[SOLVED] safest cooler for i9 9900KF - ?

[sz0ty0l4]

Hello. I want the safest Cooler for this CPU.
what im concerned about:

• good cooling even under OC
• very important: good durability. i dont want it to fail , or get worse over time.

not concerned:
- noise ( i use headset so i dont hear anything anyway)

Case doesnt matter, because i will buy a new one that fits the best cooler i can find.
THx

 

[RealBeast]

Hello. I want the safest Cooler for this CPU.
what im concerned about:

• good cooling even under OC
• very important: good durability. i dont want it to fail , or get worse over time.

not concerned:
- noise ( i use headset so i dont hear anything anyway)

Case doesnt matter, because i will buy a new one that fits the best cooler i can find.
THx

I used a beQuiet Dark Rock Pro 4 on my 9900KF and it does a great job, plus it clears very high memory sticks -- the tall red G.Skill -- as that side fan sits up nice and high.

 

[sz0ty0l4]

air cooling is the way to go? Can you explain a little bit about your temperatures?
Like during gaming, and during tests like prime95, aida, realbench? do you overclock?

Also one thing to know is here the summer is really hot ( sometimes 35-40) So it gets quite hot inside aswell( and atm i have no air conditioning )

 

[Phaaze88]

If you want to overclock, air won't cut it. Even the top air coolers will either run hot, or thermal throttle in your attempts to test the OC's voltage stability, as well as testing cpu cooler thermal stability.
See here:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGHiRrQ2AAo


I would aim for 360mm AIO. 280mm can also work, but doesn't provide as much flexibility as the former.

 

[sz0ty0l4]

If you want to overclock, air won't cut it. Even the top air coolers will either run hot, or thermal throttle in your attempts to test the OC's voltage stability, as well as testing cpu cooler thermal stability.
See here:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGHiRrQ2AAo


I would aim for 360mm AIO. 280mm can also work, but doesn't provide as much flexibility as the former.

So if i go for 360 aio, which one should i buy? I really woudl wanna hear exact models and for me as in OP most important is : cooling performance and coolers longevity. ( i mean i want to use it for a long time without issues)

 

[EndEffeKt_24]

I would go with the Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 mm.

 

[Phaaze88]

So if i go for 360 aio, which one should i buy? I really woudl wanna hear exact models and for me as in OP most important is : cooling performance and coolers longevity. ( i mean i want to use it for a long time without issues)

Well... liquid cooler longevity varies a lot more than air coolers do; they're more delicate, thus easier to mishandle, and have more points of failure.
But if you want to OC the 9900K, there's really no other avenue besides liquid.

Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML360R RGB
Arctic Liquid Freezer 2 360
Arctic Liquid Freezer 2 280
NZXT Kraken X72 VS Corsair H150i Pro VS Fractal Design S36 VS EVGA CLC 280
There are updated versions of the Kraken X72 via the X73 and Z73.

 

[sz0ty0l4]

Which one out of those is the safest ( longevity) ? I will read the reviews but i would like to hear from people who have it maybe... as direct experience would be nice