i7 7700k fan making really loud noise

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The MAIN thing that matters with the motherboard is what SOCKET type it uses. Mounting is identical on all sockets that are the same, and most coolers work with this socket.

The main issue for air coolers (fan + heatsink) is:
1) cooler height (see case site)
2) DDR memory stick conflict

And of course how efficient the cooler is.

With low profile cases in general you want the air cooler to be as LARGE as possible but still fit.

Once it is installed properly you also want to setup the ASUS fan software from the motherboard site. That is probably in the 47.5MB file called Asus Suite III v2.00 in Support, W10 section.

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Find out the MAXIMUM COOLER height, but in general Noctua coolers work well. Or liquid coolers.

Don't overclock the i7-7700K any further than stock.

THIS Noctua height is 93mm with the top fan (there are better solutions if you can't use the top fan):
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/PP4gXL/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhl12

*Note you can FILTER out the coolers based on height at pcpartpicker
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/cpu-cooler/
 
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Hi I am only using the stock cooler at the moment

 
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Hi I only want a low profile cooler as my case is really small. Should I measure the height of the current cooler? It only a standard cooler that came with the cpu though.

 
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The MAIN thing that matters with the motherboard is what SOCKET type it uses. Mounting is identical on all sockets that are the same, and most coolers work with this socket.

The main issue for air coolers (fan + heatsink) is:
1) cooler height (see case site)
2) DDR memory stick conflict

And of course how efficient the cooler is.

With low profile cases in general you want the air cooler to be as LARGE as possible but still fit.

Once it is installed properly you also want to setup the ASUS fan software from the motherboard site. That is probably in the 47.5MB file called Asus Suite III v2.00 in Support, W10 section.

An EXAMPLE might be to run the fan at 50% until about 50degC then ramp up.
 
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*Give us the HEIGHT limit from the case page, or estimate by:

a) estimate remaining clearance, and
b) add to Intel cooler height

THIS one for example is 60mm.
https://www.pugetsystems.com/parts/CPU-Cooling/Stock-Intel-115x-CPU-Fan-6414#specs

THIS Noctua cooler is 65mm in height so may fit:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/fhqbt6/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhl9x65

Also, a general rule-of-thumb is that the more HEATSINK the cooler has the less likely the fan is to fluctuate a lot.

REVIEW (linked to conclusion): http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/7292/noctua-nh-l9x65-low-profile-cpu-cooler-review/index7.html
 
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Goodmorning!
No matter which cooler you go with, you should prepare to be slighly disappointed.
7700k's have a slight um....behavioral issue and tend to give heat spikes on their cores (even when you're idle, there's stuff going in the background).

So you might be chilling at your sofa watching netflix and all of a sudden whoooooosh the fan speeds up for 2 secs.
If your motherboard has an option to delay the response of the fan speed increase, try that.... it's what I did...

Others have de-lidded their cpu's, bringing their temps down much lower so when -inevitably- the cpu's temp spikes, it's not high enough for the motherboard to "violently" speed up the fans.
 
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