the best/most silent cpu cooler?

[galbatorex]

once again i need your help

im looking for a new cpu cooler to replace the stock cooler that i have in my build right now.

i may get into overclocking but not right away.
so long story short: needs to be good, silence over cooling, but still "good cooling"

as a heatsink isn't the most expensive thing in the world the price doesn't really matter

plz help (im getting tired of my stock cooler,it's noisy!)

 

[Sn1992-1361850]

The best u can get is a cooler master hyper 212 evo cooler
Its a grea cooler which can easily maintain low temps while o.cin
It can even outperform aio liq coolers like h60,h80 antec 620!,seideon 120m


And the best part is it is 30$

 

[galbatorex]

The best u can get is a cooler master hyper 212 evo cooler
Its a grea cooler which can easily maintain low temps while o.cin
It can even outperform aio liq coolers like h60,h80 antec 620!,seideon 120m


And the best part is it is 30$

yeah, i have seen that one a couple times, but i have heard a lot of good stuff about the Noctua NH-D14.

since money isn't the problem here which one would be better?

 

[Sn1992-1361850]

Go for noctua d14 its the best thing around and even it is much silent than the liquid coolers available
Check these stats
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/water2.0-extreme-kraken-x40-hydro-h90-elc120,3434-13.html

 

[cda01]

Hi galbatorex,
So which cooler did you go for in the end and what were the pro's and con's? I'm really interested to hear if you found a really quiet solution.
Cheers,
Chris

 

[galbatorex]

Hi galbatorex,
So which cooler did you go for in the end and what were the pro's and con's? I'm really interested to hear if you found a really quiet solution.
Cheers,
Chris

i took a look around other forums and in the end i chose the H100 from corsair
pro's: it gives VERY low temperatures, which makes it great for overclocking
it has no comability issues with my case/mobo (cm storm stryker, msi G45)

con's: it was a bit more noisy than some of the top air-coolers, but once i switched out the stock coolers with 2 Noctua NF-F12 fans it was about the same (this kept my temps low while reducing the noise)

the reason i chose the H100 over the NH-D14 was that this case has a side window and it was gonna obstruct the view, also i would have had to take the heatspredder off of my ram dimm's