Best liquid cooler for i7 4790k ( upgrading my cryorig h7 )

Patriek

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hi, currently I'm running my i7 4790k on 4.0 ghz 70c max ,instead of the usual 4.4 ghz because else it would easily go to 85c or higher. with my current cryorig h7 cooler.

Now I'm thinking about getting a liquid cooler to fix the problem and maybe overclock my i7 even higher then 4.4ghz. Which liquid cooler would be the best for overclocking? I've a thermaltake n25 casing. And I've for 2 radiator spaces above. It only supports 240mm or 120mm radiators.
http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model.aspx?id=C_00002891

Regards, Patriek
 
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All the 240mm coolers perform roughly the same as far as temps go. With stock fans. So any cooler you get will be adequate, but you'll see a very large satisfaction difference between coolers with good fans like the swiftec h220x and crappy fans like the Corsair h100i coolers.

Rather than recommendations, you'd be better served going to pcpartpicker.com, finding several coolers that look viable for your case, country and budget then Google their respective professional reviews. This way you'll get all the pros and cons as to which are good, quiet, reliable etc. Don't bother with Amazon or newegg etc reviews, they are generally garbage, stick with professional like frostytech, guru3d, realhardtechX, overclockers etc.

LilTwist

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If you are scared of water in your case you can get a Noctua NH-D15 or D15S. Those monster air coolers are magnificent. I own the NH-D15S and it keeps my CPU nice and cool. They are huge coolers so you would need a case that has the depth for it. They are meant for OCing.
 

Karadjgne

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All the 240mm coolers perform roughly the same as far as temps go. With stock fans. So any cooler you get will be adequate, but you'll see a very large satisfaction difference between coolers with good fans like the swiftec h220x and crappy fans like the Corsair h100i coolers.

Rather than recommendations, you'd be better served going to pcpartpicker.com, finding several coolers that look viable for your case, country and budget then Google their respective professional reviews. This way you'll get all the pros and cons as to which are good, quiet, reliable etc. Don't bother with Amazon or newegg etc reviews, they are generally garbage, stick with professional like frostytech, guru3d, realhardtechX, overclockers etc.
 
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the swiftech one is great, but it seems often of the pricey side.
 

marko55

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I'm a huge fan of the h105 but have only OCd the enthusiast chips (3930k, 5820k and 6900k). It handles those very well though and with two less cores I'd expect you'd do even better. My personal 5820k is running at 4439 at 1.28v and even under prime 95 max heat torture test i only reach high 70s and only in 2 cores. Under all application loads it never gets out of the 60s.

I do ALWAYS replace the stock fans on these but not due to functionality, it's a noise thing.
 

Karadjgne

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I prefer the h105 as well, to the h100i series, has a lot to do with the Asetek pumps vrs the h100i CoolIT design. (Asetek are the round ones). Much quieter, more reliable. My personal favorite aio is the nzxt Kraken series, but other than the x31 120mm rad, the x41/x61 are 140/280mm, so wouldn't fit.

The biggest issue yo might run into with a smaller case and the h105 is motherboard clearances. It's a thick radiator vrs the h100i thin radiator, so sticks down farther. This often puts the fans in the way of the top side headers and possibly the EPS connector.