I am having a tough time choosing a new cooler.

[TheSLSAMG]

I need a new cooler. I want to achieve an overclock on my i5-3570K of around 4.5-4.6GHz. I have $100 to spend on a cooler and I am trying to choose between the Noctua NH-D14 (air) and the Cooler Master Seidon 240M (water). Noise is not an issue, as I use a pair of Audio-Technica ATH-M50 with the build anyways. What is an issue is performance, aesthetics and overall value for money. I didn't know whether to post this in Liquid Cooling or Water Cooling, so I put it here.

[xToFxREAPER]

your gonna get about the same performance either way the nhd14 is a monster air cooler, i would just get whichever you like the looks of better since theyll both perform withing a few degrees of eachother

[Magebot]

It comes down to what you really prefer. I think that a water cooler gives better asthetics. Also you might have to check if that cooler will fit without any clearance problems because from pictures the NH-D14 is gigantic and will take up tons of space inside your computer.

[Shyxlol]

You also need low-profile RAM to use the NH-D14 on most motherboards (or use only 2 slots).

Depending on case/MoBo an installed NH-D14 also complicates working inside the case because it really is huge.