Best Air Cooler

Bellows · 22 Mar 2015 at 19:05

Howdy, whats the best air cooler for 4770k, msi z87 gd65 gaming mobo with kingston hyperx beast ram, n tower is antec 302, cheers

Kelt · 22 Mar 2015 at 19:18

Bellows said:
Howdy, whats the best air cooler for 4770k, msi z87 gd65 gaming mobo with kingston hyperx beast ram, n tower is antec 302, cheers

I suppose it depends on whether you plan to overclock the cpu, and to what degree.

tamzzy · 22 Mar 2015 at 19:22

the best air cooler wouldn't fit anyway ;p
cuz you're using taller ram

Westie · 22 Mar 2015 at 20:26

i have the cooler master 412s on my i7 2600k... solid temps 30 idle 55 under load at 1.3volts and CPU OC'ed to 4.6! easy to fit too!

katinacooker · 22 Mar 2015 at 20:45

With tall RAM heat speaders probably the Cryorig R1 Universal. I have one and its pretty cool

vsg28 · 22 Mar 2015 at 21:37

^ Seconded. The R1 Universal is likely your best bet for a top performing air cooler with that RAM kit.

LoadsaMoney · 22 Mar 2015 at 21:50

Noctua NH-D15, don't know if it would fit though

doyll · 23 Mar 2015 at 00:26

I believe the Antec 302 has 170mm CPU clearance and your Kingston Hyperx Beast is 46.4mm tall. This means there is 128mm of clearance between top of RAM and case. Not enough room for a 140mm fan. Z87-GD65 GAMING has about 51mm from center CPU to RAM socket.

Cryorig R1 Universal will just fit.