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TinFoilGreg
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Price isn't a concern, I was looking at a few review sites but none of them really have a good chart guide of what's good in regards to cooling temps.

 

Also I'm going to Japan at the end of the year and was planning to buy it over there from this store, so sadly it's restricted to this. http://kakaku.com/pc/cpu-cooler/

 

Just want a fan cooled CPU not water cooled so it's easier to set up (somehow fucked up setting up my H100i)

 

Thanks for any replies, means a lot.

 

CPU is i7 4790k

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Noctua nhd15 is your best bet 

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NZXT Kraken x61
I dont know about the performance.. But Dang it looks pretty Rad.

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Noctua nhd15 is your best bet 

Was thinking about this, problem is with it is the colours. It's a very retro design and isn't fitting with my build, I know design and colours is a picky thing but black/red parts with white LED's is my current rigs colour pannel. I'll do some more research.

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I am using a xigmatek  Dark Knight 2 on FX 8320.

with low low ambient temps i get very good temps and accustics at stock clocks, although air temp is around 15 degree

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Was thinking about this, problem is with it is the colours. It's a very retro design and isn't fitting with my build, I know design and colours is a picky thing but black/red parts with white LED's is my current rigs colour pannel. I'll do some more research.

Get SP120s as replacement for fans then 

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Kraken x61 trumps other coolers on benchmark showings. If you want air cooling though noctua probably is the way to go. Edit* I just read no water cooled I'm an idiot

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The Phanteks PH-TC14PЕ is also a great performer, neck to neck to the Noctua NH-D15. But if you want a good looking cooler, I suggest the Dark Rock Pro 3 by be quiet!

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nzxt kraken x61 would be one of the better choices to make, it uses a dual 140ml rad and even has leds on the cpu block

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nzxt kraken x61 would be one of the better choices to make, it uses a dual 140ml rad and even has leds on the cpu block

You do know he said no AIO coolers.

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Cooler Master V8?

http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cpu-air-cooler/v8-gts/

 

After a certain price point, all large, dual tower air coolers perform relatively the same, give or take a couple degrees

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Cooler Master V8?

http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cpu-air-cooler/v8-gts/

 

After a certain price point, all large, dual tower air coolers perform relatively the same, give or take a couple degrees

Just don't like how you can't change the fans out. And this cooler from the benchmarks I saw would be to to loud for me personally. But noise is subjective.

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Just don't like how you can't change the fans out. And this cooler from the benchmarks I saw would be to to loud for me personally. But noise is subjective.

Well, I guess it also depends on your build's color scheme

 

What about the Cryorig R1 Ultimate?

http://www.cryorig.com/r1-ultimate.php

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For the performance and factor of silence - Noctua all the way.

it's just too bad they don't have a plain one

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it's just too bad they don't have a plain one

You can always get their industrial line of fans.  Black and brown.

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it's just too bad they don't have a plain one

 

Is the colorscheme such a turn-off that you would settle for less performance and quality?

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Noctua NH-D14 or 15 get my vote. 

 

If you find those too ugly: Dark Rock Pro 3

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The Noctua, Be Quiet! and Phanteks 135/ 140mm offerings rule the top end. They all have their own niche.

 

Noctua: Performance to noise ratio is best in business

Be Quiet: No compromise silence and good looks. Slightly behind Noctua in performance but is more silent.

Phanteks: All out performance, but is still within margin of error of the other two. Though it's the cheapest (also looks the cheapest, unfortunately)

 

Honorable mention: Raijintek Ereboss. The core edition doesn't come with the crappy slim fan, just the bracket for installing whichever fan you want. The absolute cheapest. Not quite as good as the above three, but a close proxy.

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Noctua NH-U12S or even Noctua NH-14S.Can actually do the job.

A bit more You can go to NH-D14,or NH-D15 dual tower ones.

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