Do these temps look bad?

[Slayn]

Don't I need 140mm fans?

 

[Slayn]

So I have been taking old case fans I have lying around and removed some from the old CM 690 II case, and the temps haven't really budged. I think I am just going to go with a new CPU cooler. The Corsair H100i is on sale at Tiger Direct for $90 shiped after rebate, seems to be a good price.

The Noctua NH-D14 is a flat $78 shipped from Amazon with Prime.

Which do I go for? I kind of like the Corsair, but the Noctua is a little cheaper and seems to perform just as well, $20 less. The added benefit of the Corsair is that I don't have to buy fans for the top since I believe it mounts up there.

 

[doyll]

Air coolers are cheaper, quieter and have less chance of failure.
You hear of CLC problems way more often than you hear of problems on air coolers.

 

[Slayn]

Someone mentioned the Dark Rock Pro 2, and it is on sale at NCIX for $80, so I bought that. The shipping was expensive at $9 so I am just picking it up since they are around 20 minutes away from me! Hopefully it runs much better than what I have now. I need to mess with the voltage too, the auto OC is running the voltage at 1.3v, which I think is a lot for a modest 4.2ghz with a 2600k. It was just so easy though to hit the button...

 

[sobe]

The best of air coolers are realistically within a few c of each other, so you'll be getting one of the top end air coolers, particularly one that boasts some nice numbers compared to even the D14.