they're worth it specially if you're looking for a white one or a cheap rad). It's worked on my 4790K OC'd to the walls and is now running on a 3700X with no issues. Max temps are around 74*C with my GT-AP15 (I have a ton of these lying around for rads) only running at 1100 rpm. It's a great rad for the money, especially if you have a ton of very good radiator fans lying around.

I've also had Corsair, EK, and many other brands of radiators that have lasted long and some that died early. Remember, all these radiators come from 1 or 2 OEM's only, so they're basically the same. They're just branded (pumps and rads are all the same) differently and some add ons (like RGB, LCD, better fans etc.) for the more expensive ones. I'm currently running a Be Quiet Pure loop 280 for my 5700X and it's running great.

[wenderob]

"i dont like it"
- has a gloriously aesthetic computer behind him.

[DreamiDude]

I’ve had the auraflow 240 before this cooling my ryzen 7 3700x and it was really a solid aio for budget builds. In SEA, ID-Cooling coolers are quite popular as their price-to-performance are pretty good imo

[kalark]

Honestly ID Cooling has been killing it at the ultra budget end of the market for both AIO and air coolers, I've used a bunch of their coolers in the past few builds that I've done for friends and it's great value.

[Harklein]

I think the mid tier AIO's like the DeepCool Castle 240EX or the Artic Liquid Freezer II 240 is a better buy since they are the literal middle ground of both budget and high end being not too pricey but also performs equal if not better than the high end in certain circumstances. And also take note that you don't need to buy an extra set of fans for the mid tier to perform good because the stock fans are good enough in that regard.

[carwynvan]

I personally much prefer the stealthy esthetics of the ID cooler, so that paired up with noctua chroma fans could be epic 👍

[grumpyratt]

Came back to this review a week ago. When looking for a AIO for my partner's rig. Safe to say your review is 100% spot on. The ID frostflow is very capable AIO. Slapped two 120mm ML's I had kicking around. Even got the other half to install the pump block( she's and even bigger noob than me ).. The one cable coming off the pump made cable management simple. Would highly recommend the frostflow.

[checkyoursixgaming]

I have owned ID brand cooling AIOs before...the 2 I have both died after a year of use. I have also bought and tried few other cheap AIOs. Then I switched to slightly more expensive AIOs. Going to say durability of the more expensive ones is definitely a reason for the price differences from what I see. That durability is a major reason for buying more expensive AIOs for me. When the cheap ones go... they go at once and without warning. Sometimes it damages other parts too. Sure if the cheap ones go it tends to be less expensive to replace, but replacing other more expensive parts in the process sucks worse.

For reference, one of the ID coolers that failed was hooked up to my 5950x. It was a 360 rad version. Because of the heat load of the 5950x that I was generating for long periods of time for work, it was running at a fairly hot temp even slightly undervolted. The issue turns out that the tubing didn't stop evaporation well enough for the ID cooler with the temps running at load for long periods of time. So if anyone is reading and following along, the temps got worse over time but I didn't notice until the pump seized from lack of enough water in the system. Seized right when CPU was a 100% and the system didn't shut down fast enough. Dead CPU. Personally, rather spend a little extra on an AIO where that won't happen than the difference of having to spend another $700+ tax on a CPU.

Personally using the Artic Freezers now and they've done much better in terms of performance and durability compared to the ID coolers I had.

[AF]

I've run ID-cooling AIOs several times now, they've been really good bang for buck coolers.

[wedgoku]

Recently I had the pump fail on my 280mm NZXT x63 AIO, I got tired of the hassle & went back to aircooling, I'm now using a Noctua NH-U12A. IMO aircooling is the way to go, my PC is now silent & my CPU temperature is just as good as the AIO!