msi z77a-g43 heatsinks with 212 evo

[Jeroen B]

Hi,

Im planning to buy a corsair obsidian 450d. With that i need a new board so im thinking about the msi z77a-g43. I picked that one since i have a i7-2600 ( non k) cpu now, and when i want a new cpu upgrade in the future that is worth it, i need a new mobo again anyway.. So i picked a pretty cheap but solid board ( no asrock.. i dont trust it completely). Anyway comming to the point: with the z77a-g43 there are some pretty high heatsinks around the cpu socket and i was wondering if those interfer with the hyper 212 evo im planning to buy as well ( since i can.. no oc so yea.. 😛)
OR is it better to pick some watercooling.. lets say the corsair h60 or seidon 120v/ or 120m...

( 2nd question since im just curious: Is the hyper 212 evo even better since the 450d( case) is a pretty heavy airflow based case?)

Ps. i want to mount the wc to the top then and not in the back.

Thx in advance

 

[unknownofprob]

Hyper 212 is all you'll need for reasonable overclocking, and does a very good job, defiantly worth it for the price. Those pre-built liquid coolers don;t perform hugely better then the EVO anyways, just a bigger price tag and more maintenance. All in all get the Hyper 212 EVO!, good airflow will make all coolers benefit, there is no greater improvement with any cooler.

How can you not trust ASRock?, Have you ever bought and used one of their boards before?

 

[Jeroen B]

Hyper 212 is all you'll need for reasonable overclocking, and does a very good job, defiantly worth it for the price. Those pre-built liquid coolers don;t perform hugely better then the EVO anyways, just a bigger price tag and more maintenance. All in all get the Hyper 212 EVO!, good airflow will make all coolers benefit, there is no greater improvement with any cooler.

How can you not trust ASRock?, Have you ever bought and used one of their boards before?

Nope, i have never bought a motherboard before 😛. I have this pc prebuild standard pc shop thingy so the motherboard is a very limited just enough slots kind and its green ( old school ^^) However i did alot of research at the boards to see the reliability.I read that asrock boards ( the z77- pro or h77/mvp) etc.. have a thin pcb and that they are doa many times.. I read as well that the costumer service was pretty bad and that rma could take quite some time. all review tough.. but the thinner pcb did it for me since il be plugging a air cooler on it. and i dont want a bend mobo

Edit: i have a ms-7728 motherboard.. Google it 😉

 

[unknownofprob]

I had an asrock board and i had a huge cooler (Noctua NH-D14), didn't break, but some are thin, yes. All customer service is terrible, with the exception of a small portion of suppliers, which you have to expect most of the time for big companies.