I've been trying to decide on a CPU cooler for a long time now. I've gotten really close to buying the Antec Kuhler 920, but have since realized I just don't want a push/pull config as it will take up too much room. So I'm looking at the:
Kuhler 620,
NZXT x40,
H55,
H60.................OR........the CM Hyper 212 Evo.
Now, I know it's pretty much hands down people will say go with the Evo, but I honestly like the look of a AIO liquid cooler with 1 fan (so it doesn't stick out too far in the case), so that's ideally the route I want to go.
I would really appreciate any advice you guys can give, here's the things I want to keep in consideration:
-Noise! It doesn't have to be whisper quiet as my case isn't optimized completely (and obviously your rig is only as quiet as the loudest component), but right now I can hear my stock intel cooler humming along, and I'd like to reduce that a bit if possible.
-Obviously performance is a consideration (otherwise I'd stick with the stock intel cooler lol), but really they all perform similarly. I'm not looking at top of the line, and really they all offer an improvement over the stock cooler.
-I'll do mild overclocking on my i5 3570k (probably like 4-4.2GHz).
Finally,
with these coolers, I'm open to getting a new fan for them if they noise reduction and/or performance gains would be worth it, and with that, does anyone have any suggestions for a replacement fan?
Also, I'm using a Zalman Z9 Plus for a case.
Kuhler 620,
NZXT x40,
H55,
H60.................OR........the CM Hyper 212 Evo.
Now, I know it's pretty much hands down people will say go with the Evo, but I honestly like the look of a AIO liquid cooler with 1 fan (so it doesn't stick out too far in the case), so that's ideally the route I want to go.
I would really appreciate any advice you guys can give, here's the things I want to keep in consideration:
-Noise! It doesn't have to be whisper quiet as my case isn't optimized completely (and obviously your rig is only as quiet as the loudest component), but right now I can hear my stock intel cooler humming along, and I'd like to reduce that a bit if possible.
-Obviously performance is a consideration (otherwise I'd stick with the stock intel cooler lol), but really they all perform similarly. I'm not looking at top of the line, and really they all offer an improvement over the stock cooler.
-I'll do mild overclocking on my i5 3570k (probably like 4-4.2GHz).
Finally,
with these coolers, I'm open to getting a new fan for them if they noise reduction and/or performance gains would be worth it, and with that, does anyone have any suggestions for a replacement fan?
Also, I'm using a Zalman Z9 Plus for a case.