Looking for a good cpu cooler for i7-4790k

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Akr706

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My i7-4790k goes upto 85C while playing GTA 5, so I am now thinking to buy a good cooler. I have only the following options, as not much are available here in India.

* Corsair H55 - $62
* Corsair H75 - $87
* H90 - $96.7
* Noctua NH-U14S - $98.45
* H80i - $102.5
* H80i GT - $110.8
* H100i GTX - $113.4
* Noctua NH-D15 - $126.13
* H105 - $130.11

Which one has better performance to its price ? Please suggest me one, gonna buy it today. Also looked at Deepcool maelstrom 240, but it has noise level over 40 dBA. TBH I don't know how much noisy is that but Guru3D says that anything below 40 dBA is considered silent.

PS- I don't think Noctua's coolers will be able to fit on my tiny H81M-P33 mobo with a GTX 970 in the PCI-E slot.

PPS- My CM690III case can accomodate all of the above.

EDIT- Two more options are available:
* DeepCool Gamer Storm Maelstrom 240T - $86
* DeepCool Gamer Storm Captain 240 - $91.2

 
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I personally have NH-D15 and it's good, but in your case as you mentioned it won't fit, but NH-U14S should fit.
Noctua got great compatibility list for most of the motherboards.
For your mobo and NH-U14S there is this note:
"In vertical orientation, the cooler is extending over the PCI-E x16 slot, so please turn the cooler by 90°."
So if you turn cooler 90° it should fit. You can go check their page or directly email Noctua for more info. They got great support with good response time, just count in time zone difference.

About performance you can read this NH-U14S review. There is also performance comparison with some of other coolers you have on list and generally its close to top and much more silent than those watercoolers.
 
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Akr706

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I will just take it to 4.5 or 4.6 GHz later.
 
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