Corsair hydro H60 enough for i7 7700 non K?

[ryanrizarri]

I use my PC for architectural renderings & animation and the temperature of my CPU go as high as 80 deg, so i was planning to purchase Corsair H60 liquid cooling. my question is H60 enough for my i7 7700 non K CPU?
my case is thermaltake versa h18
8gb RAM
Nvidia GTX 1060 GPU
Asus b250g gaming MOBO

 

[rodolphe.viard]

Hi ryanrizarri, (you could say that too...)

What is your current cooler?

I think there's no need to jump to water cooling for this CPU.
Better buy a reliable aftermarket Aircooler like a be quiet Dark rock/slim rock, 212 Evo, Noctua etc.


Rodolphe.

 

[ryanrizarri]

Hi Rodolphe.viard thank you for your response, I am also considering aftermarket air coolers but my concern is the space of my casing, because most of air coolers are bulky.

 

[rodolphe.viard]

Not all of them and beeffy like Dark rock pro 4 or Nh 15 that are gorgeous monster.
The evo 212 or slim rock/drak rock are "normal" sized tower.

your case allow 155mm cooler so you have plenty of room (excepted for the biggest one like Dark rock pro 4 or Nh 15)


Rodolphe.

 

[-Arke-]

Non-K processor should be fine with "anything". I'd tell you to avoid 9mm coolers since they're usualyl loud as fck, but otherwise you should be fine. If room is what you're concerned about, then any 12mm liquid cooler should do the trick, even cheaper ones than H60. I've tried the really cheap 120mm Deepcool maelstrom for a couple weeks and at 1st it made some sound... but installed it again and it was dead silent. Came with 3 warranty years and 40€.

Also, Hydro series from Corsair come with 5 year warranty, which is a nice add. Then again, you could pick an H45 or whatever you find fancier and cheaper than H60. As we said, anything will suffice with a non-K processor, left aside stock coolers and 9mm air coolers due to loud situations.