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TheMadHatter

TheMadHatter

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hi guys I'm looking for a Air Cpu Cooler

My case is a NZXT 230 COD special Edition and motherboard Z170 Gigabyte Z3 Gaming


What would you guys recommend to fit in the case


thanks
 
I was looking at air cpu coolers recently. General consensus seems to be that Noctua NH-D15 or NH-D15s or one of the top Be Quiet ones (like Dark Rock Pro 3) are the best if they are compatible with your case/mobo.
 
I've just swapped out a Geld Tranquillo & installed a Cryorig R1 & its dropped temps down by 10 - 12°C on OCCT & Realbench.

Cryorig looks nice and doesn't have the gaudy colored fans that the Noctua has.
 
I have just stopped running an dark rock pro sr1 and it was fantastic. So the big brother would be fantastic.

Dark rock pro3
 
TheMadHatter said:
I really didn't want to watercool to be honest this is why I asked what would fit as I'm not 100% sure
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an all in one type cooler is as easy to use as an air cooler its nothing like custom water.

from with i can see you need a 92mm cooler or a top down as you have problems with height.
 
TheMadHatter said:
Thanks P4 would this be suitable

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/noctua-nh-c14-top-flow-low-profile-cpu-cooler-hs-014-nc.html
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its 130mm tall with fans so yes this should fit, but you dont want to be spending £70 on a top down cooler.

NZXT site says - CPU Cooler 158mm

What CPU are you looking to cool? and i assoume your going to be overclocking. skylake CPU's run very cool when compaired to the last few gen's of CPU's
I have a 6400 @ 4Ghz only hit 65c when playing games with a stock intel cooler..
 
TheMadHatter said:
no overclocking

I7 6700 Processor


just been Playing Tomb Raider and according to Speccy CPU Temp was 49C and GPU temp 65C
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65c is fine waayyyyyy FINE. how ever. here is a list of CPU coolers that fall in the size specs given by NZXT, if your NOT overclocking you dont want to be spending over £30 to just cool the CPU, any basic 120mm tower cooler will be a hell of a lot better then the stock cooler from intel.

But again i want to say 65c is fine and a lot of good cooler even some of the best will not drop the temps that much i would think 55c would be the best you will ever do on air.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £420.83
(includes shipping: £11.10)
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