Cpu cooler air or liquid HELP?

gaunt391

gaunt391

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Hi i am building my own gaming rig i have got most of the parts. but i am stuck on if i should get a top end air cpu cooler or a liquid cooler my budget for a cooler is £70. this is my rig details:

CPU: intel i5 4670k i am overclocking this
Gpu; gtx770 with the hope to get a 2nd one in future
Mobo: msiz87 g45
Ram: teamgroup vulcan 8gb 2400mhz
psu: corsair 750w
ssd: 250gb
hdd: 1tb
case: zalman z11

Please overclockers can you suggest a cpu cooler i have seen some very nice air coolers but am not shure if i should have a liquid one or an air one i dont like the idea of having water running around my computer ty
 
snips86x said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x phanteks ph-tc14pe cpu cooler - red £69.98
1 x enermax elc240 with 2x t.b.silence 12cm fans £69.98
1 x noctua nh-d14 dual radiator cpu cooler £65.99
1 x thermalright silver arrow sb-e cpu cooler £57.98
1 x alpenföhn k2 mount doom cpu cooler £49.99
total : £323.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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if you are not planning on spending that much on cpu cooler, you could consider the following as well:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=hs-005-dc
saw a good review for this and for sub £30 is very good. the mount for addition fan is included, so you can get one more fan to pull as well for the push+pull configuration.

reviews here:
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cooling/67565-deepcool-gamerstorm-lucifer/?page=4
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1925/pg5/gamerstorm-lucifer-cpu-cooler-review-conclusion.html
http://www.kitguru.net/components/roald/gamer-storm-lucifer-cpu-cooler-review/8/
 
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