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Bhavzzz
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So long story short: 

 

Since Noctua isn't available in my country, which cooler would be adequate for a 6600k with a planned upgrade to a 8700k or r7 1700 in the next year.

NH-D15 @ $130 including customs and shipping... OR

Phanteks PH-TC14PE @ the equivalent of $75 

 

I'd prefer not to have water cooling in my system. My hyper 212x gets over 80 degrees C even with only a modest overclock of 4.5GHz.  

 

Thoughts?

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I vote Phanteks, nearly half the price but much more than half the performance.

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Gammaxx 400 if you want to save a buck, Cryorig H5 would do a good job. that phanteks cooler will work nicely for you, but seems a bit expensive to me

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It's worth noting that the Phanteks is not compatible with AM4.

 

The noctua has a AM4 mounting kit but it doesn't come with the cooler, you probably have to buy that separately.

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cryorig h7 

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I'd see if you could get something cryorig. My buddy installed one of their coolers for his PC a few years ago and it's still running great.

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Thanks for the replies guys. Been looking for Cryorig and BeQuiet but unfortunately, they fall in the same boat as the noctua. And I'll need to use a drop shipping service just to get them here because Amazon won't ship it here themselves. 

 

Kinda hoping that Amazon somehow has a Black Friday behemoth sale on the Noctua, but I'm not holding my breath.

 

Anyone know of a decently priced online store that will ship to South Africa?

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If you're going Intel, the PH-TC14PE is a fine option. It performs almost as well as the NH-D15. 

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