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While comparing better liquid coolers for eg. Corsair H100i, it will probably only give you a 1-3 degrees edge over an up market Noctua NH-D14 But as one increase to a higher level of air cooling, one also increases the noise level, weather it is acceptable to an individual, its up to him.
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at stock fan configuration on max settings, the H100i is much noisier than the NH-D14.