CPU cooler for the i7-8700

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As the question says , i'm getting the i7-8700 from the coffee lake line up...i know its not overclock able , so it might not run up too hot ....but i want it to hit its 4.3GHZ comfortable without any throttling issues. i can afford the corsair H60.
 
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Thats not true, thats said by people who want to justify buying a $50 cooler when they don't need it. It...
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Thanks for the reply man , but the Cryorig R1 Ultimate is waay too expensive here (244$, which is ridiculous) while the h60 is 71$ here and i can afford it. Is there anymore mainstream option since they are cheaper here. Also whats wrong with a 120mm rad?

 
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i7-8700 comes with an Air cooler in the box, it is more than enough for that CPU to operate within its stock range assuming your case has proper cooling (couple good intake fans, good cable management so the airflow is clean).

Do not waste your money on any of this stuff, especially a liquid cooler for a stock CPU. You're literally lighting money on fire.
 
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Hmmm, i usually hear that intel's stock fans are quite bad ...so i was wondering if it would be able handle an i7's performance.
what about the Cooler Master Hyper 212 turbo, since i can't overclock i wanna make sure the cpu is cool enough to turbo boost to its max.
 
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Then follow Rogue Leader`s advice and just run with the stock intel cooler that comes with the CPU.



Sidenote:
Whats wrong with a 120mm rad... Well to be honest, there are several aircoolers out there that does a better job cheaper and more silent. And also last longer.

When it comes to AIO`s the bigger the better, and myself even if I am on a full custom loop always follow 1 rule.
Always fit the biggest radiator your case can handle or several

The more surface area on the rad(s) the more cooling you have = you dont have the run fans at a high rpm = more silent + less dust to clog up your radiators over time.
 
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Thats not true, thats said by people who want to justify buying a $50 cooler when they don't need it. It can more than handle it's performance. I ran an Intel Stock cooler in my server with a Xeon E3-1231v3 (basically an i7 without a GPU) for a while and only replace it because I wanted to go ULTRA quiet. In reality even the quietest cooler wasn't much quieter, but already spent the money oh well.

At anything below its max temp it will always turbo to what it can do when it needs to. You don't need to keep it extra cool. That said if you build the system and you monitor the CPU and see it overheating (in the case of the 8700 if you get around 90 or so thats way too much, then you may consider better cooling. I am 100% sure you won't ever see that.
 
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The i7-8700 is a 6-core CPU. I highly doubt the stock cooler will be very quiet under heavy load.

The main issue with the STOCK COOLER isn't keeping it cool enough, but keeping it QUIET enough. Quite simply under heavy load the fan is likely to be very annoying.

Considering the TOTAL COST of the computer, a $50 (ish) Cryorig or similar air cooler is a great idea (plus motherboard fan software to tweak the fan profile).
 
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Have you used a stock Intel cooler under heavy load? Its not as loud as people make it out to be, the source of most system noise is case fans, especially cheap ones.

My Noctua NH-L9i in my server was barely quieter than the stock Intel cooler under heavy load. And thats one of the quietest coolers you can get.
 
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I haven't found any NOISE results for the i7-8700 using the stock cooler, though yes I used one with an i5-4670K at stock settings and when encoding HANDBRAKE I found the fan too noisy.

I replaced it with a Noctua NH-U12 and the noise was vastly lower.

As for CASE FANS, I use Noctua fans that are almost completely silent, and on the above i5-4670K setup the PSU fan was the only OTHER fan in the case anyway and it was a Be Quiet PSU so very quiet. The stock Intel fan thus was very noticeable.

In fact, just in light usage I would hear it.

Each to his own I guess, and of course he can always add a different CPU cooler later though it's much more hassle after the PC is built already.

OTHER: The Noctua NH-L9i is not one of the quietest coolers you can get. It's one of the quietest coolers in its size. Big difference. I wouldn't recommend it either for an i7-8700 if you care about a reasonably quiet PC. I have a Noctua NH-D14 from EIGHT YEARS? ago and that would be close to what I'd recommend (but probably one of the Cryorig models for the price)
 
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Then you're about $20 away from a far better cooler (one of the Cryorig coolers).

I'm still waiting for people to test the i7-8700 with the included cooler and find out noise results, however I'm fairly certain you'd get something like:

1) stock - fairly noisy under heavy load, and slightly audible in light usage (depending on how quiet your case fans etc are)

2) 212 EVO - quieter than stock, but still noticeable

3) $45 or so Cryorig (H7 Ultimate?) - virtually silent in light usage, and barely noticeable under heavy load

I'm not even sure what the Intel stock cooler is like. They at one point switched to a cheaper all-aluminum cooler so I don't know if they have a better cooler than this for the i7-8700 or not.

Also, don't forget to use the motherboard fan software to optimize the fan profile as it may be noisier than needed just using the BIOS presets.
 
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I dont know... I have a 8700 sealed here... and im pretty certain the fan in this box is a piece o crap.... I rather the CPU be 10$ less than have this crappy fan... and ya on a 400+(cdn) cpu a 25-40$ (or more even) fan to keep it cool or whatever seems like a good idea to me too
 
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thanks for fan suggestion... ya i think they still have the metal cheap crap...not nearly as nice as the rizen (and im trying to be an intel fan - pun not originally intended)
 
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It may not look fancy but it more than does the job. Have used them many many times.

Like I said, for looks, go for it. For anything else, not so much.
 
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I7 8700 on stock cooler here. Temperatures are:
30c at idle.
60-70c at medium load i would say, ex. playing Witcher 3 or PUBG.
80-90c at heavy load, ex. playing Battlefield 1 64 players.

What cooler did you got for your hot Coffee? Let me know how it is going because i want to get an aftermarket cooler too.
 
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Before swapping that out what do you have fan in case wise? A temp jump as high as 90 tells me theres not a lot of cool air getting into the system. Also whats the ambient temp in the room?
 
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Ambient temp is 20-22c. The case has 2 x 120mm intake fans in front, and two outtake x 120mm, one on the back and one on the top. The case is Zalman Z11 Neo, http://www.zalman.com/contents/products/view.html?no=47 , i added the second fan in front.

 
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Strangely high load temps for max load. I would be concerned maybe the cooler was improperly installed or moved around a bit on installation.

If you have any thermal paste I'd try cleaning up and reinstalling the cooler. If you prefer a new cooler the Cryorig H7 would do the job.
 
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I mounted the cooler with the motherboard outside of the case, i checked very well and it was properly mounted. I just did a stress test with an opened case to exclude any bad airflow the case could have. Here is the result after about 2-3 minutes of CPU-z stress test
https://ibb.co/gfPf6R

A bad mounted cooler would not get 30c on idle i guess ?
 
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