What Cooler Should i get?

[ShunkzzZPT]

so guys im going to get my pc assembled and i dont know if i should do air coooling or water cooling im go to basicly overclock to 4.4ghz for best perfomance is AAA Games, like Crysis 3, Far Cry 3, etc... I have a i5 2500k but i dont know i should get a Cooler Master Hyper 412S or a Corsair H55, just tell me whats the best bet, and which should be the best

 

[markwp]

Noctua NH-D14 - theair cooler of choice. Sandies run cooler than the ivies and 4.4 is not that big an oc. Air should be fine.

Mark

 

[ShunkzzZPT]

well the h55 in the store is 59,60€ the D14 is 72,90€

 

[JackNaylorPE]

$30 - Hyper 212 EVO (w/ two fans - 65C)
$50 - Hyper 612 PWM \ Mugen 3 or 4 (both getting scarce) but good for 5-7C over 212
$75 - Phanteks PH-TC14PE (50.75C) , Thermalright SIlver Arrow (51.00C), Noctua DH-14 (51.25C)

Of the 3 in the highest budget tier, the "thermal ranking is in the order listed above in most tests Temperature delta at 4GHz in parenthesis), the Arrow "sounds" the quietest tho all have same dB ratings, and the Phanteks has a 5 year warranty, Arrow 2 years and Noc 1 year

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/phanteks_ph_tc14pe_cpu_cooler_review,14.html

 

[Onus]

I agree with markwp. If you want cheaper, I'm running my IB under a Xigmatek Gaia; $20 when I bought it (and up until this past weekend), it is now back up to $30. It cools within 1C and is 6db quieter than the $35 CM Hyper212 EVO per Frostytech reviews.

 

[ShunkzzZPT]

what about the Noctua NH-U9B SE2

 

[ShunkzzZPT]

ill just get the corsair h55 or my ram wont fit with the giant air cooler, my board is a MSI Z77 MPower, my ram are 2 sticks of 8gb corsair vengeance

 

[Jack Revenant]

ill just get the corsair h55 or my ram wont fit with the giant air cooler, my board is a MSI Z77 MPower, my ram are 2 sticks of 8gb corsair vengeance

Are they low profile? If so, they should fit with pretty much all coolers, to my understanding.

 

[markwp]

Vengence has the tall spreaders.

 

[Jack Revenant]

Vengence has the tall spreaders.

Not all of them. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233186&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Desktop+Memory-_-N82E16820233186&gclid=CJfLhL6Q9rYCFWQ6QgodIBwA6g

 

[ShunkzzZPT]

yes i have the tall spreaders