Cryorig H7 Cooler performance with i5 4690 or i7 4790 ?

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Hi,

I want to replace the stock cooler of my i5 4690, the priority of the replacement is a quiet solution than the stock. Does anyone has any experience with the Cryorig h7 ?

My temps at idle are 40c and around 60's on load (gaming). Im planning to upgrade the cpu to an i7 4790 before the end of the year.
 
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It's overkill for both, and should be very quiet. The H7 is an appropriate cooler for overclocked "K" CPUs and for use on CPUs with up to a 140w TDP, such as Intel's 6, 8, and 10 core chips.

EDIT: For what it's worth, 60's celsius is relatively cool for your current CPU. You could safely tweak your fan speed profile to let your CPU run 10-15c warmer and significantly cut down noise, without spending any money.
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It's overkill for both, and should be very quiet. The H7 is an appropriate cooler for overclocked "K" CPUs and for use on CPUs with up to a 140w TDP, such as Intel's 6, 8, and 10 core chips.

EDIT: For what it's worth, 60's celsius is relatively cool for your current CPU. You could safely tweak your fan speed profile to let your CPU run 10-15c warmer and significantly cut down noise, without spending any money.
 
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Right now the speed profile is on quiet for the fans, I believe it hits 65c more or less when gaming, but I want to decrease the fan noise, the H7 should achieve the same temps or maybe lower with less fan noise, right ?
 
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The stock intel cooler is adequate for non overclocked processors as you have shown.
I might think that if you get 40c. at idle, you cooler may nave not been mounted well.
I expect to see 10-15c. over ambient.
Check that all 4 pushpins are through the motherboard and locked.
Or, your case may not be supplying enough intake cooling air.
Under load, your temperatures are good. I would not worry about 75c.
At 100c. the cpu will slow down or shut off to protect itself.
The main problem for now is the noise that a 92mm fan makes under load.

Cryorig H7 uses a 120mm fan and will be a much more effective cooler, entirely suitable for a I7-4790K and an overclock.
The big advantage of the H7 is the compact 145mm height.
If you have 160mm available, look into the relatively unknown $35 scythe kotetsu.
I installed one in my son's I5-3570K with nice results.
Here is a review; it competes well with the hyper212 and even the noctua NH0U12s.
Particularly look at the noise vs. cooling stats.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/Scythe_Kotetsu

 
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The temps should be fine since the ambient temp is around 30C currently and the fans are at the minimum rpm, if I increase the rpm I could get the idle temps go down to 35C (but its loud to my taste) . The cooler is well mounted.

Sadly I have the core v1 and I cant use anything above 145mm. The h7 is at the limit hahaha just 1 or 2 mm of space left between the cover and the cooler.
 
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Dunno why the price of the M9i is the same as H7 here in my country, around 50 bucks for it. So I think the h7 is the choice to go if price is the same.

 
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H7 seems to be the best by far.
A 120mm fan will be quieter.
The M9I uses a 92mm fan and it will need to run at higher rpm to generate sufficient airflow.
Tower type coolers tend to do a better job than downdraft coolers.
That is because they can more directly send the heated air out the back of a case.

Do pay attention to your case intakes.
Any cooler needs sufficient intake airflow to do its job.
 
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Thanks, currently I only have a 200mm fan on the front of the case.
 
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God point, I'll try to tweak my fan speed profile first and if Im not satisfied with it, I'll go with the H7.
 
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