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Need proper cooler for my i7-7700k

Hello guys, I live in Cairo, Egypt which is kinda hot city. The temperature in summer may reach up to 45°C, so I decided to buy a proper cooler for my CPU. I was thinking at the first to buy a liquid cooler. But when I called some hardware technician, he told me that since I don't have air conditioning where the PC is, I should buy air cooler because liquid coolers mostly depend on low room temperature so that the liquid can be cool enough to cool the CPU, is that right? Anyway, if I am gonna buy an air cooler I'd choose between:
COOLER MASTER HYPER ( 212 RGB BLACK EDITION (85$ in Egypt): Amazon link here
Cooler Master MasterAir MA620P (65$ in Egypt): https://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-MasterAir-Dual-Tower-MAP-D6PN-AFNPC-R1/dp/B07CPY5LP1/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=MasterAir+MA620P&qid=1573686485&sr=8-1
CRYORIG R1 Ultimate Dual Tower Heatsink (95$): https://www.amazon.com/Cryorig-Ultimate-Tower-Heatsink-Intel/dp/B00HUHC3WY/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=cryorig+r1+ultimate+dual+tower+heatsink&qid=1573686694&sr=8-1
I prefer performance over looking BTW.
PC Specs:
Specs:-
CPU: Intel Core i7 7700k
RAM: 2X4GB DDR4 2133MHz
GPU: GTX 1060 6GB
MOBO: ASUS ROG STRIX Z270I
Case: Thermaltake V200

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12 minutes ago, Vampire21 said:

I should buy air cooler because liquid coolers mostly depend on low room temperature so that the liquid can be cool enough to cool the CPU, is that right?

all coolers dissipate heat based on the surrounding air, so an air cooler is based on how cold your room is too.

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3 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

all coolers dissipate heat based on the surrounding air, so an air cooler is based on how cold your room is too.

^Yes, if you have a high ambient room temp then you may want to look into getting an AIO liquid cooler instead of an air cooler.

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5 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

^Yes, if you have a high ambient room temp then you may want to look into getting an AIO liquid cooler instead of an air cooler.

If your room is hot asf like above 30c then it doesn't matter whether it is air or liquid cooling, it will going cause everything in the room hot . AIO cooling principle is no different than air cooling because you need cold air to push hot out from the fins.

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1 hour ago, Vampire21 said:

Hello guys, I live in Cairo, Egypt which is kinda hot city. The temperature in summer may reach up to 45°C, so I decided to buy a proper cooler for my CPU. I was thinking at the first to buy a liquid cooler. But when I called some hardware technician, he told me that since I don't have air conditioning where the PC is, I should buy air cooler because liquid coolers mostly depend on low room temperature so that the liquid can be cool enough to cool the CPU, is that right? Anyway, if I am gonna buy an air cooler I'd choose between:
COOLER MASTER HYPER ( 212 RGB BLACK EDITION (85$ in Egypt): Amazon link here
Cooler Master MasterAir MA620P (65$ in Egypt): https://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-MasterAir-Dual-Tower-MAP-D6PN-AFNPC-R1/dp/B07CPY5LP1/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=MasterAir+MA620P&qid=1573686485&sr=8-1
CRYORIG R1 Ultimate Dual Tower Heatsink (95$): https://www.amazon.com/Cryorig-Ultimate-Tower-Heatsink-Intel/dp/B00HUHC3WY/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=cryorig+r1+ultimate+dual+tower+heatsink&qid=1573686694&sr=8-1
I prefer performance over looking BTW.
PC Specs:
Specs:-
CPU: Intel Core i7 7700k
RAM: 2X4GB DDR4 2133MHz
GPU: GTX 1060 6GB
MOBO: ASUS ROG STRIX Z270I
Case: Thermaltake V200

Between those two at the price I’d grab the cryorig. 

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Liquid swamp cooling?  Waste of water perhaps.  45c. Wow.  Getting so hot computers aren’t going to work.  And it’s going to get hotter.

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With CPU coolers your limitations are RAM and case. Your case, if it's this one, can only fit up to 160mm tall coolers. That rules Cryorig out (its 169mm) and MasterAir MA620P (171mm). 212 is 159mm. There must be more options, can you link to the stores you are looking at?

 

Also could you specify which RAM you have? It might have some added limitations.

 

Overall, if your room temp is closer to 45C, getting AIO is actually valid option.

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