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Can a D15 or Dark Rock Pro 3 beat 240mm or 280mm AIOs?

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I was thinking of grabbing a D15 or DRP3 to OC my 2700K 4.5GHz+ as my 120mm AIO cooler recently broke.

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Dark Rock Pro 3 is a decent cooler and should do just fine.

I guess you mean i7 2600k CPU. As far as I know this chip is soldered to IHS, so thermals should be more than fine.

 

Dark Rock Pro 3 can also cool down 250W, and I'm pretty sure your CPU won't get even near that.

 

So yes, you are more than fine with that cooler.

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3 minutes ago, ybriK said:

I was thinking of grabbing a D15 or DRP3 to OC my 2700K 4.5GHz+ as my 120mm AIO cooler recently broke.

Yip and be a lot cheaper too

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Yes, "high-end" air coolers such as the NH-D15 and the DRP3 rival 240mm AIOs when it comes to cooling performance... I wouldn't say they're quite as powerful as 280mm AIOs but the difference in temps is marginal at best.

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Yea on my spare 212x and I can reach 4.8GHz but temps are not good underload (AIDA64) 80-85c. I was able to do 5GHz but idle was like 55-65c. Didnt bother to stress it as I knew I'd easily hit 90c+. Ill have a look between D15 & DRP3.

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17 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

Yes, "high-end" air coolers such as the NH-D15 and the DRP3 rival 240mm AIOs when it comes to cooling performance... I wouldn't say they're quite as powerful as 280mm AIOs but the difference in temps is marginal at best.

The NH-D15 almost beat a 360mm radiator AiO... I'll find the benchmark eventually. 

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14 hours ago, ybriK said:

Yea on my spare 212x and I can reach 4.8GHz but temps are not good underload (AIDA64) 80-85c. I was able to do 5GHz but idle was like 55-65c. Didnt bother to stress it as I knew I'd easily hit 90c+. Ill have a look between D15 & DRP3.

80-85c at load is perfectly fine. If you just want 4.5ghz, a 212x would be plenty. You can get a beefier cooler if you want to shoot for higher. 

The NH-D15 and DRP3 can match 240mm's but perform a bit worse than most 280mm's.

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