Recommended cooler for i7-13700k

[Drizzt]

I've been looking at the Noctua nh d-15. My lwst build I used a kraken aio. I'm also looking at the kraken z73.

 

What cooler would you recommend to tame the i7-13700k?

 

I read through the list of coolers pinned at the top and it didn't help me much because I've seen conflicting info showing the nh d15 can perform as well as the z73 for 1/3 the price and be quieter. I also am interested in trying air cooling for this build but I just want to know what you recommend.

 

Throw me a value option and a no compromise option please. Thank you 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

Nzxt aios are just meh performance wise, wouldnt waste money on one of those aios

 

Liquid freezer ii are currently the best aios on the market so that would be the aio to get if you care about cooling performance

 

Also d15 although good is just obselete nowadays, it just gets beaten by cheaper and/or better competitors (fuma 2, ak620, frost spirit 140, peerless assasin 120, etc.)

 

I reccomend sticking to a dual tower mostly because they just last forever and theyre cheap, heatsink itself is a hunk of metal, and the only thing you need to replace (assuming you dont get a passive cooler) would be the fan but those dont die for a long while (like a decade or 2)

 

What country?

If you are in the us theres the peerless assasin se 120 argb at 40$

[Dukesilver27-]

Deepcool AK620.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/deepcool-ak620-review/2

[Rational and Practical]

On 11/11/2022 at 5:14 PM, Drizzt said:

I've been looking at the Noctua nh d-15. My lwst build I used a kraken aio. I'm also looking at the kraken z73.

 

What cooler would you recommend to tame the i7-13700k?

 

I read through the list of coolers pinned at the top and it didn't help me much because I've seen conflicting info showing the nh d15 can perform as well as the z73 for 1/3 the price and be quieter. I also am interested in trying air cooling for this build but I just want to know what you recommend.

 

Throw me a value option and a no compromise option please. Thank you 

If you can fit the d-15 it will cool it, as long as you are not overclocking

[RevGAM]

8 hours ago, Rational and Practical said:

If you can fit the d-15 it will cool it, as long as you are not overclocking

Lol, you necromancer you!

[Whatisthis]

3 hours ago, RevGAM said:

Lol, you necromancer you!

It’s a scourge of the forums. We have Zombie threads eating all of page 1.  

[freeagent]

You can do better than D15 on that CPU. A lot of people clock those chips with air.

[RevGAM]

1 hour ago, freeagent said:

You can do better than D15 on that CPU. A lot of people clock those chips with air.

Assistant necromancer, eh?

[freeagent]

4 minutes ago, RevGAM said:

Assistant necromancer, eh?

Yup fuck it