Hi there people. I wanted to get some suggestions from the community. I currently have the ZALMAN Z12 Mid Tower with a Enermax ETS-T40-BLK. I was wondering if a Corsair H100i would fit my case. If it cannot fit my case, could someone suggest a great upgrade that would fit my case? I'm trying to overclock and the only problem I'm having right now is the temperatures. I don't have a budget, but I don't want to do a manual water cooling setup or buy another case.. If it matters, I also have a MSI GTX 760 Twin Frozer and G.SKILL Ripjaws X series RAM. My current CPU is an Intel i5-4670K. My motherboard is a MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming Series motherboard.
Suggestions for Excellent Quality Cooling Upgrade
- Thread starter ChillKyle
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When I was shopping for a CPU cooler, I was reading reviews and one of the first was this one: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/h100i-elc240-seidon-240m-lq320,3380-14.html
Which showed that the Noctua NH D14 cooler was just as efficient as the H100i at cooling the CPU, it was quieter and cost a lot less!
More searching found this: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/LGA-2011-i7-3960X-Air-Overclocking,3130.html
Again the Noctua NH D14 came out on top.
So is Tom's biased? How about AnandTech: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6830/cpu-air-cooler-roundup-six-coolers-from-noctua-silverstone-and-cooler-master
Based on the above info, I decided to get the Noctua NH D14 SE 2011. The SE 2011 is a little different from the base model NH D14. It is designed for a socket LGA 2011 and requires a $10 kit to mount to LGA 1150 boards, but the big attraction to me was that the SE 2011 comes with 4 pin PWM fans so that my MB can control fan speed. 90% of the time while I am just web surfing and doing basic stuff the fans are at idle and are virtually silent. Even when the CPU ramps up to 100% load, the PWM fans are still very quiet.
You need to consider whether the cooler and you memory can co-exist together. According to this list, you memory should have no clearance issues: http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=compatibility_ram_gen&products_id=34&lng=en#DDR3_G.Skill
Last, but not least, the NH D14 will fit your case because the case is 215 mm wide and the NH D14 is only 160mm tall. http://www.zalman.com/global/product/Product_Read.php?Idx=778
Good luck and happy shopping!
Yogi
Which showed that the Noctua NH D14 cooler was just as efficient as the H100i at cooling the CPU, it was quieter and cost a lot less!
More searching found this: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/LGA-2011-i7-3960X-Air-Overclocking,3130.html
Again the Noctua NH D14 came out on top.
So is Tom's biased? How about AnandTech: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6830/cpu-air-cooler-roundup-six-coolers-from-noctua-silverstone-and-cooler-master
Based on the above info, I decided to get the Noctua NH D14 SE 2011. The SE 2011 is a little different from the base model NH D14. It is designed for a socket LGA 2011 and requires a $10 kit to mount to LGA 1150 boards, but the big attraction to me was that the SE 2011 comes with 4 pin PWM fans so that my MB can control fan speed. 90% of the time while I am just web surfing and doing basic stuff the fans are at idle and are virtually silent. Even when the CPU ramps up to 100% load, the PWM fans are still very quiet.
You need to consider whether the cooler and you memory can co-exist together. According to this list, you memory should have no clearance issues: http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=compatibility_ram_gen&products_id=34&lng=en#DDR3_G.Skill
Last, but not least, the NH D14 will fit your case because the case is 215 mm wide and the NH D14 is only 160mm tall. http://www.zalman.com/global/product/Product_Read.php?Idx=778
Good luck and happy shopping!
Yogi
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