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I am looking to OC my 4790k and I need a better cooler for this. What is the best one for around the $130 price range, and the best speed to OC it to with that cooler? (I am a bit of a beginner at OCing) I have the 4 ghz version.

Corsair H100i GTX

NZXT X61 Kraken

Swiftech 240X

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the ekwb predator...not sure of the price, but it, and swifttech's offering are the only two that don't use asetek's pump on block patent. My money is on the ekwb offering as it actually uses industry grade components, but it is new and unproven, and it might be out of your price range.

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I reccomend the NZXT Kraken x61. That thing has my non overclocked CPU on 19 degrees at idle, I'm sure it can cope.

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I am looking to OC my 4790k and I need a better cooler for this. What is the best one for around the $130 price range, and the best speed to OC it to with that cooler? (I am a bit of a beginner at OCing) I have the 4 ghz version.

 

Delid, bare die mount, overclock, enjoy.

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Delid, bare die mount, overclock, enjoy.

Seems like it would be risky to mount a cooler that has screw lengths designed for a normal lidded CPU on a bare die.

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Seems like it would be risky to mount a cooler that has screw lengths designed for a normal lidded CPU on a bare die.

 

EK make naked mounts.

 

https://shop.ekwb.com/ek-supremacy-precisemount-add-on-naked-ivy

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Yea but those are for their Supremacy line of blocks. OP wants an AiO.

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Yea but those are for their Supremacy line of blocks. OP wants an AiO.

 

Fair point, but that wasn't the point I was making, either way from what I've seen delidding nets great results. Just get the LTT H100i and be done with it, clock it until the TIM under the IHS gives up it's ghosts then make a decision on what to do after that.

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