Best cooling solution for an i7 4790k

[gepowr]

About half a year ago i really felt the urge of upgrading my cpu, but recently i figured that the performance is still enough for my personal usecase and that i'll still be fine with my beloved 4790k for quiet some time. I'm running it at 4.6GHz with an adaptive vcore (max. 1.264V). Since i'm playing at 1080p 144Hz my cpu load is usually pretty high which leads to temperatures of 65-78° while gaming. I would definitely enjoy further tweaking to get the most out of my cpu. I use the Scythe Mugen 5 since about a year and have replaced the thermal paste recently but i'm looking for the absolute best cooler (max. 150€). Will there be any thermal benefits from upgrading to a beefy aio? Should i start thinking about delidding aswell ?

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, gepowr said:

Will there be any thermal benefits from upgrading to a beefy aio

A beefy tower performs the same as a beefy water cooler, it's all about the surface area. The Mugen 5 is pretty huge

[Mick Naughty]

I’d get a cheap delid tool. If you have the cash and room for a nice aio, I’d do that. Simply to help with the card temps in a normal system. 

 

Never got to delid my 4790k but it ran hot for what it was and always had high usage. 90-100% while gaming. 

[Bananasplit_00]

the Ncore V1? not available yet and not officially supported but i backed it anyway because i crave the no IHS life  

 

Best waterblock i know you could get should be the Watercool Heatkiller IV Pro for like €45 here in Europe. Pair that with a thicc rad, nice fans and a delid and you have about the best you can do resonably. Getting a used rad and a used pump and you could probably do it for under $150 tbh

 

3 hours ago, Mick Naughty said:

I’d get a cheap delid tool.

a vice, a block of wood and a hammer did the job on mine hehehe….

[Ttnuagmada]

Delidding will give you a much larger cooling boost than changing coolers. You'll drop 15-20C.