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The Noctua NH-D14 is always a great choice when it comes to air coolers. It has great performance, and is nearly silent. Also, they are coming out with a new version. Check it out here: 

 

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hey all im looking at a new cooler as my Hyper T4 isnt that great since i have upgraded to the fx-6300. im looking at the best cooler for the australian summer as all aussies know it really gets hot here. to make it worse i dont have aircon so thats the reason i ask. btw i have the Antec Eleven hundred case

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 CPU: i5-6600k MOBO: ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming RAM: G.Skill 16GB 2800Mhz 15-15-15-35, GPU: Sapphire R9 290 SSD: Samsung 840 250GB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB x2, Cooling: EK supremecy EVO ,EK-FC R9 290X with backplate, XSPC EX240 Crossflow & Alphacool UT60 240mm, XSPC D5 Bayres w/ Alphacool VPP655, 7/16-5/8 Compressions/Tubing, Noctua NF-F12 x4 PSU: Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Case: Nanoxia Deep Silence 1 http://valid.x86.fr/8g2m02

 

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70-80 aus dollars

 

i dont think the 212 evo or 212x or any of those would be an upgrade

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 CPU: i5-6600k MOBO: ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming RAM: G.Skill 16GB 2800Mhz 15-15-15-35, GPU: Sapphire R9 290 SSD: Samsung 840 250GB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB x2, Cooling: EK supremecy EVO ,EK-FC R9 290X with backplate, XSPC EX240 Crossflow & Alphacool UT60 240mm, XSPC D5 Bayres w/ Alphacool VPP655, 7/16-5/8 Compressions/Tubing, Noctua NF-F12 x4 PSU: Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Case: Nanoxia Deep Silence 1 http://valid.x86.fr/8g2m02

 

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The Noctua NH-D14 is always a great choice when it comes to air coolers. It has great performance, and is nearly silent. Also, they are coming out with a new version. Check it out here: 

 

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that cooler doesnt look any bigger then the one i have now so i dont think it would be an upgrade since i already have 2 nf-f12s in p/p

 

 

The Noctua NH-D14 is always a great choice when it comes to air coolers. It has great performance, and is nearly silent. Also, they are coming out with a new version. Check it out here: 

 

 

i think that is the best one but would any AIO be as good with an overclock for the AM3+ chips?

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 CPU: i5-6600k MOBO: ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming RAM: G.Skill 16GB 2800Mhz 15-15-15-35, GPU: Sapphire R9 290 SSD: Samsung 840 250GB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB x2, Cooling: EK supremecy EVO ,EK-FC R9 290X with backplate, XSPC EX240 Crossflow & Alphacool UT60 240mm, XSPC D5 Bayres w/ Alphacool VPP655, 7/16-5/8 Compressions/Tubing, Noctua NF-F12 x4 PSU: Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Case: Nanoxia Deep Silence 1 http://valid.x86.fr/8g2m02

 

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that cooler doesnt look any bigger then the one i have now so i dont think it would be an upgrade since i already have 2 nf-f12s in p/p

 

 

 

i think that is the best one but would any AIO be as good with an overclock for the AM3+ chips?

 

The NH-D14 performs as well or better than most AIO coolers. Also, it is more reliable because it is only a heatsink and two fans, instead of a pump, rad, and other things on an AIO. 

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The NH-D14 performs as well or better than most AIO coolers. Also, it is more reliable because it is only a heatsink and two fans, instead of a pump, rad, and other things on an AIO. 

 

even with higher ambient temps?

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 CPU: i5-6600k MOBO: ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming RAM: G.Skill 16GB 2800Mhz 15-15-15-35, GPU: Sapphire R9 290 SSD: Samsung 840 250GB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB x2, Cooling: EK supremecy EVO ,EK-FC R9 290X with backplate, XSPC EX240 Crossflow & Alphacool UT60 240mm, XSPC D5 Bayres w/ Alphacool VPP655, 7/16-5/8 Compressions/Tubing, Noctua NF-F12 x4 PSU: Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Case: Nanoxia Deep Silence 1 http://valid.x86.fr/8g2m02

 

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I'm from SA, currently in my Air-cooled machine I'm using the Dark Knight.

Performs pretty good, I'm using aftermarket fans although, Noiseblocker PL-2's

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Do you have something to compare it to

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http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=207_23&products_id=13232

 

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Noctua NH-D14, i have one on my i7 3930K and it idles at 35-50c (low ambient/high ambient) and never goes any higher than 70c at load, eventually it'll settle at about 65c. Keep in mind i haven't cleaned mine for 6 months because of the filters in my case although the small amount of dust on it could be effecting it marginally. 

Case: ThermalTake Level 10 GT, Motherboard: Asrock X79 Extreme9, CPU: i7 3930K @ 4.4Ghz cooled by Noctua NH-D14, RAM: 4x4GB 2133Mhz Corsair Dominator, GPU: Asus GTX 670 Direct CUII 2GB @ 1228Mhz max boost clock, PSU: ThermalTake Toughpower XT 875W, Drives: Western Digital RE4 1TB HDD (System), Corsair Accelerator 60GB Cache Drive (Smart Response Technology), Seagate Barracuda 1TB (Backup)

 

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