Posted September 20, 2014 Hello Guys, After switching to water cooling 6 months ago and getting nothing but problems I think I'd like to switch back to good ol reliable air-cooling. Could I get some recommendations from you experts on the best, silent, not-ass-ugly air coolers out there for LGA 1150 CPU sockets? I've got a nice Black/Orange themed system going on right now, so I don't want to stick a huge Noctua cooler in the middle of it again. I've heard good things about BeQuiet... Thanks for looking Hex : Case: Corsair iCUE 5000X RGB | CPU: Ryzen R7 3700X | MOBO: Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus | GPU: Gigabyte RTX 2070 Super | RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaw DDR4-3600 16GB | SSD: Corsair MP600 1TB & 480 GB EVO | HDD: 4tb WD Black & 3TB WD Green | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G+ | Cooler: CORSAIR iCUE H100i RGB PRO XT, | Monitor: Acer Predator X34 | Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB | Mouse: Logitech Hero | OS: Windows 11 | Speakers: Audioengine A5+ | Headset: Kingston HyperX Cloud 2 | Laptop/Tablet: TBD | Phone: Samsung Note 9 | PS4 | Xbox One | TV Sony XBR55X900F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 There are none. If it moves, it makes noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 dark rock 3 pro by BeQuiet or noctua but they ugly || MAELSTROM || || i5 3570K W/ CM 212x @ 4GHz || r9 290 Windforce || Corsair Obsidian 450D || 2tb HDD + 120gb 840 evo SSD || 2x4gb Hyperx Fury Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 I've heard good things about BeQuiet... Thanks for looking Just get that then... Bert & Ernie before squirting spermie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 There are none. If it moves, it makes noise. Noctua are working on a noise canceling thing that makes it pretty much silent. || MAELSTROM || || i5 3570K W/ CM 212x @ 4GHz || r9 290 Windforce || Corsair Obsidian 450D || 2tb HDD + 120gb 840 evo SSD || 2x4gb Hyperx Fury Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 Dark rock is probably your best bet, either that or a noctua cooler and replace the poo looking fan Ryzen 3700x -Evga RTX 2080 Super- Msi x570 Gaming Edge - G.Skill Ripjaws 3600Mhz RAM - EVGA SuperNova G3 750W -500gb 970 Evo - 250Gb Samsung 850 Evo - 250Gb Samsung 840 Evo - 4Tb WD Blue- NZXT h500 - ROG Swift PG348Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 NH-D15. G3258 - Sabertooth Mk. I - 560 Ti - 530 240GB - R4 - 750 G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 If your build is black and orange, there's really only Be Quiet. And those things are sexy as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 @DanTheMuffinMan go for the Be Quiet! Dark Rock lineup if you want to stick with your colour theme. It isn't the absolute best for absolute balls-to-the-wall overclocking, but it's definitely good enough (that's my understanding from reviews at least). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 Dark Rock Pro 3, NH-D15, Cryorig R1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 • Dark Rock 3 from be quiet! - from my own experience (in my rig now) it is dead silent, and it keeps my 4670K when it's at stock at 50C at full load, and when it was overclocked to 4.4GHz (can't remember the voltage) it ran at about 70C at full load (keep in mind that Haswell CPUs, when overclocked, run very hot, because of the cheap thermal material between the core and the heatspreader). • Dark Rock 3 Pro from be quiet! - Dark Rock 3 but with better performance because it's.. bigger • NH-U14S from Noctua - good performance and very quiet, but doesn't look as good as the Dark Rock 3 imo. • NH-D14 from Noctua - bigger and still very quiet, again, doesn't look as good as the Dark Rock Pro 3 imo • Shadow Rock 2 from be quiet! - a bit cheaper than the other options, while still having good performance, looks and still being quiet. Desktop: Intel Core i9-9900K | ASUS Strix Z390-F | G.Skill Trident Z Neo 2x16GB @ 3200MHz CL14 | EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER XC Ultra | Corsair RM650x | Fractal Design Define R6 Laptop: 2018 Apple MacBook Pro 13" -- i5-8259U | 8GB LPDDR3 | 512GB NVMe Peripherals: Leopold FC660C w/ Topre Silent 45g | Logitech MX Master 3 & Razer Basilisk X HyperSpeed | HIFIMAN HE400se & iFi ZEN DAC | Audio-Technica AT2020USB+ Display: Gigabyte G34WQC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 Noctua are working on a noise canceling thing that makes it pretty much silent. "Pretty much"? It's either silent or it isn't. If you want silent you could get a power-optimised CPU and run it passively with the fan just coming on when it needs to. That'd be silent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 Dark Rock Pro 3 from beQuiet! Personal Build Project "Rained-On" helped building up the CPU Overclocking Database and GPU Overclocking Database, check them out ;) #KilledMyWife #MakeBombs #LinusIsNotFunny || Please, dont use non-default grey font colors. Think about the night-theme users! