What cooler for i7 8700k OC? Grande macho or dark pro 3?

[skelawsky]

I am going to buy a new pc and OC CPU for 5ghz. I am considering about two coolers: le grande macho and dark pro 3. Which one will be better?



My components:
Obudowa SilentiumPC Pax M70 Pure Black V2 (SPC135)

Pamięć G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4, 2x8GB, 3200MHz, CL16 (F4-3200C16D-16GVKB)

Dysk SSD Samsung 960 Evo 250GB (MZ-V6E250BW)

Procesor Intel Core i7-8700K, 3.70GHz, 12MB, BOX (BX80684I78700K)

Zasilacz SeaSonic Focus Plus Gold 650W (SSR-650FX)

Płyta główna ASRock Z370 Taichi

 

[zoltan.boese]

Your case can handle coolers up to 175, so both would fit.
If both coolers fit your budget and do not interfere with your RAM modules, than go with the Dark Rock!
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/beQuiet/Dark_Rock_3/6.html

by the way, I got an opel for sale

 

[zoltan.boese]

In the same price range the EKL Alpenföhn Olymp EAN-Code: 4250280304916 can beat those two, I do not know if it is sold in your region.
https://www.alpenfoehn.de/en/products/cpu-cooler/olymp

 

[skelawsky]

Unfortunately olymp is not available at the moment. Thank you for sharing graphs. Very helpfull! Im am not sure od my ram can fit under the dark pro3. I will check it later and decide. Both coolers looks good but I would rather choose quality of cooling than nice look. If both coolers are very simillar in its job I will choose the nicer. Thank you obce again for help! Have a nice day

 

[zoltan.boese]

Oh, you are welcome. Here is some more info about the ram clearance:
The macho might block one slot out of the four. Ripjaws should fit under the Dark rock
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3078863/dark-rock-pro-ram-clearance.html
and
https://www.amazon.de/EKL-AG-84000000135-PC-L%C3%BCfter-schwarz/dp/B01C0XZ9IW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1520584823&sr=8-1&keywords=alpenf%C3%B6hn+olymp
Have a good one too!

 

[skelawsky]

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Thermalright/Le_Grand_Macho/6.html

I found this. Macho looks much better than dark pro3. It provides better temperatures. It also has got profiled "metal radiator" (sorry I dont know english word) which I believe would fit ram.

 

[zoltan.boese]

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Thermalright/Le_Grand_Macho/6.html

I found this. Macho looks much better than dark pro3. It provides better temperatures. It also has got profiled "metal radiator" (sorry I dont know english word) which I believe would fit ram.

Here another comparison review
https://uk.hardware.info/reviews/7874/9/fresh-air-49-processor-coolers-tested-test-results---cooling-atn30-and-40-dbn
You can create custom charts on the page such as:
https://uk.hardware.info/comparisontable/products/207089-333006-211631-415661-329349-421378-317505-262770-302718