What cooling should i go for OC?

[MAZA__]

So i have heard a lot that closed water cooling isnt good enough and that you should go for air cooling. I do not want to spend a lot of money in it. I hava the I5 4690K OC at 4.3, ill like to take it higher but i dont know what cooling to go. I have been thinking that the H60 is a good choice but they talk good thinks about it but also bad things. So tell me should i go the H60 or an air cooler lik the hyper 212 or a noctua.
thanks a lot

 

[TofuLion]

how high you want to overclock and how much money you wanna spend?

 

[MisterMeow]

What's your budget? Around the 85-95$ mark, a really nice air cooler is the Noctua nh-d15. For another 15 dollars, the Corsair H100i is a pretty nice water cooler. If you have the budget and the room in your case, both of those coolers work well. Just make sure your motherboard will support higher frequencies/voltages as well.

I wouldn't recommend the hyper 212 evo unless you live in a really cool climate. It's a great air cooler for the price, but won't keep up with the heat output at higher clocks.

 

[Ecky]

Consider the return you'll get from a better cooler.

If you spend $25 on a Hyper212 and get 4.5ghz, you'll have gained 4% CPU clockspeed for $25.

If you spend $100 on an H100i and get 4.6ghz, you'll have gained 7% CPU clockspeed for $100.

7% extra CPU clockspeed doesn't always equal 7% performance gained, especially in gaming, where it's likely to be closer to 0%. You're also likely to run into a voltage wall around 4.5-4.6ghz regardless of what cooler you have. Worth $100?

 

[synphul]

Agreed, regardless of what cooling you use you'll likely hit the cpu's physical limits for vcore around 4.6 give or take. Maybe 4.5, maybe 4.7 and if it's a rare overclocker with really good specs you might get around 4.8ghz but I wouldn't hold my breath for much over 4.6ghz. It's not that water cooling isn't enough, it's often expensive for what it is. It doesn't do much a good air cooler cannot. There's leak risks even if they're small they exist. Just things to consider.

The h60 being a single fan/rad aio isn't one of the better models especially for the price. Not all water cooling is the same. The 4690k typically doesn't get all that hot, maybe a little hotter than a 212 evo can handle. You have to remember a 212 evo is decent enough for the price but it's still a lower end budget air cooler.

For around $35 you could go with a cryorig h7 and call it a day. No ram conflict (physical fitment), a bit quieter and a bit cooler than the 212 evo. Otherwise you'll end up spending $50-60+ for decent air or water cooling and like Ecky pointed out, not much clock speed gains.