Cooling an i5-4670K

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Fingers crossed I'll be getting my long overdue upgrade, which should be the following:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £53.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 V2 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £49.99
Total : £376.56 (includes shipping : £8.00)

Having had a read through some threads it seems the H60 may not be my best option, as I do intend to overclock to at least 4GHz. The problem is I'm a bit limited with the cooler I can fit.

My Antec P193 seemed a great choice at the time, decent noise cancelling, with two top fans, one rear fan and a huge 200mm side panel fan (which intrudes into the case by about 10-15mm).

Is the H60 worth going for?
Would an H75 get me significantly lower temps?
Alternatively, are there any low-profile air coolers that would offer better cooling (maximum height can't be more than about 10-11cm), something like the Noctua NH-L12 CPU Cooler? My main concern is noise levels & cooling during the hot summer I hope we get, as my flat gets rather warm!

I'm also assuming my Thermaltake TR2 550W psu will be ok until I can afford a new one?

Edit: bugger...it seems the Noctua NH-L12 isn't socket 1150 compatible...
 
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I am almost 100% sure Noctua offers a free mounting upgrade kit for 1150. They do that with all coolers when a new socket comes out that has a different pattern. You might shoot them a email because for the money they are really hard to beat if thats a route you would take. The AIO cooler will net you a couple degrees though from reviews I have read.

That being said if I had to choose I would probably take the H75 as it seems to be better all around in the reviews I have read than the h60.
 
According to Noctua's website the NH-L12 is fully compatible with the MSI Z87-G43 and most other 1150 motherboards.
 
If you click on your link for it the 1150 is listed in the socket compatibility list
 
1150 is same mount as 1155 and 1156. ;)

Do you know how tall a cooler you can install on your CPU?

There are some nice lower profile towers now.
Thermalright Macho 120 is 150mm tall. 5x 6mm pipes gives very respectable cooling.
Thermalright TRUE Spirit 120M is 145mm tall. 4x 6mm pipes is till quite good.
New TRUE Spirit 120i is 150mm tall and also offset for better PCI-E clearance.
http://www.thermalright.de/en/cooler/35/true-spirit-120i#prettyPhoto[pp_gal]/3/

Scythe Mugen 4 is 157mm tall 6x 6mm pipes.

Those are all the towers I can think of under 160mm off the top of my head.

Pancake coolers like AXP-200 and Big Shuriken 2 are also pretty good. I've found pulling air out of them and out the side of case cools better most of the time.
 
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los, rids57 & Superjeep4x4:
At least that's something for me to consider, although the more I'm reading test results the more I'm leaning towards a closed loop cooler, despite knowing it'll be a pain in the butt to fit properly. I'm really not sure a low-profile cooler will cope effectively with an overclocked cpu and high ambient temperatures.

doyll:
I'm afraid they're all too tall, I only have about 11cm clearance.

Even a twin rad/fan combi won't fit in the top of the case as the screw holes don't align. I really can't justify the expense of a new case, I'll just have to compromise on a solution that will fit!
 
@enkoda I'm in the same position as you looking for a cooler for my 4670k. I had the antec kuhler 920, great if you are tight on space

Are the thermalright true spirit coolers any good, they seem ideal for my needs (ram clearance and under 16@mm height)?
 
I'm very leery of CLCs. Many owners have had pump issues and failures. The total cost of a CLC is less than just the pump or radiator in a good custom loop. The CLC pump wattage is a small fraction of the wattage used by custom loop pumps.

Add the fact they cost more, are noisier, don't cool any better and if/when pump fails there is no cooling at all... I'll stay with air all the way.
Even the tiny AXP-100 cools an i7-920 with ease.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-105-TR&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2352

My feeble attempt at doing a review.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18477087&highlight=axp-100+username_doyll

Reverse airflow helped for me
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=23545411&postcount=22

AXP-200 is a little better
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-109-TR&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2352
 
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@enkoda I'm in the same position as you looking for a cooler for my 4670k. I had the antec kuhler 920, great if you are tight on space

Are the thermalright true spirit coolers any good, they seem ideal for my needs (ram clearance and under 16@mm height)?
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That True Spirit is 170mm high so it won't fit. Even if I could get the side fan out (it's embedded in the panel) I still wouldn't have room. Damn case!!!
 
doyll, I think you've twisted my arm, but one question:

I have an extra Noctua case fan attached to a drive caddy that sits directly behind my graphics card, blowing air across the mobo towards the rear case fan. Since my side panel fan is blowing air onto the mobo, would I be better off having the cpu fan blowing onto the heatsink or pulling heat away from it?
 
enkoda said:
That True Spirit is 170mm high so it won't fit. Even if I could get the side fan out (it's embedded in the panel) I still wouldn't have room. Damn case!!!
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TRUE Spirit 140 coolers are 171mm tall
If you have the room I suggest the TRUE Spirit 140 Power.

Did some calculations for heat pipe area and fin contact area.
TRUE Spirit 140 Power has 6x 8mm pipes compared to normal TRUE Spirit 140 having 6x 6mm pipes.
That is 33% more heat pipe surface area contacting each fin.
TS140 has 50 fins and TS140P has 46.
That is 8% less fins.
8% less fins gives us 29% more heat pipe to fin contact area transmitting heat from pipes to fins and into air.
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TRUE Spirit 120m is 145mm tall
 
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You can always get a Prolimatech Megahalems, its 158.5 tall.
Ram clearance, with 120mm fans is a tight fit but I didn't have problems and I have Avexir Blitz, tall sticks.
Megahalems will cool 4670k easily. Just buy some good fans with it.
 
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