What kind of cooler?

[89spacemonkey]

First off, please, ignore my english because it's my secondary language

Now to the question: I've got an i5 7600K that I plan to overclock just a bit (and even that, only if needed) and I don't really know what kind of cooler would fit my need. Sadly I live in a region where my options are quite limited in terms of cooler models, so I'd better give you a list of a few that I can buy (but feel free to suggest a model)

- WaterCooler Deepcool Captain 120EX
- Corsair H80
- Corsair H60 (a cheap one that I could buy easily)
- Corsair 105 (a bit expensive but I could push it)
- WaterCooler Maelstrom 240T DeepCool 120mm
- Raijintek Ereboss Black AMD/Intel 140MM
- DeepCool Intel/AMD Forstwin V2.0

Maybe I'm too inclined to the water cooler train?

 

[Lutfij]

Most often we come across people on the forums who want to overclock on an i5-7600K but then are quickly shot down when they learn their B series chipset can't perform the task. So before a suggestion for a cooler, mind sharing your full system's specs?

If those are the only options at your disposal, I'd suggest the cheapest among those coolers. On another note, where are you located and how much can you spend on your cooler? I'm sure there are lower cost alternatives...?

 

[89spacemonkey]

Here's the full spec: Asus Strix Z270H, i5 7600K, Asus GTX 1060 6gb and aDDR4 KingstonFury 8GB.

I live in south of Brazil, so very close to Paraguay where I can find parts for a fair price. As I said before, I could push to 133 USD for the H105, so let 135 USD be the budget for the cooler. Even tho, their options right now are very limited to a few models... It can change next week.

 

[geofelt]

I5-7600K is a superb gaming processor given a decent overclock.
It does not require liquid cooling if you have a decent case.
I have mine at 4.9 using s simple 120mm tower type air cooler(noctua NH-U12s)
How well you can oc will be determined by the quality of your particular sample.
As of 1/13/17
What percent of samples can get an overclock
at a vcore around 1.4v.
I5-7600K
5.1 28%
5.0 52%
4.9 72%

Perhaps you can supply a list of your air cooling options.
My canned rant on liquid cooling:
------------------------start of rant-------------------
You buy a liquid cooler to be able to extract an extra multiplier or two out of your OC.
How much do you really need?
I do not much like all in one liquid coolers when a good air cooler like a Noctua or phanteks can do the job just as well.
A liquid cooler will be expensive, noisy, less reliable, and will not cool any better
in a well ventilated case.
Liquid cooling is really air cooling, it just puts the heat exchange in a different place.
The orientation of the radiator will cause a problem.
If you orient it to take in cool air from the outside, you will cool the cpu better, but the hot air then circulates inside the case heating up the graphics card and motherboard.
If you orient it to exhaust(which I think is better) , then your cpu cooling will be less effective because it uses pre heated case air.
And... I have read too many tales of woe when a liquid cooler leaks.
google "H100 leak"
I would support an AIO cooler only in a space restricted case.
-----------------------end of rant--------------------------

Your pc will be quieter, more reliable, and will be cooled equally well with a decent air cooler.

 

[89spacemonkey]

My case is the simple S340 from NZXT. I guess it's important to say that my room temperature will never get above ~20C (68F). Sadly I just can't find any of those good brands of air coolers... Or it would just fit my needs I suppose

 

[geofelt]

Your S340 is a very nice case and well suited to air cooling.
ANY tower type air cooler with a 120mm or larger fan will do.
Cryorig H7, Scythe Kotetsu, CM hyper 212, or similar will be fine.

 

[89spacemonkey]

Ok... Doing a proper research about air coolers in my country I could find some other options. Maybe yeah, I was too inclined to the water cooler train, but I'd better get real and consider what is... right or appropriate for me. So here's what I found to add to my previous list of cooler options:

-Deepcool Gammaxx 400 Silen
-Hyper 212x Aircooler Cooler Master


Both considerable cheaper than my previous list.

@geofelt, I couldn't find the Cryorig or Scythe here.


* I found a Noctua Nh-d14, but quite expensive for air cooling... Still a little bit cheaper than the Corsair H105. Between the H105 and this Noctua D14, which one would you guys pick, considering my specs and my plans to overlock the 7600K just a bit?

 

[geofelt]

Ok... Doing a proper research about air coolers in my country I could find some other options. Maybe yeah, I was too inclined to the water cooler train, but I'd better get real and consider what is... right or appropriate for me. So here's what I found to add to my previous list of cooler options:

-Deepcool Gammaxx 400 Silen
-Hyper 212x Aircooler Cooler Master


Both considerable cheaper than my previous list.

@geofelt, I couldn't find the Cryorig or Scythe here.


* I found a Noctua Nh-d14, but quite expensive for air cooling... Still a little bit cheaper than the Corsair H105. Between the H105 and this Noctua D14, which one would you guys pick, considering my specs and my plans to overlock the 7600K just a bit?

I would never pick liquid cooling except for a case with limited height available for a tower type air cooler(160mm)

What does "just a bit" mean?
My guess is that a modest boost over stock, like to 4.5 or so will not be particularly demanding.

I have used the noctua NH-D14 before. It is about as good as you can get for cooling.
But, It is HUGE. Check the Noctua web site for dimensions.
You may have clearance issues if your ram has tall heat spreaders.
The hyper212 is very popular and should do the job, but it is apparently not so easy to install.

 

[89spacemonkey]

Yes, the ''jut a bit'' means exactly around that value: 4.5

And the only reason I would overclock it will be for a game (Cities Skylines). Other than that, the 7600K stock should run just fine as I've seen