Which of these badboy air coolers is best?

[Pavel Pokidaylo]

Hi. I need a good cooler for my 4670k . I want to overclock it.

I'm considering both air and liquid but for right now which of these 3 do you think is best?

1. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018

2. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835709011

3. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103189

I'm assuming the Noctua is best with the phanteks not far behind? I've read they are about identical in performance.

Have not seen any review on the cooler master one but I really like how it looks Any thoughts on this one?

Thanks

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Phanteks
Noctua
GTS

In this order , I own 2 Phanteks and 1 Noctua.

FX8350 with Phanteks:

 

[lxgoldsmith]

NH-d14 out of the air coolers, 3.0 extreme out of the liquid coolers. NH-d14 has been known to beat liquid coolers, but the results often come close to matching.

 

[Pavel Pokidaylo]

Hey thanks for the quick replies guys. Everything I've heard and read is just as you said about the Noctua. That it keeps the CPU just about as cool as the best Liquid coolers do. But I just looked at this http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/prolimatech_megahalems_rev_c_review,9.html
and it shows that h100i in quiet keeps that CPU at 44C while the Noctua keeps it at about 59C?

As for the Cooler master, I really like how it looks and it would look really good in my rig because I have MSI gaming mobo and gpu. But I don't even have a window in this Corsair Carbide 500r, not one that you can clearly see the components anyway. There's a fan on the side mesh window. So for my performance/price trumps aesthetics. It's also sold out on newegg...