Hey guys,
I was lucky enough to snatch a unit today, and now I'm going down the rabbit all of finding a good 240mm AIO for it.
I've read here that the recommended one is the LT240 (out of stock everywhere or super overpriced) and also that the EK-AIO fits but isn't really recommended because of the stiff tubing. I've also seen on reddit the the H100i family fits and checked the spreadsheet.
Do you guys know of any compatible AIO where half the price isn't in RGB/ RGB fans?
I really don't like the idea of spending $150 for an AIO that performs as well as a 2 years old $90 LT240 just because of the RGB+brand tax. Paying for better perfs I'm 100% ok with, I would spend that much in a heartbeat if it netted me 5C° over an LT240 but it isn't the case. The really annoying thing with AIOs is that NO reviewer bothers testing them with say Noctua fans. Every unit is tested with stocks fans so it's impossible to tell if the difference in perfs and noise is due to the fans or the actual pump/rad.
For exemple I saw the Cooler Master ML240L V2 that seems like it would fit in the T1, is $70, has 20 fpi, so it looks ok on paper, but in most reviews it lags behind the big names like the H100is. Thing is, how can I tell if that's because of the stocks fans being worse or something else? It has a custom pump so no other AIO to compare it to.
I've spent literally hours trying to figure this out but there just isn't the data out there.