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 "Pretty much"? It's either silent or it isn't. If you want silent you could get a power-optimised CPU and run it passively with the fan just coming on when it needs to. That'd be silent. http://youtu.be/E7Y9dV0XX6s?t=6m34s || MAELSTROM || || i5 3570K W/ CM 212x @ 4GHz || r9 290 Windforce || Corsair Obsidian 450D || 2tb HDD + 120gb 840 evo SSD || 2x4gb Hyperx Fury Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 dark rock 3 pro by BeQuiet or noctua but they ugly I think the Dark Rock Pro 3 looks quite nice, even though it's still a giant ass hunk of aluminum strapped to your motherboard. Intel Core i7-5820K (4.4 GHz) | Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB | 2x 360mm Custom Loop (Noctua iPPC) | ASRock X99 Extreme6 | Samsung 840 EVO 250GB | Fractal Design Define S | Corsair HX750 | Windows 10 | Corsair M65 RGB PRO | Corsair K70 RGB LUX (CherryMX Brown) | Beyerdynamic Custom One Pro & Creative Sound Blaster Z | Nexus 6P (32GB Aluminium) | Check out my setup: Project Kalte Here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 "Pretty much"? It's either silent or it isn't. If you want silent you could get a power-optimised CPU and run it passively with the fan just coming on when it needs to. That'd be silent. If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there, does it still make a sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there, does it still make a sound? If this is cooling for a server that no one's every going to be around, why would OP care about silence? http://youtu.be/E7Y9dV0XX6s?t=6m34s "So this will be a zero decibel CPU cooler?" "Ah... in theory yes, in practice unfortunately that's not possible" Tell me again how this is contradicting anything I said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 If this is cooling for a server that no one's every going to be around, why would OP care about silence? "So this will be a zero decibel CPU cooler?" "Ah... in theory yes, in practice unfortunately that's not possible" Tell me again how this is contradicting anything I said. I never said you where wrong. just thought you would be interested in it. || MAELSTROM || || i5 3570K W/ CM 212x @ 4GHz || r9 290 Windforce || Corsair Obsidian 450D || 2tb HDD + 120gb 840 evo SSD || 2x4gb Hyperx Fury Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 Author Sounds like BeQuiet's Dark Rock 3 is the winner here. I'm gonna tinker with my H320 to see if I can get it back to being quiet, but if not I'll get the Dark Rock. Thanks guys. Hex : Case: Corsair iCUE 5000X RGB | CPU: Ryzen R7 3700X | MOBO: Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus | GPU: Gigabyte RTX 2070 Super | RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaw DDR4-3600 16GB | SSD: Corsair MP600 1TB & 480 GB EVO | HDD: 4tb WD Black & 3TB WD Green | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G+ | Cooler: CORSAIR iCUE H100i RGB PRO XT, | Monitor: Acer Predator X34 | Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB | Mouse: Logitech Hero | OS: Windows 11 | Speakers: Audioengine A5+ | Headset: Kingston HyperX Cloud 2 | Laptop/Tablet: TBD | Phone: Samsung Note 9 | PS4 | Xbox One | TV Sony XBR55X900F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 I never said you where wrong. just thought you would be interested in it. I do apologise, I mistook your tone for argumentativeness. I'd like to get my hands on Noctua stuff, they seem to be doing the most R&D for quiet air cooling. I find the mire of fanboyism both for and against them difficult to see through. Some people say that they are silent, others say that they are actively loud unless you run them at 30% constantly, and they are expensive so I can't afford to buy a load of their stuff just for the sake of trying it out for myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 ph-tc14pe or dark rock pro 3. Would be your best bet, if you had alot of money you could just get a D15 and replace the fans for the industrial type. CPU: i7 3770k@ 4.6Ghz@ 1.23v - GPU: Palit GTX 660ti - MOBO: Asrock Extreme 4 - RAM: Corsair vengeance 8GB 1600Mhz - PSU: OCZ 650watt - STORAGE: 128Gb corsair force GT SSD/ 1TB seagate barracuda 7200rpm COOLING: NH-U14s/ 3x Noiseblocker blacksilent pros/ Silverstone Air Penetrator/ 2 corsair AF120s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 The big thing about the Noctuas is that they have excellent engineering to get superior airflow while running slow. That is the key. Every fan will be loud turned up to max RPM's. The nice thing is that the Be Quiet! Silent Wings are made from the same cloth as the Noctuas. Same tech and generally excellent airflow at low RPM's and they look better. Sir William of Orange: Corsair 230T - Rebel Orange, 4690K, GA-97X SOC, 16gb Dom Plats 1866C9, 2 MX100 256gb, Seagate 2tb Desktop, EVGA Supernova 750-G2, Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3, DK 9008 keyboard, Pioneer BR drive. Yeah, on board graphics - deal with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2014 I'm not being a smart arse. OP asked for something that does not exist. I'm not going to lie. It's ovbious what he meant, you were being a smart arse. CPU: i7 3770k@ 4.6Ghz@ 1.23v - GPU: Palit GTX 660ti - MOBO: Asrock Extreme 4 - RAM: Corsair vengeance 8GB 1600Mhz - PSU: OCZ 650watt - STORAGE: 128Gb corsair force GT SSD/ 1TB seagate barracuda 7200rpm COOLING: NH-U14s/ 3x Noiseblocker blacksilent pros/ Silverstone Air Penetrator/ 2 corsair AF120s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 21, 2014 If this is cooling for a server that no one's every going to be around, why would OP care about silence? I meant that if it's quiet enough so that you can't hear it from outside the PC Case (which is essentially what reviewers are reporting) then it's, to all intents and purposes, 'silent'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 21, 2014 I meant that if it's quiet enough so that you can't hear it from outside the PC Case (which is essentially what reviewers are reporting) then it's, to all intents and purposes, 'silent'. OK, but that would need the case to be soundproofed to some extent. I was under the impression that the 750D had quite a bit of mesh at the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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