CPU Cooler for specific system build (w/ i5-4670K)

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Hi All,
I'm planning on building a computer, and I think I have all the parts I want, but I couldn't figure out what cooler to get. Also, should I have someone check to make sure all of my parts are compatible? I'm new to computer building. Here's the system I'm planning on building:

Case: Antec Three Hundred and Two
Power Supply: Antec HCG-750M
Processor: i5-4670K Haswell LGA 1150 84W
Cooler: ??
Motherboard: MSI Z87-GD65
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 1x 8Gb 1600MHz
HDD: Seagate 1Tb 7200.14 64Mb Cache; Model number: ST310005N1A1AS-RK
SDD: 32 or 64Gb SLC SSD from Intel or Crucial
Optical Drive: ASUS DRW-24B3ST
Video Card: GIGABYTE nVidia GTX 660
WiFi Card: Rosewill IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n PCI Express (RNWD-N9003PC)

Thanks for any answer in advance!
 
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1. AIO means "All In One" which means you get the CPU water-block, pump, tubing and radiator as a already built component. The Corsair H60 is one example of an AIO water cooler.

2. Your PSU will only provide as much power as your system is needing. So if you have a 750W PSU and your system only uses 400W, the PSU will operate like a 400W unit. There is nothing wrong with over-sizing your PSU.

3. Push/pull refers to having a fan installed to the front and rear (both sides) of the radiator. One pushing air in, one pulling air out. The same set-up can be used on most air coolers as well.

4. And yes, cheap PSUs CAN actually explode and cause fire and/or damage to your system components. However, Antec is a top tier company that have...
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The Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO is a good cooler for light to moderate overclocking. Anything more extreme and I would recommend an AIO water-cooling solution such as those made by Corsair (and others).

Your current PSU is overkill for your build's needs. A system with a single GTX 660 only requires ~ 450W, unless you plan on SLI'ing in the future. Refer to here for system power requirements based on type and amount of GPUs:

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

Their recommendations do not take any overclocking into account, so if you plan to oc, I'd suggest adding 50-100W to their recommended wattage.

edit: You will be better off performance-wise to get a memory kit of 2 x 4 GB sticks/modules rather than a single stick 1 x 8 GB stick module in order to utilize the motherboard's dual channel memory capability.
 
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That should all be compatible, but generally 2 4gb sticks of RAM is cheaper than one 8gb, and provides dual channel. A liquid cooler like a Corsair H60 would work perfectly in there, and you can get one refurbished for about the same price as a Hyper 212 Evo, another great cooler, but air. It doesn't look like you need to worry about low profile coolers in that case or with that motherboard, so that's not an issue. Personally, I would go for an H60, but a lot of people are weary of cheaper/refurbished/the existence of water coolers, but refurbished Corsair products generally go through more inspection than their non-refurbished. The H60 in a push/pull setup is incredible, my temps max out at 62c on a hot day with a 1ghz overclock on my 4100. As for the power supply, overkill means you can upgrade without the fear of it exploding and catching fire (not fun, especially next to your face) when you upgrade in the future.
 
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@animal: I'll change the 1x 8Gb Stick to the 2x 4Gb...I didn't know about the dual channel thing :p. Also, what does AIO stand for (as in AIO water cooling solution)? What is considered moderate overclocking? Also, if I have a power supply that has more power potential then what I'm using, will it still draw the excess power, or will it only draw as much power as I need? Because if it does the latter, I would like to have the extra power for potentional upgrades as ewok93 said.

@ewok93: What do you mean by a push/pull setup with the H60? Can power supplies actually catch fire/explode if they are exerted too heavily? Also, if I was overclocking, does it really matter if it is water cooling versus air cooling?

Thanks to both of you for responding so quickly!

edit: Part of the reason that I got a higher-powered power supply is that I didn't know how much power the components of my build other than the graphics card would draw, and I didn't want to discover I had too little.
 
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I'm probably about to sound extremely ignorant here, but I thought that CPU radiators were only there when you were using a water cooler, and that the radiator was part of said water cooler. Is that incorrect?
 
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1. AIO means "All In One" which means you get the CPU water-block, pump, tubing and radiator as a already built component. The Corsair H60 is one example of an AIO water cooler.

2. Your PSU will only provide as much power as your system is needing. So if you have a 750W PSU and your system only uses 400W, the PSU will operate like a 400W unit. There is nothing wrong with over-sizing your PSU.

3. Push/pull refers to having a fan installed to the front and rear (both sides) of the radiator. One pushing air in, one pulling air out. The same set-up can be used on most air coolers as well.

4. And yes, cheap PSUs CAN actually explode and cause fire and/or damage to your system components. However, Antec is a top tier company that have quality PSUs.

5. Either an air cooler or water cooler will allow for overclocking, it all depends on the extent you will be doing it. The problem with air coolers is that some can get quite large, bulky and have a considerable amount of weight to them along with the potential to have interference issues with motherboard layouts, some can limit the available usable memory slots without removing the cooler for access and/or memory stick/module height restrictions. Water coolers typically do not have these issues.
 
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Ok, that clears most of my questions up. One more, though: with the push/pull setup, do you use a water cooler, and put fans on either side of the water cooler's radiator, or do you put fans on either side of the CPU's heatsink?
 
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push/pull can be either on the water cooler's radiator as you described or on an air cooler (also as you described). You will use only one or the other type cooler, an air cooler OR a water/liquid cooler, not both at the same time.
 
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Sorry for this taking so much of your time...There's something fundamental about push/pull I'm missing. Since the push/pull part of the system is fans pulling and pushing air across the water cooler's radiator, wouldn't you also have to have 2 fans for that, which would be air cooling because they're fans?
 
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Air coolers typically use air (or some other gas/vapor) inside their heat-pipes to transfer the heat generated by the CPU to the heat-sink fins. Water coolers use a water-block to transfer the CPU heat to the liquid/water. Thus one is called air cooling and the other is water/liquid cooling. And technically, yes, the radiator uses air cooling to transfer its heat from the radiator into the surrounding air.

edit: Push/pull does NOT have to be used, it is just a way of improving the cooling ability of a given cooler.
 
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