whats the best cpu cooler for an i5-8600k value for money wise

[JorgeAZO]

Hello everyone, I have ordered some upgrades for my pc(gtx1060 6gb/z370 mo-bo/p400s case/16gb ddr4 ram/corsair vs550) I also had ordered an i5 8400 which I now canceled since I am looking in getting a 8600k instead. The only problem is that I dont have any idea about cpu cooling and Ive looked at some air and some water solutions not sure which is gonna be more efficient for overclocking that bad boi. Thanks alot in advace!

[Princess Luna]

A locked i7 8700 wouldn't cost you much more and outperforms the overclocked i5 8600k without the hassle to overclock you could even stick to the stock cooler to make up the price difference.

 

If you want to stick to overclocking the i5 though I suppose a decent 240mm AiO or high end Air Cooler should you have clearance space to achieve 5ghz.

[JorgeAZO]

well as I mentioned I canceled the order of an 8400 cause I wanted it not to have the stock cooler since it will look crappy compering it with the aorus mobo-gpu set that I have and all that behind a tempered glass panel, the thought of painting the stock cooler black occured to me but not sure if its a good idea.

[Bananasplit_00]

best value? Gammaxx 400. cheaper then a 212, and better performance

[JorgeAZO]

well I was probably thinking of water cooling since it will make the build look way more clean, plus in the p400s u have room for a 360 rad if u get rid of the bracket but if I get a 240 rad I could put a case fan under it in the front and thats what I was thinking of doing

[LogicalDrm]

U14S might be the best midrange cooler. Its bit expensive side, and you can get Scythe Fuma if you don't like what Noctua sells.

 

Budget and what RAM?

[Hello98765]

My Noctua NH-D15 keeps my 8600k oc´d to 5GHz 1.33v at 76-78°C at Prime95 and under 60°C while gaming while being silent. But keep in mind that you need to have a very big case and the brown fans are ugly. But since you want to watercool with an 240mm rad go with an Kraken x52 or a Corsair H100i. I would suggest to get an 280mm unit.

[JorgeAZO]

aight, thanks a lot guys. I actually ended up getting a kraken x52, instead of a h100i v2(since I was between getting one of those 2). But since im new to aios if u could tell me how should I install the fans on the rad, it would be really helpful. The only thing for certain is that in my p400s case ill put the rad in the front but not sure if I should do fan-rad-front(making the fans suck the air through the rad) or rad-fan-front(making the fans push the air through the rad). Also I was thinking of putting one of the case fans that comes with the case below the rad, thats why I went for a 240 rad and not a 280, since the case fits a 240 rad and a 120 fan in front without removing the bracket, but now u got me wondering if I should ve gotten a 280 rad and put the fan on the top fan space.