im looking at overclocking a i5-3579k and was wanting to know what is a great budget option for cooling, preferably something not too loud? I also want to know any reccomentdations of how far i can push the overclocking with a ASRock Z77 Extreme6 Motherboard, yet keeping stable.
Great and budget don't normally sit well together in the same sentence, asking for it to be quiet as well? Assuming you have a 120mm fan at the back of your case a Noctua NF-D14 should fit. It's in the top three or four best air coolers on the market. It will keep your CPU cool enough to handle the overclock, it runs quietly and is less expensive than the closed water loop cooler of similar performance. It will come with all the fan cables you may need like Y split and fan speed reducers, the mounting system is one of the best in the market. You will find the limit of your CPU/Motherboard capabilities before you hit the limits of the cooler.
I'd say either the NH-D14 or a CM TPC 812, the last one runs cooler in the tests I've seen.
thermalright silver arrow sb-e, or phanteks double tower as well
I perfer liquid for a good overclock, so I'd try a H80 or one of the Thermaltake Water 2.0 boys for around 90 bucks. I see people ocing it on a self contained loop at 4.2 pretty often and that is stable, so just set the multiplier in you bios to 42 it will probably read at 4200mhz. The asrock mobo you linked will do fine and has a nice bios layout very easy to use and navagate. edit: that being said any good quality cpu cooler will work fine for a stable overclock.
Given that you mentioned budget, and that Ivy has HUGE problems once you put too many volts through it, go for a Hyper 212 Evo or 612... that, or pick any tower heatsink and slap a Noctua PWM fan on it.
+1 for the 212 evo, I'm using it for my 3570k.
I got to 4.6ghz while still bellow 80 degrees running prime 95 loaded, temps sit much lower at realisic usage senarios. Remember results may vary. It's very good value for money.
Your motherboard doesn't have much effect.
i'm running a 212+ and about to upgrade to a 3570k and i'm perfectly confident that it will cool and overclock like a boss! :)
im running mine on 4.5 Ghz on stock (yes i said stock) I dont know whether its just becuase i got a super good chip or what but the temps never go above 75 (75 being the max temp on full load) although just to note, the first two cores are set to 4.5 and the last 2 are set to 4.2
Ive heard the next nzxt closed loop liquid coolers are good
i'm planning on getting an i7-3770k, and put the silver arrow sb-e on it. it's 20% quieter than the nh-d14, and cooles as good, or better. one prob is that it's a little bit taller..... ~10 mm taller than the nh-d14
This really depends on how much you're willing to spend on a cooler. If you're on a budget, then I would suggest skipping the hyper 212 and grabbing a cooler master v6 gt. They're only around $10–$15 more and they perform within a few degrees of the noctua nh-d14.
could i use a h100i?
I don't see why not, as long as it fits your case.