Air cooling for new pc

[Scitesh]

Hey guyz I have embarked on the journey of making a new PC for my younger brother as a gift 

Specs finalized upon 

I5 6600k(would be oced but not crazy)

Gigabyte/MSI gaming 7 OR

Asus 170 a

MSI/zotac 970

16gb Ripjaws V at 3200Mhz

Case shortlisted

1)nzxt phantom 410

2)CM haf xm(most likely due to sales)

3)corsair 760D/spec alpha

4)circle cc830(for everyone not from India here's the link:

http://www.circlect.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=273)

 

So I was wondering whether I should opt for air or liquid cooling and please suggest me certain options

 

[Moonzy]

Non-OC CPU: Stock cooler or Hyper 212

Mild OC CPU: Hyper 212, Cryorig H7

Heavy OC CPU: Dark Rock Pro 3, NH-D14/D15, H100i GTX, Kraken x61, custom watercooling (not recommended unless you have money to burn)

 

air or liquid depends on you, i would recommend Dark Rock 3, good balance between reliability, compatibility and cooling performance (although not in the list above)

5 minutes ago, Scitesh said:

Gigabyte/MSI gaming 7 OR

Asus 170 a

i recommend asus for fan xpert  but realistically both will do the job, i just like fan xpert a lot

6 minutes ago, Scitesh said:

MSI/zotac 970

whichever fits the theme

6 minutes ago, Scitesh said:

1)nzxt phantom 410

2)CM haf xm(most likely due to sales)

3)corsair 760D/spec alpha

4)circle cc83

pick one you like that supports the cooler you pick

or pick a case then only pick a cooler lol

have your brother pick a case

also, N450

[DioOmicida]

I run an I5 6600k on the Asus Pro Gamming board.
OC to 4.7, with the 212 during an Adia stress testing my cpu never got above 60f.
I picked up an MSI Gaming 4G to fit the ascetics of my case and over clocked it further.
As for case, really that depends a lot on ascetics, IO placement, and the like.

11 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

have your brother pick a case

I'd have him pick the case since he will be the one always looking at it.
Assuming you show him a collection of cases to fit the build.

[Scitesh]

K thankyou guyz just one more question what are your thoughts on liquid AIOs

(Nzxt is a skip even though shipping is free via B&H but it will arrive 3 days too late)

[aisle9]

43 minutes ago, Scitesh said:

K thankyou guyz just one more question what are your thoughts on liquid AIOs

(Nzxt is a skip even though shipping is free via B&H but it will arrive 3 days too late)

120 rads are a complete waste of money. There are some really nice 240/280 rads out there, but unless you're planning on really pushing your OC, there's no point.

 

You've also got three failure points on an AIO (pump, fans, hose) vs. one on air (fan), and an AIO failure can, in rare cases, destroy your entire system, whereas a air cooler failing will just throttle you until you figure out that your fan's not working. AIOs are also louder than quality air coolers, but most 240s cool at least as well as high-end air coolers, sometimes even better.