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MxZeal
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So in 4 years 3 water coolers died on me..  its getting annoying and expensive i wan't to make the change to air coolers

I got a i7 3930K can anyone recommend me some air coolers? i know nothing about them lol

(please use newegg.ca or amazon.ca if linking as Canadian pricing is ridiculous) 

greatly appreciated. 

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1 minute ago, MxZeal said:

So in 4 years 3 water coolers died on me..  its getting annoying and expensive i wan't to make the change to air coolers

I got a i7 3930K can anyone recommend me some air coolers? i know nothing about them lol

(please use newegg.ca or amazon.ca if linking as Canadian pricing is ridiculous) 

greatly appreciated. 

NH-D14/D15

Cyroig H7

Dark Rock Pro

FPS <3

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Nixeus Revel Review

 

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I love the Be Quiet! coolers. they're seriously amazing

 

noctua has really good ones, but they all look terrible.

 

Look at Phanteks they have some nice looking ones:)

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3 hours ago, Aytex said:

n-D15

Cyroig H7

+ Phanteks (dont remember the product)

 

They are the best 3 air coolers out there but the nh-d15 is the best.

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I don't think the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo would be that great for a i7-3930k, but I love mine on my 4790k. I was gonna go on the same route as your with AIO but decided its another problem with durability, god forbid a leak if I got one, and the price for a replacement all adds up. 

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CM Hyper 212 Evo. 

Keeps my oc'd 4350 @4.6 ghz at 33 degrees celcius.

Red (Soon to be Retired): CPU: FX-8350 Cooler: CM 212 Evo  GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1060 6GB RAM: 16 GB Kingston HyperX 1866MHz Mobo: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 SSD: Kingston 128 GB (Boot), Samsung 860 EVO 500 GB (Main Games) HDD: WD Black 1 TB (Storage + Older Games) PSU: EVGA W1 500W Monitor: Dell ST2220l 21.5". Peripherals: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 Keyboard, Razer Deathadder Mouse, SteelSeries mosepad, 

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Toronto doesn't look like it gets to hot, 21ºC average in the summer, so you don't need the biggest or the best of the best, but a good single tower cooler would allow you to get at your ram without messing with it, speaking of ram you wouldn't have to worry about clearance either so if you decide to use ridiculously tall ram you're fine.

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BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 

Noctua D15S

Phanteks PH-TC14PE

 

I personally have the DRP3 on my 3930K and love it, if you want to squeeze more silence out of it, do like me and order a second 135mm fan from BeQuiet, it's an extra 10$ USD, worth it for me 

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Well what is your budget for a cooler? You are going to want something on the beefy side since that cpu can put out a fair amount of heat overclocked.

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On 4/7/2016 at 0:04 PM, MxZeal said:

So in 4 years 3 water coolers died on me..  its getting annoying and expensive i wan't to make the change to air coolers

I got a i7 3930K can anyone recommend me some air coolers? i know nothing about them lol

(please use newegg.ca or amazon.ca if linking as Canadian pricing is ridiculous) 

greatly appreciated. 

Have you been replacing them yourself when they die? Good lord. You should try to RMA them at least; reputable brands will replace them for just about anything. Corsair and EK will replace components that their AIOs leak on too. 

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