Need help picking a cpu cooler

gazef

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Hey

Im building a pc and what i am missing is decent cpu cooler so if you guys have any suggestions feel free to help me out. My pc specs are currently (see below) and my price range for a cpu cooler is 80 dollars max this pc will be mainly for gaming

Thx in advance

Palit GeForce GTX 770 JetStream
Sea Sonic M12II-620Bronze
Corsair Carbide Series 500R
Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002
Crucial Ballistix Tactical
ASUS Z87-A
Intel Core i5 4670K / 3.4 GHz
 
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gazef

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a H60 is a watercooler if im not mistaken i never tried that one is it difficult to install ? and is there a difference in performance between air and water?
 

oajarmeh95

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not so big different, but the water cooling will decrease the temp better than the heatsink, and of course it depend on what are going to do to your CPU i mean overclock it or not

but in my opinion i prefer cooler master hyper 212 evo it is good and cheap heatsink
 

gazef

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Hyper 212 looks huge :D will it fit in a corsair carbide serier 500 R its a mid tower
 

oajarmeh95

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why not check this

http://pcpartpicker.com/b/J5V


 
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