Best CPU Cooler for overclocking?

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Tettryn

Tettryn

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I'm planning to overclock my i5 3750K.. but at the moment I'm still using the stock cooler so I'm just a bit wary.

So my budget is £100, I don't really want to go over that.. I'm also not interested in water cooling, I don't want to build a custom loop and as far as I'm aware it's not really worth it for a closed loop?

Really what I'm looking for is just some recommendations on particularly good coolers people have used..

If it helps, these were 3 coolers I was looking at getting:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Phanteks-PH-TC14PE-CPU-Cooler-Blue/dp/B005OQJVP0/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1368740709&sr=1-2&keywords=Phanteks+PH+TC14 (I like this one because it's blue haha...)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thermalright-Silver-Arrow-SB-E-Extreme/dp/B008CJSZO4/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1368740752&sr=1-1&keywords=Silver+Arrow+Extreme
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Noctua-Heatsink-Cooling-Dual-NH-D14/dp/B002VKVZ1A/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1368740763&sr=1-1&keywords=Noctua+NH-D14

Thanks, :)
 
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Air: Noctua NH-D14 (The only disadvantage of this is it may block some RAM slots so you would have to get low-profile RAM)
Liquid: Swiftech H220 (A bit over your budget and won't do that much better than the NH-D14)
I realize you stated you would not be interested in water cooling but I figured I'd list it anyway.
 
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Tettryn

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Yeah I've heard good things about the Noctua... I've got a HAF X case which is pretty big so I'd hope it would fit, my motherboard has 4 ram slots and I'm currently only using two.. So I guess I could just move my two ram cards to the further away slots if that would fit? Just how big is it...?
 
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Hi

I know the Noctua is a favorite but I tried the Silverstone Heligon HEO1, 300W cooler with 1 140mmx38 fan. I added the extra 2 fans that it can have added on (I had 2 scythe 140mm fans laying around, and it comes with the clips) I leave the cooler in silent mode for normal use and turn on the turbo fan switch when I want to bench @ 5GHz or something.

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Tettryn

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Tall. Like I said though, I've still got two spare slots (All my ram slots are next to eachother on the right of my cpu) and I don't plan on adding any more ram anytime soon so I could just move my existing ones over.. Would that fit or is the cooler really that large?
 
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I see, I'll measure tomorrow to see if it'll fit... Also, I hadn't thought about the weight so thanks for mentioning that, I've got a Gigabyte Z77X-D3H motherboard, will the weight really be a big issue? I would have assumed motherboards would generally be pretty resilient?
 
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Mobo are designed to handle stock cpu cooler which are not very tall or heavy. That why after market coolers have a cpu back plate to reinforce the mobo. The weight of the cooler hangs off the mobo so time and moving of the computer can cause stress fractures.
 
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Yeah, my HSF is equally massive but It stands up from a horizontal MB not standing up in a tower. Gigabyte has some pretty thick high quality motherboards though, so unless you move your tower around to lan events the weight shouldn't be a problem with the supplied support.

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