Cooler for a friend

[salvage-this]

A buddy of mine built his own computer a year ago. He wants to get a new heatsink for better temps and possibly a mild OC. There are two problems that I would like some input on.

1. His case has a 240mm side fan that interferes with 120mm coolers.

2. He has all of his RAM slots populated so the cooler needs to clear them.

Case:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811103026
Motherboard:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131386


Any help is appreciated!

 

[salvage-this]

He might be going with the H60. Any know if these systems are unreliable or take a lot of maintenance?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181015

 

[FuryRosewood]

no real maintenance involved with the h series other than blowing out the radiator with some compressed air once in a while to expel dust, otherwise its pretty much maintenance free

 

[salvage-this]

Great thanks. How do you have it set up? I heard that it performs better when you have the fan pointed in towards the case.

 

[Vamilvas]

That's what the guys at corsair say, you could also get a second fan for a push & pull set up.

 

[bomberboysk]

Corsair H50, H70, or Noctua NH-C14 should all work fine for your situation. The H70 is relatively close in performance to other high end Air cooling solutions, and they are meant to be maintenance free. While having it blow into the case does reduce temperatures by ~2-3c, My personal opinion is having it exhaust is the better way, otherwise you will be dumping 100+ W of heat onto all the other components, such as the PWM circuitry, Chipset, Graphics Card, Power Supply, etc.

 

[salvage-this]

I heard that they were fairly comparable to a good air cooler. He does not need anything extreme. I would have gotten him the hyper 212+ or the Dark Knight if it weren't for that clearance problem.

So I'm wondering if there would be a problem with having the stock fan as a pull and the stock exhaust fan as a push? The stock fan is just a molex fan. Would that hurt the performance of the radiator if the push fan is spinning a lot faster than the pull fan?

I hope that makes sense.