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Question

Getting a CPU cooler

May 2, 2017 7:02AM PDT

I am building my first PC and want to find a good CPU cooler.

Right now, my eye is on the 212x but I heard that it is not so very good right now.

I am going to use it with an i5-7600k so there might be some overclocking in the future. The cooler should preferably be black to go with the theme of the build, grey would also be fine.

Thanks

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Two thoughts on this.
May 2, 2017 7:11AM PDT

Usually the stock cooler is fine. Most of the time. Overclocking however means a step into the unknown and you will not be reassured by anyone I know what is right except when it crashes to head back to stock.

My two places to chose from are:
https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Electronics-Water-Cooling-Systems/zgbs/electronics/3015422011
https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Electronics-Heatsinks/zgbs/electronics/2998409011/ref=zg_bs_nav_e_5_3015422011
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-cpu-coolers,4181.html

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Still not sure what to choose
May 2, 2017 7:19AM PDT

Thanks for providing the links.

The problem is, in my country, the products either don't ship, or ship at a high price, so options are really narrow.

Can you give me a link/links for a single product that has the above specs and is at the $50 because I don't know what to choose.

Thanks

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As you can guess.
May 2, 2017 7:51AM PDT

Almost all those things can be had here.

You may have to hit Tomshardware forums but do not ask for suggestions. Why? You can't use that.
You have to supply what models you can get.

Supply up to 5 links to what you want to try and see if members will pick what they think is best. Remember that no one will write a dissertation on this. That is, once in a while folk will ask for best and why. Never happens.

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Alright then
May 2, 2017 7:55AM PDT

The problem is, I have posted on tom's hardware way too many times on this topic so I wanted to search for suggestions from different sites.

I thought about the Cryorig H5 universal but it is mostly white and doesnt quite go with theme.

Can I get any suggestions from you while you're here?

Thank you

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Sadly
May 2, 2017 8:06AM PDT

When folk want to go with a theme over proper cooling and engineering I'm the wrong person to ask. That is, I don't think a PC's color scheme matters. I want stability and performance in a gaming rig.

In fact, at the office we love ugly. The highest performing PC was in the ugly box. And while this was over a decade ago, the thieves only took the pretty boxes. Little did they know the gold was in the uglies.

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Alright thanks
May 2, 2017 8:11AM PDT

Alright I get it know.

Thank you

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CPU cooler options
May 2, 2017 10:59AM PDT
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Thanks
May 2, 2017 11:06AM PDT

The phanteks is not very much worth it in my opinion.
And the H60 is pretty expensive.

I am going with the cryorig H5 universal.

Thanks anyways!!

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That Phantek
May 2, 2017 11:10AM PDT

Would be for a mild stock PC IMO. The H5 looks nice and is typical for gaming rigs. Nice choice short of water cooling.