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TheOrdix
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This system is about 2 years old. I play games on it every day. 3-4 weeks ago i started to play bf3 again and noticed temps over 70°C. Thats why I think I need a new cpu cooler :D

 

My System:
Case:   Corsair 300r
Mb:      GB GA-Z68XP-UD3

Cpu:     i5 2400
Gpu:     GB Gtx 550ti (open design)
PSU:    Cougar A450 80+ Bronze
SSD:    120GB Corsair Forge
HDD:     Random 1tb
             Random old 160gb
RAM:     Corsair vengeance black ddr3 1600

Cooler:    Intel stock cooler (pls dont hate me :))

 

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I thought about replacing the case fans too because i want it to be quiet.
Stock Fans are 1x 120 at the back and 1x 140 at the front.

I looked at the Noctua nh u12s. But what do you think? And wich case fans do i have to use? (They can be noctua because i dont have the windowed version of the case :D)

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Noctua of some sort for air cooling or an H100i otherwise

System Specs - CPU: i7 4770K - RAM: 8GB(2x4GB) Vengeance Pro - Motherboard: Maximus VI Gene - Case: Modded PowerMac G5 - CPU Cooler: H100i - PSU: AX860i - SSD: Samsung 840 Series 120GB and Kingston V300 120GB - HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB - Graphics Card: 2x GTX 780 - Case Fans: SP120s and Spectre 140s - Headphones: HD700, Alpha Dog, SE215

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If you clean the heatsync and reapply thermal paste you should stay under 70c but you don't need anything highend, just grab a 212 evo and that will cool it more than you would ever need. My overclocked 3570k stays below 70c with my 212 evo.

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Is that thing quiet?

Yes. The Noctua NH-D14 is really good though.

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Isnt the h100i a little to good for my old cpu?

Yeah, it'd be overkill.

Is that thing quiet?

It's pretty quiet.

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i'm pretty sure the stock cooler is fine. it handles my i5 at 5ghz just fine. just set a fan profile with speed fan and get some proper thermal paste.

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Okay, I will try the 212 evo or the noktua nh u12s (I know they play in different leagues but I want to get one for christmas and if i get the present it doesnt realy matter :DD)

Can someone aswer this question?
 

 

But I want to change the case fans. Linus said the nf f12 is very good. but wich one is the 140mm version?

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