What Cpu Cooler For i7 4790k

jerrythepinesnake

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hello,

i just ordered the parts for my new pc build and plan to upgrade my cpu's cooler in about a month
though i am not planning to overclock i have heard that the i7 4790k can reach hot.
i want a cooler in corsair's h range wich cooler should i get?
 
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I think an air cooler would be a lot more cost effective. For example the Cooler Master Evo 212. Also zalman cpu coolers have been on sale for really cheap on newegg recently. (I picked one up for $10 AR :O)

If you really want the corsair watercooler then the h60 is cheap enough for mild overclocking. If you plan on pushing your cpu to the max then the h100i or h110 is what you want.

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I think an air cooler would be a lot more cost effective. For example the Cooler Master Evo 212. Also zalman cpu coolers have been on sale for really cheap on newegg recently. (I picked one up for $10 AR :O)

If you really want the corsair watercooler then the h60 is cheap enough for mild overclocking. If you plan on pushing your cpu to the max then the h100i or h110 is what you want.
 
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I have become a bit jaded on the subject of haswell cooling for overclocking.
How high you can OC is firstly determined by your luck in the bin lottery.
I had high expectations from the Devil's canyon parts and their better thermals.
I found out that the thermals really do not matter unless, perhaps, you are a competitive overclocker.
Haswell runs quite cool, that is, until you raise the voltage past 1.25v or so.
Once you go past 1.3v, then you really do need very good cooling to keep stress loads under say 85c.
But, the consensus is that voltages higher than 1.30 are not a good thing for 24/7 usage.
I have been unable to find any official Intel recommendation on what is a safe vcore limit.

Even if you can handle the heat, how much do you really need that extra multiplier from say 4.4 to 4.6?
My thought is that it is better to use the exotic cooling funds for a quieter and less expensive air cooler.
I suggest a good tower air cooler like noctua or phanteks with 140mm fans.

The 4790K runs at 4.0/4.4 stock.
It will do that nicely using the intel stock cooler.
But the small 92mm fan will get noisy when it spins up under load.
You will find a simple tower air cooler and a 120 or 140mm fan to be sufficient.
My canned rant on liquid cooling:
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You buy a liquid cooler to be able to extract an extra multiplier or two out of your OC.
How much do you really need?
I do not much like all in one liquid coolers when a good air cooler like a Noctua NH-D15 or phanteks can do the job just as well.
A liquid cooler will be expensive, noisy, less reliable, and will not cool any better
in a well ventilated case.
Liquid cooling is really air cooling, it just puts the heat exchange in a different place.
The orientation of the radiator will cause a problem.
If you orient it to take in cool air from the outside, you will cool the cpu better, but the hot air then circulates inside the case heating up the graphics card and motherboard.
If you orient it to exhaust(which I think is better) , then your cpu cooling will be less effective because it uses pre heated case air.
And... I have read too many tales of woe when a liquid cooler leaks.
google "H100 leak"
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