Which cooler for i5-2500K? Water/Air

You can easily overclock your i5 2500K to 4.7 GHZ. Mine was Overclocked to 4.7 GHZ with a Vcore of 1.35V and I'm using Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/cor [...] 11-am2-am3

I have this cooler with 2 additional 120mm fans operating in a push/pull exhaust setup out of my CoolerMaster HAF-X case.

I replaced the stock TIM paste with Arctic Silver 5

My room ambient temperature is around 23C

My i5-2500k is overclocked to 5.0ghz and I have idle temps around 28-31C

The load temperatures under Prime95 and LinX are around 68C

Temps while gaming (Battlefield 3) are around 50-55C

Hope this helps.

Hmm, may actually consider the H100. I had it in mind at first, then wasn't too sure as I remember someone telling me its not all that great.
I have a Cooler Master Trooper Case will it fit?
And also, how do I 're-fuel' this water-cooler? Will I need to buy certain kind of 'water', how does it work? And I need Arctic Silver 5 for it to sit on the CPU?
Thank-you, sorry I'm quite new to all this 'water-cooling' and thermal pastes, as I've never actually used anything but standard paste which is always provided on standard coolers.
Thanks.

and heres the h100 in that case

http://cdn.overclock.net/b/b3/b324 [...] ables.jpeg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAsNtPCEugk
Skip to 3:11, he says it will fit a 240mm radiator?
Recommended to put my H100 cooler there, or on top?
Thanks.

Alright, thanks mcnumpty23.

Hmm, right I see.
Thanks for that mcnumpty23.
Just unsure about CPU wise now, what to get.

I guess that's sorted then.
Thank-you to everyone.

Thanks for that 4ryan6.
I'm still thinking though.. its just a battle now between;
Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator Quiet CPU Cooler Vs. Corsair H100 Water-Cooler.

Will Arctic Silver 5 be any better?
And when you say 4 fans, how exactly will I do this? Is there a video or image just to show how it will look since i'm unsure as to how it will fit.
Thanks.

When mounting the 4 fans, it really depends on your case. One method for the HAF X is to mount the four fans to the rad and then mount the whole unti to the inside top of the case. This is a vid showing that set up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vk6XfI4BpE

Another method for the HAF X (which I use) is to mount the bottom two fans to the rad then mount the rad to the inside top of the case. Then add the two fans to the outside top of the case.

But really, your case will determine what cooler options you have. Both air and water coolers are limited by space.

Which case are you interested in or which case do you have now?

Edit:

The H100 uses high quality pre applied TIM. I believe that I read it was Shin-Etzu. There is really no need to use your own paste.

The Trooper has room to mount a 240mm rad to the top of the case. I can't find any pics of the case with the top off, but if it is like the HAF X, you will have a 200mm fan mounted to the outside of the case frame but underneath that top plastic piece.

If so, you mount like this:


--Fan-- --Fan--
======================= Case
------------------ Rad
--Fan-- --Fan--

Or, if you don't have space between the frame and outside piece, you mount like this:



======================== Case
--Fan-- --Fan--
------------------- Rad
--Fan-- --Fan--


Regarding pump failure, I have ever experienced a failure and don't hear about it happening that often. I would defer that question to someone who has more knowledge of custom water cooling pumps. It would most likely be less than pump failures in custom cooling I think (more room for user error in custom set ups and you don't have to bleed air out of factory sealed units).

Even if the pump does fail, you would BSOD and shutdown. I have never had to use it, but I have only heard good things about Corsair's customer service.

yw and have fun with it

I just finished my second actually.

1st:

HAF X
Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
i5 2500k
Powercolor HD 6950 2GB (waiting on Xfire)
H100


2nd is more of a work in progress:

Corsair 650D
Asus P8Z68-V Gen3
i5 2500k
using cpu graphics until next wave of GPU prices hits
Xigmatek Gaia sd1283 (until I hit a deal on another H100 )

Well...

Case selection is always subject to personal tastes. So, there will be many opinions on this one.

The main things for me are:

1) budget
2) airflow
3) space for components plus a little extra
4) style (totally subjective lol)
5) extra features
6) how long are you planning on using it (if you are planning on keeping the case through multiple builds, choose one that you REALLY like)

Its more about what you want/need than anything else. I wanted a lot of room both for airflow and for adding future components. Also, I needed some sort of air filtering because of the dust in my work area. Both of the cases that I have do have those things.

As long as the case does what you want it to do, and has a little extra room and good airflow, you are good.

I think that your choice is fine. But really it depends on what your plans for it are.

Tough call... but the Trooper is looking mighty good to me. Why:

1) Price point= advantage Trooper
2) airflow looks comparable or maybe advantage=Trooper
3) Space looks like advantage Trooper, but very close
4) Style points are about equal or maybe slight advantage 650D
5) Features... hmmm this is really a subjective call, because you don't want to pay for something that you don't need or plan to use in the future. But for me... I like the Trooper. Why?

lol Edit:

5) (cont.) lol

Why?

a) including that mobo power cable extension is a seriously under looked advantage (I would have made it sleeved in black though). I had to work a bit at getting that cable to the mobo in the 650D. An extension would have just been sooo much more convenient. And for people who have even shorter PSU cables, this is a great feature. I can only imagine the feeling if someone was doing their first build and then couldn't reach t he connector on the mobo because of a short cable.
b) removable HDD cages. This is the space saver of both cases, allowing for those really long GPUs.
c) I prefer the vent on the side over a window (more airflow, doesn't get scratched and looks better imo)
d) the huge cutout in back of the cpu is a serious advantage (Both have this)
e) Cable management is adequate

edited the above

I hit tab and submitted it too early (fat fingers lol)

yw

should be lower right hand of the post.

ty for that