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air versus liquid which one of these would best suit your cpu it actually depends on several parameters but in general all in one cooling solutions are far superior in this video let's play out a scenario you're using an air cooler and you're wondering what benefits there are to upgrade to an all enclosed liquid cooler come along to find out the dark base 900 may be the most innovative case of the year with a built-in Qi charger interior lighting tempered glass that can be installed on either side and a fully modular interior that can be inverted if you so desire be quiet stepping up their game check it out in the description below I've been rocking the cooler master hyper 212 evo for quite some time it is one of the best coolers for the price and only $40 USD with simple installation and smaller footprint but a 240 millimeter radiator with high performance fans and low profile CPU block is definitely appealing to dissipate all that rendering heat we'll use the new a IO from cooler master the master liquid pro 240 that's three times the price of the evo at 120 dollars the liquid pro remains competitive for a 240 millimeter radiator and the purpose of this upgrade is pretty simple I want to compare sound levels as air you'll have the reputation for quite performance and then witness temperature differences with the case open as many users take off the side panel for better cooling and will also test a side panel close to simulate harsher conditions for each cooler all this to conclude if paying three times the price of the a IO is really worth it the pro 240 has a few unique features that's worth mentioning first the dual chamber design on the CPU block is engineered to transfer heat a lot quicker meaning there's high emphasis on letting cool stuff go in making proper contact with the CPU and the heat that's dissipated from it channels for different chamber which ultimately makes cooling more efficient second the fins on the radiator are designed in a square shape this is supposed to create a greater surface area for the absorption of heat but also allow for expansive airflow tearing down the 212 Evo was not that difficult I had to remove the RAM sticks in order to access the fans and the screws on the mounting bracket followed by a quick wipe of the thermal paste installing the pro 240 is familiar as with other a IO first I install the mounting bracket for socket 2011 then I moved on to the fans and lowering the block onto the motherboard thanks to the low nature of the block thus cooler can be installed even with all RAM sticks in place radiator installation was a piece of cake allowing the appropriate mounting holes with the case tighten that with the included screws and you're done so was this all worth the extra price for my overclocked 4930 k at 4.5 gigahertz at one point for two volts I used I to 64 to monitor the CPU temps and with the side panel open and closed the results were totally surprising with the panel open the pro 240 ran six degrees cooler at load than the 212 Evo and I did notice after a few minutes of stress testing the CPU started to throttle on the Evo 212 installed after switching back to the pro 240 it was table like a champ closing the panel the pro 240 outperformed the 212 Evo with a 9 degree difference but check out that massive temperature difference between open and closed side panel once again open and close the acoustic performances also surprised me take a listen for yourselves I wasn't able to differentiate the noise level when both pillars were running idle but switching to load the AIO seemed to be the loudest among the two which makes sense because the two static pressure fans mounted onto the radiator we're doing some serious work cooling the 6 chord chip so to no surprise the massive radiator space on the AIO over the tiny evil cooler delivered better temperatures across the board but what surprised us is how well the evo stacked up at this price point if we were running at stock clocks for the CPU I wouldn't need the a IO and it would short handle and overclocked I three and i-5 - plus it brings down the cost of your PC and so that concludes my quest to find out whether an AIO was worth the premium price looking at the results in my case it's very clear that going for an all-in-one liquid cooler for my 49 30k was ideal because considering how much voltage were throwing at it to keep the overclock stable it's so much worth it it almost feels standard purchasing an all-in-one cooler for any build but as we've shown here simple CPU towers still have their place inside a case I'm a bar with harvick an axe thank you so much for watching and we'll see you in the next one