unseenmorbidity
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The Noctua will be the best value for money, but a decent 240/280/360mm AIO should beat it in temps.
For noise, the Noctua should be quieter than most if not all AIO's, however some of them get awfully close noise values at better temps. I'm going water cooling just because I want the most out of my XFR and my NZXT H440 case has some pretty good noise cancelling features.
Water aio's are highly overrated imo. That noctua will basically last forever, has comparable performance to a 240mm aio, and it's cheaper.
I got my eye on the cryorig h. Top tier performance for $30, when they are on sale. Also, noctua and cryorig offer free am4 plates.
The best value looks to be the 6 core/12 thread model. It can offer Core i7-6800k/5820k performance at a much lower price. For the price of a 6800k you could get a 6 core/12 thread Ryzen processor plus motherboard plus entry level water cooler like a Corsair H60. Of course the Intel processors and motherboards do have extra features like extra PCI/PCI-E lanes, Integrated Graphics and thunderbolt, but of course not everyone needs those features. Finally I think Ryzen will not only deliver on performance gains but it will also be very popular. Ryzen based computers will be like Pentium 4 based computers, there will be tons of them that are sold used in several years and several of them in people's garages.
You can get more than that.
6800k+mb=$600
$250 Ryzen 6core + $130mb +$35 Cryorig H7 + $100 16gb 3200 DDR4 + $85 for great case.
Basically nearly a whole system...And you probably don't really even need the aftermarket cooler! The stock cooler will do fine for decent ocs!
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