Cooling options for i9 7900X

[fadi232]

Hi All,

I'm doing a new PC build, mainly for gaming and data mining, and decided to buy the i9 7900X , my question is what cooling option should I do for the processor: Air or Water - why? and which?
I've got the idea that I should go with Noctua NH-D15, but it looks really big and hideous, I want the build to look nice since it's for personal use.

I've already ordered the build and considering calling the retailer to change the cooling, so please note the the available brands from me are:
Noctau
Corsair
Antec
CoolerMaster
Arctic
Zalman

The build btw 😀 :
Intel Core i9 7900X 3.3Ghz 13.75MB L3 Cache s2066
Noctua NH-D15 CPU Cooler
Asus ROG STRIX X299-E Gaming LGA2066, Intel X299
HyperX Predator 2x16GB DDR4 2400Mhz CL12 Kit
Asus GTX 1080 ROG STRIX 8GB GDDR5X
Western Digital Caviar Blue 2TB 64MB Sata III WD20EZRZ
Samsung 960 PRO M.2 MZ-V6P512BW 512GB SSD
SeaSonic PRIME ULTRA 750W Active PFC Modular 80+ Gold SSR-750GD2 PSU
Corsair Crystal 570X RGB Red ATX Mid-Tower Case
3 X Corsair SP120 RGB LED High Performance 120mm Fan

 

[lumineZ]

For an AIO I would go for either an Corsair H115i or NZXT KRAKEN X62

 

[ritvarsdavis]

Or even the new H150i PRO. A 360mm rad. + It's RGB, which may or may not be important.

 

[Viking2121]

I built a buddies system with an i9 7980XE and 360 AIO the H150i Pro could only get the CPU to 4ghz before temps were kind of high, high 70s low 80s with IBT.

The 7900X should be better with a 360mm, Though if you get the Asus board, it will run vary hot out of the box because Asus likes to enable MCE - Multi Core Enhancement which boost every core to its turbo, so if you run into heat problems at stock settings, go into bios and search for MCE or Multi Core Enhancement option and disable it so it uses Intel's stock turbo states.