Cooling for oc'ing i5-4690k

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Hello. I currently have a pentium G3258 & GIGABYTE GA-B85M-DS3H mobo. I'm planning on upgrading to a i5-4890k & a MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition. This is for the sake of having a faster processor, & wanting to start overclocking. Now as for cooling, I'm planning on buying either an
Enermax ETS-T40-BK 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler or a CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i. Since i'm planning on oc'ing to around 3.9 Ghz, which cooler should I buy?
 
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The 4690k has a stock speed of 3.5ghz with a built in turbo speed of up to 3.9ghz out of the box. A mild overclock would be around 4.2ghz and you could use a cooler like a cryorig h7, scythe kotetsu, phanteks tc12dx or similar. Even a max overclock wouldn't take an h100i. It depends where you're located and what local prices and availability are. The enermax cooler you mentioned isn't a bad one, performs better than the 212 evo. A tc12dx from phanteks looks to be about the same price (at least in the u.s.) and would cool slightly better.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Enermax/ETS-T40_Black_Twister/6.html

Depending on your ambient room temperatures, so long as they're not really high (close to 40c) you should be able to get to...
The 4690k has a stock speed of 3.5ghz with a built in turbo speed of up to 3.9ghz out of the box. A mild overclock would be around 4.2ghz and you could use a cooler like a cryorig h7, scythe kotetsu, phanteks tc12dx or similar. Even a max overclock wouldn't take an h100i. It depends where you're located and what local prices and availability are. The enermax cooler you mentioned isn't a bad one, performs better than the 212 evo. A tc12dx from phanteks looks to be about the same price (at least in the u.s.) and would cool slightly better.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Enermax/ETS-T40_Black_Twister/6.html

Depending on your ambient room temperatures, so long as they're not really high (close to 40c) you should be able to get to 4.2-4.4ghz with either of those coolers. The h100i will likely be overkill, more expensive than you need to cool it and louder than a quality air cooler.
 
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