- May 26, 2013
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So here's the deal - I have an i5-4670K running at 4.2GHz, idle at 28*C on a Cooler Master Hyper TX3. It's a tiny little tower cooler (92mm fan!), but its all that would fit in my old In Win Mana 136 case. But now, I've upgraded to a CM HAF XB case, and can fit up to 18cm tall coolers... So I'm putting some thought into a new cooler, and also overclocking to 4.6GHz, or even 4.8GHz if I've won the silicon lottery.
My first thought on coolers was a Noctua NH-D14. However I also started to consider closed loop water coolers if I was going to try for 4.8Ghz. I looked at the Swiftech H220 240mm rad, and the NZXT Kraken X60 280mm rad. Both are rated as the best choices in their respective sizes, but I wasn't really sure whether or not they'd have any advantage over a high end air cooler. Naturally, the rads would be in push-pull, however due to a weird design flaw in the HAF XB, I wouldn't be able to fit the Kraken X60 in with 4 140mm fans (there's a section in the front panel to install two 120mm fans, which is between the mesh front panel and the inside metal panel of the case, however you can't fit 140mm fans in here). Essentially, a quad 140mm fan set up wont fit without case modding, which I can't be bothered doing. So I'm now thinking, well what if I just fit two 120mm fans at the front of the case, and then use 140mm fans on the inner side of the rad? Would that cause any issues with cooling performance? Would i be better just going for a H220?
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Oh and if anyone has any ideas on what good radiator fans I could use would be, please let me know
My first thought on coolers was a Noctua NH-D14. However I also started to consider closed loop water coolers if I was going to try for 4.8Ghz. I looked at the Swiftech H220 240mm rad, and the NZXT Kraken X60 280mm rad. Both are rated as the best choices in their respective sizes, but I wasn't really sure whether or not they'd have any advantage over a high end air cooler. Naturally, the rads would be in push-pull, however due to a weird design flaw in the HAF XB, I wouldn't be able to fit the Kraken X60 in with 4 140mm fans (there's a section in the front panel to install two 120mm fans, which is between the mesh front panel and the inside metal panel of the case, however you can't fit 140mm fans in here). Essentially, a quad 140mm fan set up wont fit without case modding, which I can't be bothered doing. So I'm now thinking, well what if I just fit two 120mm fans at the front of the case, and then use 140mm fans on the inner side of the rad? Would that cause any issues with cooling performance? Would i be better just going for a H220?
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Oh and if anyone has any ideas on what good radiator fans I could use would be, please let me know
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