Top cpu fan cooler?

Charbel Bernaba · Oct 31, 2016

Tomorrow my i7 6700k is coming which cpu fan cooler should i get? that can put my mind in rest while gaming overclocking (no water cooling )

Ak74Egy · Oct 31, 2016

Cryorig H5 ultimate or H7
in my case I have the H5 temps in the summer reach a max of 30C, with OC goes up to 33-34C

Charbel Bernaba · Oct 31, 2016

Ak74Egy :

Are u talking with i7 6700k? do you have this cpu?

JackNaylorPE · Oct 31, 2016

Charbel Bernaba :

The air cooler cooler with the best performance / noise ratio is the Noctua NH-D15 but many find it a bit lacking in the aesthetics department (aka fugly) which runs about $90 .... if you can live with 0.5C less cooling, and aesthetics is important, the Phanteks PG-TC14PE usually comes in at about $65 and is available in various colors.

Below that, there's several Scythe coolers that come in at about $50 as well as the Cryorig H5 which comes in just a hair behind. Dropping another step, there's the Cryorig H7 @ $35 ish and finishing with the overwhelming low budget solution, the Hyper 212 at $25

JackNaylorPE · Oct 31, 2016

Ak74Egy :

Yes, that's a typical idle or browsing temperature .... but under load, that's gotta be in the high 60's low 70 with any decent overclock. Throw Real Bench at it and read the temps again.

https://rog.asus.com/articles/news/realbench-v2-43-new-version-available-now/

madmatt30 · Oct 31, 2016

What country are you in ??

synphul · Oct 31, 2016

The reeven justice seems to do well, competing with the nh-d14 for around $45 if you're not put off by the unusual yellow fan and may conflict a bit with the first ram slot, same as the 212 evo. The cryorig h7 is more or less an updated 212 evo, slightly better cooling/noise with offset heat pipes and 0 ram conflict.

It would help to know what case you have, some coolers may be too tall for the width of the case. It would also help to know what ram you have, if it's somewhat tall ram it could cause problems with coolers like the nh-d14/d-15, tc14pe etc which overhang the ram.

JackNaylorPE · Oct 31, 2016

This will give ya an idea of what each "step-up" brings to the table

An OC'd 6700k is right around 125 watts.

The D15 beats out the top coolers from Raijintech (TSIS), Reeven (Okeanos), Phanteks (PH-TC14-PE) and Cryorig (R1 Ultimate) by as much as 1C but, other than the Phanteks) many find all of them a bit "hard to look at".

With all the raving about the Hyper 212, it represents only a 5.2C improvement over Intel's BXRS15A Socket 1151 cooler.... the Phanteks gets you almost 10C additional over the Hyper 212 and the D15 another 1C on top of that ... picking which one ya want is therefore a balance between how much ya wanna get versus how much ya wanna spend

Ak74Egy · Oct 31, 2016

JackNaylorPE :

Ak74Egy :

Yes, that's a typical idle or browsing temperature .... but under load, that's gotta be in the high 60's low 70 with any decent overclock. Throw Real Bench at it and read the temps again.

https://rog.asus.com/articles/news/realbench-v2-43-new-version-available-now/

already did, and got to 38C

madmatt30 · Oct 31, 2016

Ak74Egy :

JackNaylorPE :

already did, and got to 38C

You live in an igloo ??

As good as the h5 is ,its not 'that' good.

Charbel Bernaba · Oct 31, 2016

madmatt30 :

Ak74Egy :

You live in an igloo ??

As good as the h5 is ,its not 'that' good.

Im not that good at picking stuff and do my research can you guys pick me a fan and ill just buy it? I just want to overclock and game and put my mind at rest thank you

madmatt30 · Oct 31, 2016

Charbel Bernaba :

madmatt30 :

Im not that good at picking stuff and do my research can you guys pick me a fan and ill just buy it? I just want to overclock and game and put my mind at rest thank you

you need to give us board ,ram make & configuration & case model mate to make an informed choice.

Your country & max budget would not go amiss either.

There is literally too much choice out there without the above info.

madmatt30 · Oct 31, 2016

JackNaylorPE :

Where's that list from ?? Those plainly are not 150w load temps which makes them essentially useless in comparisons,

Charbel Bernaba · Oct 31, 2016

madmatt30 :

Okay my list is first the case is phantek enthoo pro and cpu is i7 6700k and my rams are ripjaws white edition speed 3000 ddr4 and gpu is asus rog 1070 im gonna do overclocking and gaming and thats it
And as for the rams they will be dual channel rams not just 1 stick

madmatt30 · Oct 31, 2016

so 2 sticks of ram ??

whats your country though mate??
, the cryorigs are good choices but availability is sketchy in a lot of areas

Charbel Bernaba · Oct 31, 2016

I live in usa mate

JackNaylorPE · Nov 7, 2016

madmatt30 :

That's the Anadtech site logo on the graph and it's not as if Anandtech was not a reliable source. You can choose 60 watts, 100 watts, 150 watts, 200 watts, 250 watts and 340 watts. The relative performance is consistent with other published results and typical for heat block testing.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10785/the-alphacool-nexxxos-cool-answer-360-ddc-xt-liquid-cooling-kit-review/6

can also look here where we see that the D15 manages a 1c win over the Phanteks and Cryorig top coolers

Charbel Bernaba :

Same answer.... Phanteks PH-TC14-PE, like the graph in m y previous post and echoed above shows, the D-15 is a hair better, but to my eyes (and wallet) ....

a) not worth the miniscule thermal performance increase.
b) the D-15 fans are just too fugly.

Case - The case you have chosen will have no impact on your cooler selection. The Enthoo Pro took home "Case of the Year award from Computex. However, the Enthoo Luxe is a better case, and I'd recommend it if you can swing it. There will be no fit issues with the Phanteks, Noctua or just about any air cooler with either case as both have 193 mm of cooler clearance. Again, the white Enthoo Luxe case w/ build in LED system, white RAM and white cooler presents a stunning appearance.

RAM - As long as you avoid RAM with those silly tall / toothy heat sinks you'll be fine. The only cooling function of those tall / toothy heat sinks is to "look cool". Heat sinks actually serve little purpose on DDR3 / DDR4 and haven't really been needed since DDR2.

MoBo - While the MoBo selection can cause issues with certain coolers, that's extremely unlikely to be the case with a Z170 MoBo.

Budget - Covered that in my 1st post. Springing for a 6700k w/o setting enough money aside to adequately cool it would be performance limiting. So I am assuming that you have prepared a balanced build as putting a $25 Hyper 212 on a Z170 / 6700k build is like putting a $45 (ea) set of tires on a Porsche.

GFX Card - No relevant to CPU cooling. Tho for aesthetics (black shroud w/ white highlights), you might want to look at the MSI QuickSilver 1070

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137046

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