Silent CPU cooler for 4460

[xMishax]

What would be the best silent cooler for 4460?

[Br3tt96]

Noctua

[xMishax]

Anything more affordable? :-D

[Zayzo]

What would be the best silent cooler for 4460?

I have the same cpu and use this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA68V2326642&cm_re=bequiet_heatsinks-_-9SIA68V2326642-_-Product

I don't even hear it on load.

[flibberdipper]

Well you could go with a custom watercooling loop, but I can wholeheartedly recommend the Dark Rock Pro 3.

[karimhasebou]

Anything more affordable? :-D

cooler master hyper 212 around 30$

[WoodenMarker]

It would help to mention the rest of your specs as well as where you're shopping/located, and budget.

Have you tried lowering the fan speed?

[JaZoN_XD]

Apparently you can try the dark rock pro 3 but remove the fans so it's literally completely silent, and it would still work well under load. (linus did this) and since you won't be overclocking, i think that would work as a silent solution, but obviously, $$$. If you want something cheap, ehhh i don't have too many recommendations, but maybe a 212 evo? I don't know. the stock intel heatsink is actually pretty quiet if you ask me, even at full speed, it's not too badly loud and you won't be need full speed unless you are running benchmarks on that 4460 anyway.

[colinreay]

If you can, I recommend the Thermalright! Good looks, and doesn't cost too much. If your case fans are good enough, this is similar to their fully passive heatsink, so you should be able to run it dully passive. since I don't own one, it's hard to say exact performance, but in in this article about temps and noise, it is similar or better to the D15, and is consistently topping the charts.

[colinreay]

Well you could go with a custom watercooling loop, but I can wholeheartedly recommend the Dark Rock Pro 3.

 

Apparently you can try the dark rock pro 3 but remove the fans so it's literally completely silent, and it would still work well under load. (linus did this) and since you won't be overclocking, i think that would work as a silent solution, but obviously, $$$. If you want something cheap, ehhh i don't have too many recommendations, but maybe a 212 evo? I don't know. the stock intel heatsink is actually pretty quiet if you ask me, even at full speed, it's not too badly loud and you won't be need full speed unless you are running benchmarks on that 4460 anyway.

As a Dark Rock owner, I can personally attest to this. It's already so quiet though, you'd probably have many louder things in your system that you need to address before running the dark rock on passive.

[Zayzo]

As a Dark Rock owner, I can personally attest to this. It's already so quiet though, you'd probably have many louder things in your system that you need to address before running the dark rock on passive.

Yeah like a mechanical HDD. lol

[colinreay]

Yeah like a mechanical HDD. lol

Oh man, don't get me started. My Seagate is on it's last last legs  :angry:

[colinreay]

Also, since you have a 4460, you should be able to passively cool it using most larger fin array heatsinks

[Zayzo]

Oh man, don't get me started. My Seagate is on it's last last legs  :angry:

Yeah i think i'm done with mechanical hdds... just going to buy 1tb ssd and be done with it.

[GpuTweak]

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