What Cooler?

Genghiz Cohen

Total build cost: €317.87 (inc delivery Free!)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz LGA1155 6MB €196.58
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 XMS3 1600Mhz DIMM CL9 1.65V €46.86
Asus P8H61-M LE REV 3.0 LGA1155 Intel H61 DDR3 mATX €74.43

Want to overclock a bit so I'm wondering what cooler I should get.
Zalman 9900 MAX has been recommended to me but neither Dabs/Komplett stock it.

What do?

Tea_Bag

well you won't be doing any overclocking on that board. its a P67 or Z68 chipset you're looking for. Asrock and MSI are IMO the leading manufacturers this Gen, but it all depends on how much you want to spend. €75 pus you at the ultra low end of the P67 budget. ill take a look at your options in a min.

then for the cooler, what's your budget and what kind of OC are you looking for?

Markd250

As I understand, you can't overclock a CPU on a H61 motherboard. You will need P67 or Z68 for that.

Edit: ninja'd

deejer

Well if your looking for the best air cooling Be Quiet is probably the way to go. Its not cheap though! Your choice from the Irish sites can be limited as I found when I was looking earlier in the year.

Genghiz Cohen

Feickin H series!
Better?
More expensive anyway ¬_¬


Budget of less than €50 (ish)

54kroc

If your going down the matx route would you consider the asus Maximus iv gene-z, good value board imo.
The noctua dh14 is a cpu great cooler as well.

Edit: Just spotted your budget, never mind.

Genghiz Cohen

My good good friend aidankkk has offered me an Asus Sabretooth P67. So if all goes as planned that'll be my new mobo.

54kroc

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

My good good friend aidankkk has offered me an Asus Sabretooth P67. So if all goes as planned that'll be my new mobo.

Very nice, good luck with the build.