Water cooling vs. Air cooling for my haswell chip

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Hey guys. I want to start overclocking on my i7 4770k, but I am currently using the stock cooler. I've read that haswell chips have some cooling issue, and the price I'd be paying for a fan is pretty similar to that of a water cooler (for Haswell). Does anyone have any experience/knowledge with cpu coolers for lga 1150? Any product recommendations would be appreciated as well. Thanks all.
 

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not necessarily

the corsair only beat the D14H only by spinning faster. its fans on the h100i are 7-17 decibels louder, where 3x decibels are about 2x louder so at 35 db, corsair is about 4x louder than the D14H


Watercooling is heavily influenced by ambient temperatures, watercooling does NOT necessarily mean its better than heatsinks

To OP: it depends on how well your chip overclocks and how far you are willing to push it. there will come a limit where you will be held back by your chips thermalpaste because intel used low quality TIM between the lid and chip for both haswell and ivy bridge. the only way to fix it is voiding warranty and delliding at that point
 

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So it sounds like the unanimous answer is that water cooling is better. Now, it is down to deciding which water cooler to pick. The corsair h100i is the best one I've seen so far. Sn1992, when I look for nzxt raven, I just see a bunch of cases. dudewitbow, when I look up D14H, I get squat. Could you guys provide links? Really don't want to get a lousy cooler, and noise level is important to me. Thanks for your continued assistance guys.
 
The kraken x60 is a great cooler
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X60 98.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($107.99 @ Newegg)


Even a kraken x40 outperforms a d14 so liquid cooling is much bettr and the kraken is a great cooler x60 is better than h100i its just that corsair has got name
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/water2.0-extreme-kraken-x40-hydro-h90-elc120,3434-14.html


Best perfrmance but on acoustics its high
If acoustis is an issue go for kraken x40
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X40 98.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($82.99 @ Newegg)
 

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I would personally recommend the Swift Tech H220 cooler. Phenomenal cooler, ULTRA QUIET, even at 100%. You can also expand it to other water blocks without voiding the warranty. Its the pricier option, but worth it in the long run.
 

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i want whatever you are on. there is no way that a h100i will get 55*c temps at 4.5 ghz on a 4770k. youd be lucky to get those temps on a 2600k which runs a lot cooler then that cpu.

op this guy is blowing smoke.
 

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First of all, he was talking about the nzxt coolers (i think). Secondly, if that is true, what cooler would you recommend?
 

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tbh those temps are unrealistic for anything but extreme cooling solutions. i always say if you want liquid cooling dont go for the fisher price units. go real liquid cooling like an xspc raystorm kit. that kit will be around 7-12 degrees cooler in my experience.