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Hi, in the future I am looking to upgrade the CPU cooler on my i7 4790k (I currently have a Hyper TX3 Evo) I will not be overclocking a great deal so I am basically looking for quiet and looks and therefore don't want a huge heatsink. My build is red and black in an NZXT H440, I am stuck between the Dark Rock 3 (Not Pro) and the Corsair H105 however I am open to more suggestions. If I got the h105 I would use 2 SP120s to reduce noise. I know the price difference is huge but please ignore that. Basically which is quietter and which will perfom better. Thanks so much, this is my first PC, Matt
 
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I don't have experience with the dr3, I'm using the pro version. If I had to guess their noise profiles would be similar and it would be hard for an aio to beat it. It's near silent as in you wouldn't know the air cooler was running if you didn't see the fan spinning. The only time it makes any noise is under full speed. In order to get my oc'd 4690k to push the dr pro 3 into 'high' fan speed I had to run prime95 and literally turn every other case fan off. A similar cooler to the h105, the h110 had higher noise levels at 25% fan speed than the dark rock 3 (non pro) did at 50% fan speed.

Sound levels of h105 compared to h110
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/corsair_h105_review,10.html

Sound levels of dark rock 3 vs h110...
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I don't have experience with the dr3, I'm using the pro version. If I had to guess their noise profiles would be similar and it would be hard for an aio to beat it. It's near silent as in you wouldn't know the air cooler was running if you didn't see the fan spinning. The only time it makes any noise is under full speed. In order to get my oc'd 4690k to push the dr pro 3 into 'high' fan speed I had to run prime95 and literally turn every other case fan off. A similar cooler to the h105, the h110 had higher noise levels at 25% fan speed than the dark rock 3 (non pro) did at 50% fan speed.

Sound levels of h105 compared to h110
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/corsair_h105_review,10.html

Sound levels of dark rock 3 vs h110
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/beQuiet/Dark_Rock_3/7.html
 
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