Need Help Choosing Liquid Cooling Closed Loop

[WarWolverineWarrior]

Hi all,

I have this:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811854003

I7-3770k,
Low profile RAM
GTX 1080 MSI Seahawk X

I'm looking t cool the CPU and OC it to the max.

I'm looking for the best cooler. I am not willing to do custom loop.

I was looking at :

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/arctic-cooling-cpu-liquid-freezer-240-closed-loop,4735.html

also

https://www.amazon.com/CRYORIG-Hybrid-Radiator-additional-Aifrlow/dp/B0177GTSMA/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1489760973&sr=8-7&keywords=liquid+cooler+280mm

Does anyone have any recommendations.

I'm willing to Frankenstein my case for performance.

Also, would this fit:
https://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Performance-Radiator-Compound-included/dp/B01KZTE0XS?th=1

 

[geofelt]

First of all, how high you can OC a I7-3770K is primarily determined by your luck in getting a well binned chip.

The heat generated is related to the vcore required to attain a given multiplier. The better the chip, the higher the multiplier.
At some point, you will run into a vcore that will damage your chip.
This will often happen before you run into thermal limits which argues for a air cooling solution.
For half the price of your options, you can buy a noctua NH-U14s which is arguably the best cooler available.
If you value quiet, the noctua is outstanding.
https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-Single-Tower-Cooler-NH-U14S/dp/B00C9FLSLY/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1489765362&sr=1-1&keywords=noctua+nh-u14s

Then, there is the issue of case dust.
When you mount a radiator anywhere, it will draw in dirty air from adjacent openings.
With an air cooler, you only need to filter the front intakes so your case will stay cleaner.

My canned rant on liquid cooling:
------------------------start of rant-------------------
You buy a liquid cooler to be able to extract an extra multiplier or two out of your OC.
How much do you really need?
I do not much like all in one liquid coolers when a good air cooler like a Noctua or phanteks can do the job just as well.
A liquid cooler will be expensive, noisy, less reliable, and will not cool any better
in a well ventilated case.
Liquid cooling is really air cooling, it just puts the heat exchange in a different place.
The orientation of the radiator will cause a problem.
If you orient it to take in cool air from the outside, you will cool the cpu better, but the hot air then circulates inside the case heating up the graphics card and motherboard.
If you orient it to exhaust(which I think is better) , then your cpu cooling will be less effective because it uses pre heated case air.
And... I have read too many tales of woe when a liquid cooler leaks.
google "H100 leak"
I would support an AIO cooler only in a space restricted case.
-----------------------end of rant--------------------------

Your pc will be quieter, more reliable, and will be cooled equally well with a decent air cooler.

 

[WarWolverineWarrior]

I am currently OCing to 4.2 GHz on air with Hyper 212 Evo. Temps hit 70C under full load.

i7-3770k thermal throttles at 75C

I'm planning on taking the system to it's max limits since i7-7700k seems like a reasonable upgrade at this point.

This liquid solution that I am trying to buy will be used with my next build (CPU, Mobo, RAM upgrade).