I need a Air Cooler for a Asrock Z370M Pro4

deuse · 4 Dec 2017 at 15:39

This is the motherboard I'm going to get. All 4 ram slots will be full.

What air cooler would be good for a 8700K?

Thanks

mattyfez · 4 Dec 2017 at 21:09

Depends how far you want to push the overclock, if overclocking then delidding is also pretty much a prerequisite, or if you only want a moderate overclock then most £30-£50 tower coolers should be good.

deuse · 4 Dec 2017 at 21:37

mattyfez said:
Depends how far you want to push the overclock, if overclocking then delidding is also pretty much a prerequisite, or if you only want a moderate overclock then most £30-£50 tower coolers should be good.

Thanks
I've been looking at videos but it's hard to find one that won't touch the ram. Yes I want just a mild OC.

mattyfez · 4 Dec 2017 at 21:44

The team group vulcan stuff is very low profile, and unless you go for a mahoosiive heatsink, it's only the first 2 ram slots you need to worry about.

Personally, big ram fins are a waste of time, they just look flashy.

deuse · 5 Dec 2017 at 07:55

mattyfez said:
The team group vulcan stuff is very low profile, and unless you go for a mahoosiive heatsink, it's only the first 2 ram slots you need to worry about.

Personally, big ram fins are a waste of time, they just look flashy.

I should have said but I've already got the ram. Yes it's got a high heatsink

But I got 4 sticks(16GB 3000hz) at half price :eek:

doyll · 5 Dec 2017 at 16:15

deuse said:
This is the motherboard I'm going to get. All 4 ram slots will be full.

What air cooler would be good for a 8700K?

Thanks

What RAM and case are you using?

southernorth · 5 Dec 2017 at 17:45

deuse said:
This is the motherboard I'm going to get. All 4 ram slots will be full.

What air cooler would be good for a 8700K?

Thanks

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Alpenfohn Brocken 3 CPU Cooler - 140mm= £42.95
1 x Cryorig H5 Universal Single Tower Heatsink with 140mm Fan - White Frame= £44.99

Total: £97.84 (includes shipping: £9.90)

These should both work for a reasonable overclock, and both say they won't obstruct RAM.

Alpenholm:

Thanks to this design, not a single RAM slot is being obstructed by the cooler on most motherboards on the market, not even when the fan is installed on the front side in a pushing configuration as it is most commonly done. Nothing stands in your way when you plan on using all RAM slots on your board.

Cryorig:

With the central positioning of the heatpipes and the heat sink to the base plate, the CPU cooler can be installed in such a way that it does not protrude over the RAM modules. RAM modules with their own oversized heat sinks can also be installed, regardless of which direction the Cryorig H5 Universal is placed in.

deuse · 6 Dec 2017 at 08:39

doyll said:
What RAM and case are you using?

Hi. It's a Thermaltake Core V21.

southernorth said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Alpenfohn Brocken 3 CPU Cooler - 140mm= £42.95

1 x Cryorig H5 Universal Single Tower Heatsink with 140mm Fan - White Frame= £44.99

Total: £97.84 (includes shipping: £9.90)

These should both work for a reasonable overclock, and both say they won't obstruct RAM.

Alpenholm:

Cryorig:

Thank you.
I will read up on these. I'm going to buy all the parts then wait for 8700K price to come back to normal.

doyll · 7 Dec 2017 at 14:34

I've used Cryorig H5 and found it to be a great cooler. Alphenfohn Brocken looks good too. I think Cryorig mount is better, but Brocken is quieter.

freddie64 · 8 Dec 2017 at 07:37

Hope this pic of the Brocken 3 helps.

orbitalwalsh · 8 Dec 2017 at 11:01

bit costly but quite and should fit over ram

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x be quiet! Dark Rock Advanced CPU Cooler= £54.95
1 x be quiet! Dark Rock 3 CPU Cooler= £62.99

Total: £128.44 (includes shipping: £10.50)

alphen products are nice and wingboost have damn good flow and sound but boost 2 lacked static pressure, though fins dont look too dense from pic above

deuse · 24 Dec 2017 at 10:30

Thanks guys. I will do some reading and chose one and post back.

doyll · 24 Dec 2017 at 11:07

ASRock Z370M Pro4 has about 77.9mm center CPU to near side of PCIe socket and 52mm to near side of RAM socket.

Thermaltake Core V21 has 185mm CPU clearance so plenty of room for cooler. Fan over RAM is fan size + RAM height <190mm

Have no experience with Core V21, but looks kinda interesting. Had a couple very bad experiences with Tt long time ago and see them stealing other companies' designs, so haven't used and don't plan to use anything Tt.

deuse · 24 Dec 2017 at 12:44

doyll said:
ASRock Z370M Pro4 has about 77.9mm center CPU to near side of PCIe socket and 52mm to near side of RAM socket.

Thermaltake Core V21 has 185mm CPU clearance so plenty of room for cooler. Fan over RAM is fan size + RAM height <190mm

Have no experience with Core V21, but looks kinda interesting. Had a couple very bad experiences with Tt long time ago and see them stealing other companies' designs, so haven't used and don't plan to use anything Tt.

Nice one dude

deuse · 31 Jan 2018 at 11:05

Update.

I went for the Asus ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING and a R1 Ultimate Dual Tower CPU Heatsink with 2x 140mm Fan - Black
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cryo...atsink-with-2x-140mm-fan-black-hs-003-cy.html which is on offer

Will post again with my temps. Thanks guys for your help.

doyll · 31 Jan 2018 at 12:31

Thanks for update.
Look forward to hearing your thoughts after it's built with case airflow setup properly.

deuse · 1 Feb 2018 at 11:21

doyll said:
Thanks for update.
Look forward to hearing your thoughts after it's built with case airflow setup properly.

I done a overclock via the Asus overclocking in the bios.
CPU-Z says it's 5.1 GH and the temps are 65c @1.34V. That sound ok for a 8700k cpu?

I have no clue what I'm doing on the motherboard

EDIT= I just tried Cinebench a few times and it went up to 80c is that to high?
It says my CPU is 1614cb?

doyll · 1 Feb 2018 at 12:37

deuse said:
I done a overclock via the Asus overclocking in the bios.
CPU-Z says it's 5.1 GH and the temps are 65c @1.34V. That sound ok for a 8700k cpu?

I have no clue what I'm doing on the motherboard

EDIT= I just tried Cinebench a few times and it went up to 80c is that to high?
It says my CPU is 1614cb?

65c is fine, 80c is to me at least 5c too high for sustained lengths of time.

I don't have an 8700 so don't know what recommended setting are. Hopefully someone who is knowledgeable about 8700 overclocking with reply.

deuse · 1 Feb 2018 at 12:55

doyll said:
65c is fine, 80c is to me at least 5c too high for sustained lengths of time.

I don't have an 8700 so don't know what recommended setting are. Hopefully someone who is knowledgeable about 8700 overclocking with reply.

Thanks again