Best Closed Waterloop CPU Cooler For the 300R

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What is the best cooler I could use for the 300R?

Preferably without moding, cutting or whatever.

Hopefully I got the phrase right, I am thinking of the H100i and NZXT Kraken.

I want to overclock the 3570K if that helps.

Thanks

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both the NZXT kraken and h100i would fit in there, I would go the kraken and buy fans with good static pressure.

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Well some benchmarks have shown H100i should be better,

Also corsairs support seems great so since i have the h100i i would probably go for that ^^

 

ps: The pump is dead silent,

I have it always on full speed, And you only hear it when you have your ear next to it, a light rattling noise.

So if you have it on like a dead silent techbench, With dead silent fans, you can still turn down the rpm of the pump :P IF noticeable,

Why the reviews says it are loud coolers, Just due the fans wich you can ofc replace like i did.

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^This.  Noctua makes some really good pressure optimized 140mm fans that are silent.

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akasa make really good pwm fans as well. push 110 cfm, but still pretty quiet

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Well some benchmarks have shown H100i should be better,

Also corsairs support seems great so since i have the h100i i would probably go for that ^^

 

ps: The pump is dead silent,

I have it always on full speed, And you only hear it when you have your ear next to it, a light rattling noise.

So if you have it on like a dead silent techbench, With dead silent fans, you can still turn down the rpm of the pump :P IF noticeable,

Why the reviews says it are loud coolers, Just due the fans wich you can ofc replace like i did.

Which cracked out reviewer said that!? Probably seated it wrong or used way too much thermal grease. The laws of physics favor the Kraken my friend, as the Kraken's massive 280mm rad has more surface area to dissipate heat compared to the H100(i).

The Kraken x60 should fit the 300R perfectly without any sort of modification.

http://www.nzxt.com/new/news_detail.php?id=318

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CFM don't matter in radiators and restrictive airflow applications. The static pressure is a bigger factor in cooling rads and restrictive air flows situations like having fan filters over intakes.