So far, I had always for the CPU an heatsink with fan in use and some other fans in the case... which is fundamental nothing to complain about. I am only concerned that from a certain load also a higher noise level is present.

After I have extensively informed about water cooling, my decision fell on such.

Heatsink with Fan = simple and good cooling for the CPU?

Basically yes...

• Cheap in purchase and operation
• Easy handling & installation
• Usually quiet and efficient (appropriate fan & pipelines provided)

GPU

case

AIO

Custom water loop

At first, Alphacool was my favourite ... but after about 1 month to answer a simple query needed and in various forums to read about serious inconsistencies and very bad experiences of other users, I have now decided for various other providers.

Because of this, I have equipped my "Crystal Carbon Dragon" for the beginning with an air cooler. Read more about the installation of water cooling with Stage 2 (coming soon).