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Maybe. But a 240mm AIO has no advantages over a good air-cooler, and all the downsides of an AIO. Eg. pointless.
Space constrained cases (ITX, mini-ITX) are basically only for AIOs.
Yes it does, especially when you mount high quality fans on the radiator.
Air coolers are old tech nowadays, there is no reason to use them as AIO’s are cheap enough to where the cost factor isn’t that bad and water cooling is just better technology. All the heat gets dissipated to the radiator instead of blown into the case like an air cooler does. Plus you don’t get the loud arse fans on the air cooler that ramp up.
I do prefer Air coolers over AIO ngl. what would u recommend? if I go with an air cooler
I'm using a Deepcool AK500 with my 13600K and it works great. Imo there's no need for an AIO on an i5.
I'm currently using Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE, its about in line with a NH-D15 and costs about $36 on Amazon. Currently using it in an itx build with a 13700K. The non-SE is just as good but more for a sleek look without the 7 heatpipes sticking out.
I highly highly heavily recommend a phantom spirit 120, it's one of the best for dirt cheap and looks quite nice too. I have used this cooler on a 12900k, 13700k, and 7800x3d with no issues.
the peerless spirit is not sufficient at all. Do not listen to people recommending it. I tested it myself.
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 or Deepcool AK620
I fixed my 9 yr old NH-D14 on it and it handles it just fine (no overclocking).
No advantages in temperatures, at least. There is an ease-of-handling advantage in being able to relocate the radiator, as opposed to having a big chunk of metal fixed around the CPU area.
also can fit in thinner cases
That's not always true, it depends where you place the AIO radiator, some ITX case for example perform better that an aircooler because the heat is transport somewhere else.
What most people do is place the radiator at front of the case and blow the hot air inside the case, yes then there is no advantage.