hello fellas, im here to figure out the last component for my build i have doubts about. the cooler! now, i cant afford good water cooling, so its gonna be good old air this time around 
i´ve been looking at a bunch of em by now and the most memorable was these:
Zalman CNPS12X --for being incredibly cool, while performing very well
Coolermaster Hyper 212 evo --for being nice and cheap (not the right performance though)
Noctua NH D-14 --for being quiet (not sure how quiet, please do tell) while doing the job like a champ, but unfortunately it looks like something straight out of Obi-Wan Kenobis wardrobe
Thermaltake Frio extreme --for keeping load temps insanely low, and having nice ascetics but unfortunately having an unpleasant noise level...
now, this is just what i´ve seen, and not my candidates. by no means should you feel limited by this list, i just felt it´d show my priorities. to clear those up a little more heres a list of things i want for a cooler to do:
1: stay quiet! this is number one because there´s nothing i hate more than a boot-up reminding me of my latest flight. in an otherwise quiet system i dont want this component to ruin it
2: suitable for OC. from reading and reading and reading, i´ve got the idea that 70C and below is the comfy zone for most cpus. i like those numbers and if a cooler can keep an over clocked i5 3570k to 4.2GHz in that zone, im happy obviously the lower, the better
3: astetics. this is not at all important, more of a bonus if you will. im getting a HAF X with all of this, and if the cooler you find have a black/red/both color scheme, and fill out the other prios, im sold!
im gonna setup my haf x to mostly intake for a positive air flow (getting demciflex for it as well) if that changes anything, i dont know
thanks!
i´ve been looking at a bunch of em by now and the most memorable was these:
Zalman CNPS12X --for being incredibly cool, while performing very well
Coolermaster Hyper 212 evo --for being nice and cheap (not the right performance though)
Noctua NH D-14 --for being quiet (not sure how quiet, please do tell) while doing the job like a champ, but unfortunately it looks like something straight out of Obi-Wan Kenobis wardrobe
Thermaltake Frio extreme --for keeping load temps insanely low, and having nice ascetics but unfortunately having an unpleasant noise level...
now, this is just what i´ve seen, and not my candidates. by no means should you feel limited by this list, i just felt it´d show my priorities. to clear those up a little more heres a list of things i want for a cooler to do:
1: stay quiet! this is number one because there´s nothing i hate more than a boot-up reminding me of my latest flight. in an otherwise quiet system i dont want this component to ruin it
2: suitable for OC. from reading and reading and reading, i´ve got the idea that 70C and below is the comfy zone for most cpus. i like those numbers and if a cooler can keep an over clocked i5 3570k to 4.2GHz in that zone, im happy
obviously the lower, the better3: astetics. this is not at all important, more of a bonus if you will. im getting a HAF X with all of this, and if the cooler you find have a black/red/both color scheme, and fill out the other prios, im sold!
im gonna setup my haf x to mostly intake for a positive air flow (getting demciflex for it as well) if that changes anything, i dont know
thanks!
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