CPU Cooler upgrade.

[NeilMcL86]

Hey guys im looking to upgrade my stock intel cooler that i installed when i built the machine a few years back now, i really fancied a contained water cooling unit but im not sure what to get - i have a lot of choice as ALWAYS!

Current spec
Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Stock cooler
Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK Intel Z97
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 WindForce OC 4096MB
Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5" 7mm SSD
TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB
SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold"

I have not clocked my chip in any way the whole machine is running stock, i might be tempted to clock my CPU with the bios pre sets overclocks i have, but i would also like my machine to run quieter if possible.

Thanks a lot guys your all very helpfull as always.


I would really like to add more ram at the same time but i cant get the TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB from ucuk now, Can anyone suggest another 8GB of ram i can add to my machine.
Cheers

 

[gavinh87]

I can vouch for the corsair h100i v2.
Its excellent for the money, fans are interchangeable and all gets controlled from within the corsair software. I had a 6600k at 4.4 and it never went above 65 degrees on load. Its now cooling a haswell xeon and it never goes above 45, all while being very quiet.
It obviously depends on how much you want to spend. I didnt really have a choice but to go water cooled because I chose some stupidly huge corsair RAM. Many people on here recommend the cooler master hyper 212 for a cheap but decent air cooler.

 

[NeilMcL86]

i dont have any stress on my pc like,
Was looking at this
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/corsair-hydro-h55-quiet-liquid-cpu-cooler-hs-013-cs.html

 

[gavinh87]

That would be perfect.

 

[f3rr3t]

Lower cost water coolers don't generally perform all that well. Unless you are really fixed on going for a water cooler you're probably better off going for air. Noctua and Phanteks are a couple of brands to look at but do check you've got the space for some of the larger ones.

 

[NeilMcL86]

Ok ill do abit more reserch but again im not looking for for a massive oc, only major things i do with pc are H1Z1 and Cs:go, any ideas on ram? im abit confused as to what i can put with mine?

TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3

PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit

 

[gavinh87]

Whilst I agree that lower end watercoolers are generally poor. The one the OP linked is perfect for his needs

 

[zipp0r]

id pick a cheaper and better and quieter nh-d14 over that h55 any day.
only problem is the ram, yours has stupid big heatspreaders right ?

so i guess either find some more of what you have and remove the heatspreaders, or find a 2x8gb kit with normal sized heatspreaders.
2x8gb has better stability for high speeds e.t.c than 4x4gb.

 

[gavinh87]

The noctuas do perform well but God they are ugly!

 

[NeilMcL86]

id pick a cheaper and better and quieter nh-d14 over that h55 any day.
only problem is the ram, yours has stupid big heatspreaders right ?

so i guess either find some more of what you have and remove the heatspreaders, or find a 2x8gb kit with normal sized heatspreaders.
2x8gb has better stability for high speeds e.t.c than 4x4gb.

Yes they do, im gonna take a look into my case at some point this week to see what space i have,

I would really like to just put another 8in rather than buy an additional 16,

Still so undicided on the cooler !