For more on how these tend to perform (and how good they look), check out our Blue Shift build feature. If money isn't a major concern and silent operation and low temperatures are important to you, you may want to consider a custom cooling loop. So if you want better temperatures and slower-spinning fans, a good 240mm AIO cooler is a better choice, but won’t fit in as many cases.
And AMD's Ryzen 7000 lineup, while less thermally demanding than Intel's chips, isn't exactly easy to cool either. That said, Intel's 12th and 13th Gen CPUs are generally more demanding on coolers. If you aren’t running a flagship CPU with lots of cores and 5-6 GHz speeds and you don’t plan on overclocking, a 120mm AIO (which you can usually mount in the rear exhaust fan area of your PC case) should suffice. As you might suspect, the larger the radiator, generally, the greater the cooling potential, although things like radiator thickness, materials, and fan and pump performance factor into cooling capability as well. Corsair's recent iCue H170i Elite LCD XT is the first 420mm cooler we've tested in a long time and it also delivers the best performance we've seen in recent years.
There are some 140 and 280mm and 420mm AIO coolers as well, but they are far less common. AIO coolers typically come in three sizes, defined by the dimensions of the radiator and the fans the radiator is designed to fit: 120 (one 120mm fan), 240 (two 120mm fans), or 360mm (three 120mm fans). You’ll need to make sure there’s room to install an AIO cooler in your case, preferably in the top or rear, exhausting your CPU heat out of the case. And, usually,they can deliver lower CPU temperatures with less fan noise than air coolers–although that’s not always the case these days. AIO coolers are much more convenient and affordable than custom liquid cooling loops.
Whether you’re after higher sustained clock speeds with your Core i9-13900K or Ryzen 7 7800X3D, or you just a system that remains silent under load, there are a some key things to consider when choosing the best AIO (all-in-one) cooler for your new build or CPU upgrade.
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