Top Single Tower Air Coolers for at the moment? (2014)

KaiserPhantasma

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As time goes and my research in AIO coolers from different brands lengthens (corsair,NZXT,Antec,thermaltake)...

I can't handle the thought or the problem that I'll be facing if the AIO suddenly failed from leakage (I know they cover this but it will take time to be replaced/compensated), failed/failing LED lights (too much of a hassle just to return it for this aesthetic defect) and such so I decided to go with a "premium" air cooler as I think I'll be losing sleep with the thought "when would the AIO fail in some way" and I myself can't be bothered to do such tasks as it is time consuming (for me)

so what can you name that should fit the bill???

I plan to overclock the CPU to 4.0-4.5 (I'm using a core I5 4670K)
I use a MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX motherboard
and the most problematic part of all I use corsair Vengeance RAM sticks (2x8 in slots 2-4)
problematic for the reason of height/space clearance for dual tower air coolers
and put all those in a corsair carbide 300R

currently I am eying this "rare/uniquely" designed dual tower heatsink that actually covers all my issues

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835220047

its the silverstone HE01 (don't know if you heard/seen about it)

so do you suggest any suggestions?
 

KaiserPhantasma

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I don't know about single towers that perform just as good or at least near the performance of dual tower once but I do consider cooler master's hyper series to be also a "top" performing in terms of the coolness it can provide for a CPU when overclocked at over 4.0Ghz