Which cooler to pair up with the 8700k?

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pencea

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I'm thinking about upgrading to the 8700k and hoping to clock it to 5ghz to make it even more worthwhile.

In the past I’ve used air coolers exclusively for every build and hesitated going AIO solutions mainly due to being a little unfamiliar with them, but this time I might actually switch over to one.

Which decent AIO cooler would you guys recommend to use for the 8700k running at 5ghz or will the Noctua air coolers still suffice?

I have an old case NZXT Phantom 820 so I’m not too sure which one will fit/compatible with my case.
 
Go with an AIO, they're typically much quieter than an air cooler and 100% not as ugly.

I personally like the 2x fan Corsair and Thermaltake models. You just need to match the fan/rad size
to whatever your case will allow.
 
Any decent 240 AIO would be fine, you wouldn't need much more.
 
troisanh said:
cant go wrong with this https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608072
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+1, although I believe with socket alignment on most 115x boards you do not need the S version, the regular one comes with 2 fans. I even have it on an Z270 itx board. The S model is pretty much required for not blocking slots on most 20xx boards though.

Go with an AIO, they're typically much quieter than an air cooler and 100% not as ugly.
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Mass-produced AIO being quieter is very wrong in my experience vs quality air coolers/fans. The wimpy pumps they all use have fucking annoying tone profiles and are usually louder at a given load. I have definitely heard some very quiet custom loops with better pumps, probably have to work less to flow at the same rate, much like large vs small fans in air.
 
pencea said:
I'm thinking about upgrading to the 8700k and hoping to clock it to 5ghz to make it even more worthwhile.

In the past I’ve used air coolers exclusively for every build and hesitated going AIO solutions mainly due to being a little unfamiliar with them, but this time I might actually switch over to one.

Which decent AIO cooler would you guys recommend to use for the 8700k running at 5ghz or will the Noctua air coolers still suffice?

I have an old case NZXT Phantom 820 so I’m not too sure which one will fit/compatible with my case.
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Duh
 
Aluminum said:
Mass-produced AIO being quieter is very wrong in my experience vs quality air coolers/fans. The wimpy pumps they all use have fucking annoying tone profiles and are usually louder at a given load. I have definitely heard some very quiet custom loops with better pumps, probably have to work less to flow at the same rate, much like large vs small fans in air.
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CLC's aren't "quieter" it's just a different tone. Realistically, I have two scythe fans on my Fuma and I never hear them.
 
As others have said, CLCs are not quieter than a good air cooler is. CLCs also cost more, have a much higher failure rate, don't cool any better than top air at same noise level, and when they do fail you have no cooling until you replace them. With an air cooler the only thing that can realistically fail is the fan, and a big cooler will still work with no fan .. or with any fan you might have held on with rubber bands until a suitable replacement can be found.

If you can stand the noise you can put similar high performance loud fans like come on CLCs on a good air cooler and it will cool up to 10c better than stock fans on air cooler .. and .. that is about 5c cooler than CLCs are. ;)
 
I've thought about AIOs but always stick with air coolers. I'm still using a 7yr old Thermalright Mux-120 that I got used on ebay for like $15. When I upgraded to a 6700k I got a newer Thermalright True Spirit 140 Power that didn't end up fitting in my case. I put the old thermalright Mux-120 to get the system running and it actually cools fine as long as I kept the voltage under 1.4v.
 
Forget about AIO's

You want the Caddy :cool:

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Whisper quiet & will cool better than an AIO. You want the D...........
























15.
 
NH-D15 / NH-D15S are marginally if any better than may other top tier coolers .. like Le Grand Macho RT, R1 Ultimate, Silver Arrow IB-E, TRUE Spirit 140 Power, NH-U14S, and the list goes on and on. Fact is some reviews show Le Grand Macho RT as better than D15 varients. Another fact is D15 uses 1500rpm fans whle most coolers use 1200-1300rpm fans .. and a couple hundred rpm means a degree or two lower temps. Silver Arrow IB-E Extreme is about 8 degrees cooler than D15, but also much louder because it has fans that cool and sound just as good as NF-A15 at same rpm, but can be ran all the way up to 2500rpm with way more airflow and pressure. TRUE Spirit 140 Power and NH-D14 tested with TY-143 fans ran 8-10c cooler than with stock fans.
 
i like the D15, i have it with my 8600k right now and it only gets to 68c with a 5.0ghz overclock. I do have it delidded too though.
 
doyll said:
NH-D15 / NH-D15S are marginally if any better than may other top tier coolers .. like Le Grand Macho RT, R1 Ultimate, Silver Arrow IB-E, TRUE Spirit 140 Power, NH-U14S, and the list goes on and on. Fact is some reviews show Le Grand Macho RT as better than D15 varients. Another fact is D15 uses 1500rpm fans whle most coolers use 1200-1300rpm fans .. and a couple hundred rpm means a degree or two lower temps. Silver Arrow IB-E Extreme is about 8 degrees cooler than D15, but also much louder because it has fans that cool and sound just as good as NF-A15 at same rpm, but can be ran all the way up to 2500rpm with way more airflow and pressure. TRUE Spirit 140 Power and NH-D14 tested with TY-143 fans ran 8-10c cooler than with stock fans.
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I'll pay a little more for the best mounting system by far. Some of the other vendors have really shit mounts I cannot stand, anything with a 'swivel cross' is instant no to me. On the budget end I've seen some so sloppy they have got to be borderline unsafe/uneven stress on boards.
 
Cryorig and Phanteks mounts are good too, but while Thermalright and be quiet! are good mounts their small screws and loose crossbar does make them harder to work with. I agree, some of the budget coolers have really poor mounting hardware.
 
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