Looking to buy a 7700K for my son's build. He has a G4560 and a decent motherboard and wants to max out its potential. (Well, as far as a stock heatsink will allow.)

I'd like to get him interested in overclocking, though I never was very good at it myself.

Any suggestions for a basic air cooler are welcome as well.

Thanks!

Also in case anyone's curious...

Motherboard - MSI Z270-M
 https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z270M-MORTAR.html
Memory - 8GB 2400
Team T-Force Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) Desktop Memory Model TLRED48G2400HC14DC01
 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313763

Edited December 4, 20187 yr by iambrock

https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=30794&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxdLWhYeH3wIVCP_jBx1KGAqgEAQYASABEgK_MfD_BwE

This is a good cooler for a budget build. 

Edited December 4, 20187 yr by AutisticChris

If you wanted to get your son into overclocking I'd recommend a nice Maximus VIII board, as they're pretty good with RAM tweaking and bclk overclocking. Also a budget kit of b-die would also do well, because of it's high potential for overclocking.

17 hours ago, AutisticChris said:

If you wanted to get your son into overclocking I'd recommend a nice Maximus VIII board, as they're pretty good with RAM tweaking and bclk overclocking. Also a budget kit of b-die would also do well, because of it's high potential for overclocking.

Thanks for the suggestions!

We got the CPU - the seller is also offering an EVGA AIO Liquid Cooler with 120mm fan for $20 + shipping.
https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=400-HY-CL12-V1

Would you recommend that over the Monoprice air cooler you linked?

I've never done liquid cooling before. I know his case has the holes/grommets for it though. Just unsure about air vs a used AIO liquid...

In my experience 120mm aios are pretty comparable to a smaller air cooler. The cooler you propose should have similar performance to the Hyper 212.

I recommend the monoprice cooler.