Need some advices for cooling i7 4790k

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Hello guys as title says, I would like to know some advices on which cooler I should get. Browings on some forums people suggested me to pick either the Noctua NH-D14 or the Artic liquid Freezer 240. What do you think I should do? In my country they cost basically the same. Are these cooling any good? Thanks in advance for help
 

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I'll probably use amazon.it and I would like to not go over the price of these 2 coolers if possible so no more than 75 Euro
 

Farinder

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I'm little undecided cause the I saw the noctua cooler and it looks enormous, I'm not even sure if it will fit in my case
 

Morad Tamer

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Well at this point
you should be able to put whatever CPU cooler you like and you have a lot of choices
I recommend you get the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO it is a great choice for price to performance as it is approximately 25USD
OR If you want a liquid cooler get the Corsair H100i or the Corsair H115i according to your budget
 

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Well actually I would like to say that i'm not really interested in overclocking my processor at moment at least. Are these cooler you suggested any good? I'm currently at 77 °C while gaming and according to hwmonitor the processor wasn't even used completely
 

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If so the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO is the best choice for you
OR if you want a liquid cooler get the Corsair H60 (about 65USD)
BUT
if you want to overclock the situation changes so what is your budget ??
 
Go with the liquid kit. just for CPU, you can go with 120mm rad.
It has about the same performance as the best air coolers on open stands, but perform much better in closed cases.
They take the heat away from CPU and move it directly out of the case.
 

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Sorry for the long wait I haven't received a single notification in my mail. Well like I sayed before i'm not really sure if I want to overclock or not, since i'm still a beginner when it comes to pc ( i was barely able to build mine) .
Also i'm not even sure how many degrees i'll lose with any of these coolers. To be honest even if they are cheap for me they aren't worth the money if the final result would be something just barely under 70°C.
As I told you before I would like to not surpass the 75 euro but that could change if it is really worth the money
 

Farinder

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How about their durability? Wouldn't air coolers last longer and do less noise?
Also I would like to add that the upper part of the case, where the radiators of the liquid cooler should be placed, is a bit strange since it's barely open

 


Without good airflow case, your air cooling will be louder.
Of course air coolers are more durable in theory, but on the other hand, I have cheap TT pump running 24/7 for almost 10 years :)
Arctic liquid Freezer 240 is cheap enough to try the power of liquid cooling. And even if it brakes, you can fix it by adding fluid or replacing the pump.
If you can afford it, go with the kits from Switech, Alphacool, EK. They are better quality and are expandable.
there is no rule where to place your radiators, you can put them in intake config in the front or on the bottom. Or you can put them on the top or rear as exhaust. As I said, you can go with the much more compact Arctic liquid Freezer 120. I doubt you will notice the difference.
What is your case model ?
 

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I'm not sure how I could fix it by myself without some instructions since i'm a newbie c: . Those kits seems extremely priced, I'm running on a budget, i wasn't very clear probably. Like I sayed if it's worth the money I can pay for that, the difference in price between the 120 and 240 is less than 15 euro, which is nothing if you think for how much time one should use it.
This is exactly my case: https://www.amazon.it/LC-Power-Pro-930W-Case-Midi-Bianco/dp/B00IB85D2I/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1464957333&sr=8-4&keywords=lc+case