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Silent CPU cooler?

Hi!

I've recently built a desktop, but I didn't include a CPU cooler, so I've used the stock Intel cooling. This bugs me a bit, as it's pretty loud and doesn't have top notch performance. Therefore, I'm looking for a new, silent CPU cooler.

I've looked at the Noctua NH-D15 cooler, and it seems to be pretty good. However, I don't really like Noctua's brown and beige colour theme, and it completely clashes with my black and white NZXT H440.

I've also looked a bit at some water cooling solutions too, like the NZXT Kraken series. They seem nice too, and have a vastly better look in my opinion, at least with my case. However, I've not been able to find much info on how silent they are.

My motherboard is an ATX-sized Asus Z87-PRO and my RAM is a couple of relatively low Kingston DDR3 HyperX Beast sticks, so I do have a decent amount of space.

So, what would you guys suggest for silent, not too expensive, high performance and good looking CPU cooling solutions?

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Check out Cooler Master's Hyper 212 and bequiet's dark rock series

as for watercooling, take a look at swiftech's h220

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Take a look at the Dark Rock 3 or Dark Rock Pro 3 from be quiet. They are very quiet and have outstanding cooling capacity. Cyrorig was a highlight at Computex for their coolers. It has very good reviews almost all over the board. I don't see them on any retailers yet, but it seems worth the wait. I'm on stock cooling as well, but I have a Hyper 212 Evo at home. It's a great budget cooler which will cool way better and be quieter than the stock Intel cooling.

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I agree with the dark rock 3 and pro 3

They are really good, silent, and good looking coolers

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Dark rock 3 or just the simple hyper 212.

Or sycthe mugen 3/4





 
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That dark rock pro 3 looks perfect, however I'm a bit worried as it's pretty big, with not a ton of RAM clearance. Do you think it'll fit? As of now, I only have two RAM sticks, so it's not a big deal if the first slot is obstructed - I'll just have to buy lower RAM next time I upgrade.

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