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Hey! I was just thinking of buying a new CPU cooler, upgrading from my "be quiet! Pure Rock" and I think I have settled on another air cooler, not water. I've seen many people say air is just as good as water, and without any big risks such as the water leaking. However, I was wondering what's a good and easy to install CPU air cooler? And also, what kind of temperature differance could I see going from a 30 bucks cooler to something more expensive? Is it worth the upgrade is what I'm asking. 

 

Edit: CPU I7 7700k

 

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CPU model?

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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2 minutes ago, spree said:

However, I was wondering what's a good and easy to install CPU air cooler?

I would suggest noctua coolers depending on how much space you have to install them in your case U14S/D15/D15s. There quiet easy to mount and perform as good as most AIO´s even better than some low tier ones. If you dont like the look of them the Be quiet Dark Rock Pro is also a very good one but harder to mount. 

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1 minute ago, Klemmbrett said:

I would suggest noctua coolers depending on how much space you have to install them in your case U14S/D15/D15s. There quiet easy to mount and perform as good as most AIO´s even better than some low tier ones. If you dont like the look of them the Be quiet Dark Rock Pro is also a very good one but harder to mount. 

Okay, yeah I was looking at them. Do you know or can you guess what the temperature differance would be?

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Noctua is probably the highest regarded brand for air cooler with the like of the NH-D15. On a personnal note i prefer the Phanteks PH-TC14PE.

Go look at this topic for an idea of a 30$ cooler vs 100$ ish

http://www.overclock.net/t/819568/review-noctua-nh-d14-vs-coolermaster-hyper-212/0_100

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2 minutes ago, spree said:

Okay, yeah I was looking at them. Do you know or can you guess what the temperature differance would be?

Hard to guess what temps you have atm ? There many factors that play a role here like case / air flow / thermal paste/ fan curves / OC / Voltage. 

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1 minute ago, spree said:

That's true. It sits around 70c.

My noctua U14s keeps my i5 6600K at 4,5 GHZ/1,32 volt at max of 66 c after 1 h of aida64 with a medium fan curve this could be even better if i would replace that toothpaste grade intel paste on the die.   

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Love my Noctua NH-D15. It can even passively cool modern processors so long as its not in a hot room.

If you're interested in a product please download and read the manual first.

Don't forget to tag or quote in your reply if you want me to know you've answered or have another question.

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18 minutes ago, Klemmbrett said:

My noctua U14s keeps my i5 6600K at 4,5 GHZ/1,32 volt at max of 66 c after 1 h of aida64 with a medium fan curve this could be even better if i would replace that toothpaste grade intel paste on the die.   

Do you know if the "Noctua NH-U9B SE2" is any good? 

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Do you know if the "Noctua NH-U9B SE2" is any good? 

Its a small one and very good there but compared to the other ones listed nowhere near that performance that a is a heat sink for small form factor cases.

edit: supported sockets :  LGA1156/1155/1150 and LGA1366 so no lga 1151 but there is a newer one that does that if i remember correct. 

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Good choices would be anything from Noctua, I've heard Cryorig is pretty good and my current cooler is pretty impressive too. It's an Arctic Freezer 33 eSports Edition and despite its stupid name, it can really cool. I've got my 6C12T Ryzen 5 1600 OCed to 3.9 and it doesn't even reach 70C with that cooler. And it is compatible with LGA 1151 (says 115x on it so I assume all 1150 type sockets work.)

|| CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (@3.9GHz) || Motherboard: ASUS Prime B350 Plus || Cooler: Arctic Freezer 33 eSports Edition || GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 SC || Memory: 16GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB C16 (@2933MHz) || SSD: SanDisk 128GB || HDD: WD Blue 2TB, Toshiba 2TB, Transcend 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM550x || Case: Fractal Design Focus G || Monitor: 2x AOC 23” I2369VM IPS Full HD, Samsung 32" LED TV Monitor || Mouse: Logitech G703 Wireless || Keyboard: Cooler Master MK750 RGB (Cherry MX Brown) || Speakers: Dell Stereo Speakers || Headphones: Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT / Samsung Galaxy Buds ||

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1 hour ago, spree said:

Do you know if the "Noctua NH-U9B SE2" is any good? 

That wouldn't be upgrade. it would be waste of money. If you just want quieter performance, switch fans. For performance upgrade, you need bigger surface area. So 140mm single tower or dual tower. Anything else will be about same or worse performance.

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