(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I really can't decide as there's ups and downs for both. Which would you go with and what's more efficient?

And I don't wanna make an new thread, should I just go with a just a 250GB SSD rather than 120GB SSD and 1TB HDD?

No on the HDD's. And as for cooling if you ask me it comes down to your opinion. You could get a Corsair H80/H100i or a Hyper EVO 212/Noctua NH-D14.

In the end it doesn't really matter. Things I would take into consideration are space in your case.

Do you have space for 120mm rad? Is your case wide enough to fit a NH-D14?
As far as performance goes a large high end air cooler is going to do as good of a job as a AIO cooler. The 212EVO is a great cooler but it isn't going to cool as much or as quiet as the D14.
That said, silence is another point to look at when deciding. Look at both the minimum and maximum for how loud each cooler gets.
Price can be nothing or a big deal. Generally air coolers will be much cheaper.
And finally we come to looks. Some people like the look of air coolers. Others like the cleaner look of AIO liquid coolers.

Although unlikely these days, it is still possible for an all in one cooler to spring a leak and fire your motherboard. No one I know has had it happen but you do hear horror stories about it. There are more places for liquid cooling to stop working also. My friends 100i pump stopped working, then again on the one they replaced it with.

Ultimately the decision is up to you. Personally I ended up going with a Kraken x60 (thinking good 140mm fans would follow) because of aesthetics and I move my case around a bit. I would rather the heavy heat sink be attached to my case rather than hanging from my motherboard.


As far as storage, best thing to do is a SSD boot drive and HDD for everything else.

I keep as little on my boot drive as I can. Its a good habit to reinstall windows every once in awhile (say 6mothers to 2 years?) to keep things running nicely. I don't care to back my SSD up, I just wipe it and start fresh.
A 250GB SDD looks temping but it will fill up faster than you may think.

Not over clocked fan cooling.
Liquid cooling is only needed if you have a system that is over clocked or a ton of GPUs.
Efficient goes to liquid cooling.

120Gb and 1Tb HDD

Are cooling just makes sure you get low profile ram like crucial ballistics of corsair xm3 or vengeance low profile, and air cooler is just as good as prebuilt water loops.

More than anything else it depends on how you use your pc and what components you have. If you don't overclock or if you aren't an hardcore gamer than a fan cooling is enough. If you have a gaming pc or a video editing built than the liquid system is the best

I personally can't decide myself on getting liquid cooling or not too. It does depend on how you use your computer though.

As for the SSD/HDD, I don't think SSD's are all that big of a deal. Sure you get faster speeds and there's no rattling or whatever, but 250 GB fills up FAST! I got a TB not long ago and I already filled up 100 GB first week XD

Let me say this. I just built a new cpu and.... I got the AMD 8350 and used the stock cooler. Now, with that being said when I play a game it sounded like a racecar. Bought the Corsair H55... Best money ever spent