Best Cpu Cooler

[ryujians]

I currently have a fx-8120 and want to overclock a little to 4ghz stable under load with good temps... there are so many coolers out there though and I dont know which one to get. Keep in mind price to performance also is a factor for me, and on an unrelated note will this bottleneck a HIS iceq radeon 7870

[Owen]

Are you looking at air cooling or AIO water cooling?

[unidentical]

Won't be a bottleneck

 

for the cooler, what is your budget?

 

I would say the best air cooler is the Noctua NH-D14, but I use the silverstone HE-01 and it's great too, but those are $80+ coolers.

[tp95112]

Whats you budget?

[bennyino]

for the oc you want you would be fine with a hyper 212 evo, if you want better temps and the possiblity of a higer oc get an HE-01 as unindentical said or a h100i imo

[ryujians]

Id like to keep it under 60 $

[ryujians]

Won't be a bottleneck

for the cooler, what is your budget?

I would say the best air cooler is the Noctua NH-D14, but I use the silverstone HE-01 and it's great too, but those are $80+ coolers.

Id like to keep it under 60 $

[extremescouter]

Then, probably go with the cooler master hyper 212 +, over your budget would be the Noctua ND-D14, which is probably the best air cooler on the market right now. 

[ryujians]

Then, probably go with the cooler master hyper 212 +, over your budget would be the Noctua ND-D14, which is probably the best air cooler on the market right now.

I was looking at the xigmatek dark knight 2 night hawk edition would it be better the the hyper 212

[extremescouter]

I was looking at the xigmatek dark knight 2 night hawk edition would it be better the the hyper 212

 

Potentially, yeah. With air coolers, the two things that matter are the size of the heatsink, and the fans pushing the air through it. It looks like the xigmatek could be better, but you could also get the hyper 212, and then some high static pressure fans, such as Noctua nf-f12 or the corsair sp quiet edition fans, and it would probably end up being slightly better than the xigmatek. 

[ryujians]

Potentially, yeah. With air coolers, the two things that matter are the size of the heatsink, and the fans pushing the air through it. It looks like the xigmatek could be better, but you could also get the hyper 212, and then some high static pressure fans, such as Noctua nf-f12 or the corsair sp quiet edition fans, and it would probably end up being slightly better than the xigmatek.

so would you suggest the xigmatek with stock fans or the hyper 212 evo with 2 COUGAR CF-V12HPBs in push pull

[extremescouter]

so would you suggest the xigmatek with stock fans or the hyper 212 evo with 2 COUGAR CF-V12HPBs in push pull

 

It depends on the look you're going for. Personally, I would choose the hyper 212 evo with the cougar fans for the best combination of silence and performance. 

[ryujians]

It depends on the look you're going for. Personally, I would choose the hyper 212 evo with the cougar fans for the best combination of silence and performance.

ik I think I am going to go with the hyper evo push pull since it shoulf have better temps right? Thanks for the help!!!

[extremescouter]

Sure! And presumably, you will have better temps, but push/pull config may only increase your temps by 5 degrees or so. Also, if you still have some room in the budget, I would suggest getting some Artic Silver 5 thermal paste. That will also decrease your temps by about 5 degrees. I am running a hyper 212 + stock with the arctic silver 5, and getting about 28 degrees idle, and 55-60 load. 

[ryujians]

Sure! And presumably, you will have better temps, but push/pull config may only increase your temps by 5 degrees or so. Also, if you still have some room in the budget, I would suggest getting some Artic Silver 5 thermal paste. That will also decrease your temps by about 5 degrees. I am running a hyper 212 + stock with the arctic silver 5, and getting about 28 degrees idle, and 55-60 load.

What cpu though?

[extremescouter]

What cpu though?

 

i7 3770k