iambrock Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 (edited) 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 2400Team 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, 2018 by iambrock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 (edited) 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, 2018 by AutisticChris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iambrock Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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