Water Cooling Or Air Cooling?

David p · Mar 22, 2013

Should i be Water Cooling Or Air Cooling? Also whitch product..? Please help. I also will have my cpu overclocked.. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/L1Vr Thanks

Deleted member 362816 · Mar 22, 2013

You can air cool is is cheaper. I wouldn't watercool unless you are going to do a custom loop

das_stig · Mar 22, 2013

For your i7-3770K, Swiftech H220 water cooler or Noctua NH D-14 on air.

MauveCloud · Mar 22, 2013

Mostly it depends on your budget, and also to some extent your overclocking goals. I suggest you read http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/277130-29-read-first-watercooling-sticky to help you decide for yourself.

David p · Mar 22, 2013

das_stig :

Would this cooler do? http://www.dabs.ie/products/xigmatek-dark-knight-nighthawk-heatsink-865P.html

babernet_1 · Mar 22, 2013

David p :

Yes, the Dark Knight looks very interesting.

http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2693&page=1

Frosty Tech has lots of reviews. The Dark Knight seems a bit noisy though. If you go Noctua, get a NH-C14, it weighs a half pound less than the NH-D14 so is less stress on the motherboard with a bit better cooling. And it cools the motherboard better.

Danra · Apr 22, 2013

The Dark Knight is not as good as the Noctua NH D-14. I chose the Noctua NH C-14 and it does well for me, even though I only have an average CPU to overclock. I like how the NHC-14 blows on the motherboard to help cool components.

Some tests show the NH D-14 slightly beating the C-14 and some show the opposite.

I forgot a link...

http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2562&page=5

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