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The Noctua NH-U14S is $63.75 on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-Single-Tower-Cooler-NH-U14S/dp/B00C9FLSLY/ref=nav_signin?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1527893680&sr=1-3&keywords=Noctua+NH-U14s&

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1 minute ago, YourNewPalAlex said:

cheapest cooling solution for oveclocking an i5-8600K?

Cheap and Overclocking dont go together.

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The stock cooler...?

You can get like a hundred MHz overclock, with throttling, and very loud noise.

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Depends on how much you overclock it. Perhaps the NH-D14 is a good and somewhat affordable option?

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1 minute ago, Rasbir Singh said:

Depends on how much you overclock it. Perhaps the NH-D14 is a good and somewhat affordable option?

60$ is your budget for cooler. I searched online and people said the cooler master master liquid 240

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1 minute ago, YourNewPalAlex said:

well you have 60$ Whats gonna give me the most overclocking potential 

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21 minutes ago, YourNewPalAlex said:

hah 

when you overclock you are exponentially increasing the amount of heat your CPU is putting off.  cheeping out on cooling is THE LAST THING you should do in that situation.

 

I would stick to stock and save your money for a decent setup.

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The Noctua NH-U14S is $63.75 on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-Single-Tower-Cooler-NH-U14S/dp/B00C9FLSLY/ref=nav_signin?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1527893680&sr=1-3&keywords=Noctua+NH-U14s&

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