Good Air Cooler with RGB for i5 10600KF

RichardMelbourne on 07/09/2020 - 22:28
Last edited 07/09/2020 - 22:31

My son and I will be building his first PC and looking to buy parts between Black Friday and Christmas. He's got his heart set on RGB everything (he's 10yo) and I'm trying to find a good air cooler with RGB for i5 10600KF. It will need good clearance for RGB RAM (not 100% sure which modules we'll be getting, yet, but will be 2 x 16GB modules) and will be running with an Nvidia 3070/3080 (to be determined based on real-world prices - but most likely a 3070). Oh, most likely will be this case: Thermaltake View 37 ARGB Edition Black ATX Case, Gull-Wing Window (has maximum CPU cooler height 180mm). Motherboard will most likely be MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Edge WiFi

The CPU will be running stock speed, although potentially at some later stage we might overclock it.

I haven't been able to find a decent air cooler with RGB and don't want to get water cooling. Can anyone suggest something good, please?

Cheers.

Computing

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  • Hybroid on 07/09/2020 - 22:30

    https://pangoly.com/en/review/intel-core-i5-10600kf/compatib…

    Without knowing your setup, case, motherboard, colour scheme, budget, reason not wanting closed loop water cooling radiator with RGB fans etc cannot narrow it down further.

    • RichardMelbourne on 07/09/2020 - 22:32

      Hi, just added case. Motherboard most likely MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Edge WiFi. Budget, preferably no more than $150, I guess. Don't want to risk leaks, etc.

  • dcep on 07/09/2020 - 22:32

    get noctua d15 cooler + some corsair rgb fans

    • RichardMelbourne on 07/09/2020 - 22:34

      I wondered about this, as I have the NH-D15 Chroma (bought in the most recent OzBargain special) myself. Will the Corsair fans have reasonable performance/noise compared with the Noctua fans?

  • RichardMelbourne on 07/09/2020 - 22:40

    I was wondering about Gigabyte AORUS ATC800 CPU Cooler, but haven't been able to find many reviews of it.

    • Pelicannn on 07/09/2020 - 23:17

      I considered getting this for my mate when I built his rig, because it looked great. Though i ran into the same problem, literally zero reviews on the thing and I didn't want him to guinea pig for $150.

      In the end, went Noctua Chroma black because a) they are truly god tier coolers for air, and b) their standard ones with brown fans are damn ugly haha!

  • mrkorrupt on 08/09/2020 - 09:07

    a few issues here with the build

    First issue is your planning so early for something yet we have released out in the next two months or so. Ryzen 4000 which should be at least 10% faster and should be faster in most games then current Intel 10th Gen, as AMD has PCI-E 4.0 which all graphics card being released will most likely utilise.

    Second issue is that Intel has NOT innovated in years and left the consumer mainstream I7 line up @ 4 cores 8 threads since 2010 - 2017 until AMD released RYZEN, so instead of rewarding the innovator we reward the company that didnt do much in the 7 years they lead. Furthermore in comparison to AMD since 2017 they went from 8 modules, 8 integer cores max on desktop to 64 cores and 128 threads in 3 years, without AMD Intel would be still releasing I7 Quads, those I7s cause of AMD are now 10th gen I3s.

    Third issue is Intel Motherboards on allow a maximum of two gens since ever and many of them single gen of CPU
    Example of single gen on Motherboard. Socket 423 and Socket 1156 and 1366 - AMD Socket 754 Only
    Example of two gen on Motherboard - pretty much everything else
    Example of three gens on Motherboard - AMD AM2 (early Single + Dual core AM2s, Phenom I and Phenom IIs) and AM3+ (early Athlons II and Phenom IIs, and Bulldozer and Piledriver)
    Example of four gens on Motherboard - Intel None - AMD AM4

    My Advise is to go down this kind of setup

    Motherboard B550 tomahawk (~$300), B450 tomahawk (~$200) or X470 Gaming plus Max ($190 avail now)
    AMD 4000 Series 6 or 8 core + Heatsink Fan
    Coolermaster 212+ Black Edition RGB
    16GB DDR4-3600 RAM (2 sticks)

    Some research for you
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFYdHkvRs2c&t=3s <—— AMD performance @ 15W is in some cases more then double Intel
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJgQhkBPe-A <—— Ryzen 4800H Mobile BEATS The 9700K At Gaming …
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAwIh1nSOQ8 <—— 5700 XT PCIe 4.0 vs 3.0 + RTX 2080 Ti PCIe Scaling
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ-6bb7-dIY <—— AMD or Intel for RTX 3080 Benchmarking & How Important is PCIe 4.0?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFHBgb9SY1Y <—— Intel Won't Stop Talking About AMD: New Tiger Lake CPU Specs & 11th Gen "Benchmarks"

    • RichardMelbourne on 08/09/2020 - 11:48

      Thanks for your reply.

      If Ryzen 4000 desktop series are released in time then sure - we'll take a look at those (I'm actually waiting for these for my own new PC which is currently looking to be 3900x - unless 4000 drops in time and is sufficiently better).

      Yes - we're planning early, so that when we're ready to buy the parts we'll hopefully have come up with the best solution for my son's gaming rig. Currently he's looking at i5 10600KF because for gaming they're better (in general) than AMD.

      Regarding the socket issue, I'm hoping that he'll keep the same CPU (and therefore mobo) for a while and just overclock when it gets to that stage - possibly changing the video card as/when required. I don't have a crystal ball, however :)

  • mrkorrupt on 08/09/2020 - 12:16

    the case specified doesnt have mesh front panel as such the cooling front intake will be very limited

    • RichardMelbourne on 08/09/2020 - 15:37

      Thanks! Which CPU do you have and are you running it stock, or overclocked?

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