cpu cooler decision

joaofsa2000pt · Aug 20, 2016

so i will be buying a 6700k or a 7700k(because i will be making my purchase in the beggining of 2017) and i heard really good cpu coolers but cant decide which one to get.
Noctua NH-D15
Thermalright Macho rev.B
ThermalRight Macho X2
Cryorig R1 Ultimate

or if you have any better suggestion you are free to leave them here. i will be ocing the cpu so i want a good high end AIR cooler

HiggsPrime · Aug 20, 2016

Dear joafsa,

Noctua NH-D15
ThermalRight Macho X2
Cryorig R1 Ultimate

are good air cooler provided that your exhaust is also SP(static pressure) fan and not AF(airflow) fan.

However, I would suggest going for water cooler as you overclock those beast CPU.

geofelt · Aug 20, 2016

All will do the job, but they are BIG.

14nm skylake runs cool so really high end cooling is not needed.
Let me assume your case will have decent air intake(2 120mm front intakes or better)

I would be planning on a Noctua NH-U14s.
The new s variants are designed to clear high ram heat spreaders, and are offset to clear graphics cards in the first slot.
It cools as well as AOI coolers and will be quieter while doing it.

I have no problem cooling a i5-6600K @4.8 with a smaller NH-U12s.

joaofsa2000pt · Aug 20, 2016

my case can go up to 170mm cpu coolers. also i dont have that great of a intake but i can always get fans for free so i might do that

joaofsa2000pt · Aug 20, 2016

geofelt :

also since my ambient temp is 20-40ºC in summer i want a better cooler to compensate that. thank you for your suggestion

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