Curently Overclocked but...should I go with an air cooler or stick with water?

Kbandd

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As the title says..I have overclocked my 6700K to 4.7GHz at 1.36V and it is very very stable. My idle temps average around 32C - 35C and on load, around 70C - 75C. My current cooler is an H80i V2 but this is also my very first water cooler. It does have custom Corsair AF120 Quiet Fans, and not its stock ones and all..but I also want to know. Should I go for an air cooling solution instead? I have always been an air cooling man in and out but it changed with this current build. My Air Cooling I am currently looking at is the Cryorig R1 Ultimate, I could go for the Noctua NH‑D15 and such but I've never been a 'FAN' of them haha.

Idle: http://i.imgur.com/xZqCOtb.png
Load: http://i.imgur.com/ur5wnwN.png
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Should I switch to an air cooling or stick with my H80i V2?

P.S. If it makes any difference I am using Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Paste.
 

Mikel_4

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having spare cooler was never such waste of money, your parts must be lucky sample, not all of us can get stable 4.7GHz, BTW how many cores are active at that speed?
if you mostly doing CPU intensive work then try Indigo Extreme, it makes your cooler as if become one with CPU so the only thing you'll have to worry then is getting same result with less wattage.
obvious different between air and liquid cooling is watt consumption, your H80i V2 use ~5watt than dual fan air cooler, later if your H80i feels like degrading then Noctua NH-D15 would probably coupe your current OC preset.
 

Kbandd

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During my stress test, I am using all cores, 4 plus the extra 4 Hyper Threading Cores/.The CPU is at a full 99 - 100% Load and all.