I am building my own rig and was wondering what CPU cooler i should get for 80$ or under. Here is my build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ybytD3
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Best Air or Liquid Cooling Under 80$
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Archaic59
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Never worry about an AIO leak with a good air cooler.
Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler
http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=82802&vpn=NH-U14S&manufacture=Noctua
Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler
http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=82802&vpn=NH-U14S&manufacture=Noctua
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What are your plans? If just cooling is one thing, mild another, and extreme is a whole different game altogether. By setting a monetary cap, you've regulated the choice of coolers to mild OC AIO's to mid OC air. The above Noctua is a good choice, as is a corsair h55. All depends on what your goals are.
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Go with air, there isn't anything under $100 that is 'liquid' that is worth purchasing that can't be done with an air cooler for the same price.
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It's a matter of preferences. AIO's are expensive, yet do the same basic job as air towers. The $60 Corsair H55 AIO is the liquid equivalent of the $25 cm hyper212 EVO. Me personally, I prefer the aesthetics of an AIO, so I came up off the cash for a h55 over the hyper212. My preference.
There's many good air coolers out there, like the Phanteks PH-TC14PE that are the same rough price as that h55, but do a whole heap better job at cooling a cpu pushed under OC conditions, so as rubix said, go with air. It's the wisest choice for your budget and with your choice in case you aren't limited much in options there.
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/phanteks-cpu-cooler-phtc14pe
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhd14
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/be-quiet-cpu-cooler-bk018
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhc14
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/phanteks-cpu-cooler-phtc14pebk
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/cryorig-cpu-cooler-crc1a
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/cryorig-cpu-cooler-h5universal
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-cpu-cooler-h90
About as good as they come.
There's many good air coolers out there, like the Phanteks PH-TC14PE that are the same rough price as that h55, but do a whole heap better job at cooling a cpu pushed under OC conditions, so as rubix said, go with air. It's the wisest choice for your budget and with your choice in case you aren't limited much in options there.
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/phanteks-cpu-cooler-phtc14pe
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhd14
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/be-quiet-cpu-cooler-bk018
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhc14
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/phanteks-cpu-cooler-phtc14pebk
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/cryorig-cpu-cooler-crc1a
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/cryorig-cpu-cooler-h5universal
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-cpu-cooler-h90
About as good as they come.
Tradesman1
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Best bang for the buck is the Hyper 212 EVO, should be good through 4.6, and right wit or slightly behind (in my testing is the Cryorig H7, both under $35, as far as AIOs, it will take a h100 or so beat these two cooling wise 
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