Well, i mean that maybe you can somehow find a way to make some adjustment to fit the socket 1151 or have to retire along it.

From what i know, some CPU cooler can make some small adjustment to make it compatible to socket 1155.

If i am not mistaken, socket 1155 can fit into the socket 1150. Not sure if it can do the same for the skylake socket.

I see...

But... My desktop already 9 years old. So does the excellent cooler... Well....

Hi,

For buying a cpu cooler for your new system, determine you cpu, your casing and it's clearance, the number of fans and your room. Good cpu cooler with bad airflow case wouldn't be that efficient. In my case, im using hyper 612S cooler with 2 fans on it, my case has 2 intake and 1 exhaust. Room ambient temp about 32-34. It's quite hot here. No aircond. My cpu temp usually about 39C ideal and about 50C gaming.

My suggestion would be to look around for a cooler that will fit in your case, then look for static pressure rated fans for your cpu cooler and air flow based fans for intake and exhaust. You could probably get all of them for 400 or under.

Else, there is always AIO liquid cooler. They aren't overkill even if you are not overclocking.

It's either pay for what you want or try to maximize the efficiency using the lowest budget possible.

Well, I read a lot of negative stories on liquid cooler... Mostly on realiblity issue.

If you are looking for durability, do check out Asus Sabertooth series or TUF series.

After selecting your mobo, then only look at cooler.

If you are not going for Asus Sabertooth, then i would recommend you Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3.

You will run into clearance issue if you use Asus Sabertooth + Dark Rock3. However, you can mod it yourself. Not sure about the gigabyte mobo you mention. Do check it out.

Well that's because people only talk about it if / when shit happens. When all things good, no one says anything.

I have so many AIO coolers around, active and non-active ones. So far only 1 case where it leak but it's a minor leak, nothing damaged.

Water cooling is less stressful on the motherboard when moving the pc around since the bigger air cooled heatsinks can be heavy. Performance isn't enough of a reason for me since the the relatively cheap air cooled DarkRock3 is RM320(gbros) and its performance is close to the H100.

If you don't have any experience with WC and are more concerned with long term reliability and are not going to be fiddling around with your pc frequently, then stick with air cooling. Leaks do happen even with AIO. The lower end AIO WC like the Corsair H55/60 are only somewhere around the performance of an 212evo air cooled heatsink and more expensive(2x) and may leak so they are quite pointless so only the better more expensive WC make sense.

True there are many negative stories but i think that's just a fraction of people who uses AIO cooler. It's just like a harddisk. Some complain it died within a year, some last several years. You can't really tell how or what may go but you can make some approximation based on how you handle things.

You going to OC, you can opt for bigger air cooler or AIO cooler. AIO cooler have potential to leak, yes, but it's compact and light weighted. Air cooler. No leakage issues but bigger cooler are much much heavier. It might or might not pop off. My friend's cooler fell off but how many people have experience it? Rare. It just happens.

I say, you look at your cpu and whether you going to oc it or not, case clearance and mainly budget, then, look for a cooler that isn't too heavy or too expensive yet it gives sufficient cooling As far as I know (correct me if im wrong), for budget aftermarket cooler, CM Hyper212 is the one always recommended.

It's really personal preference in the end, we can only recommend stuffs, it's ultimately up to you which you going to get

Processor I am basically stick to i7 6700 without k as no plans to overclock. I see the 6700 as best processor without OC.

Good cooler weight around 1kg. While best cooler is more than 1kg... Example: 1.3 to 1.5kg, which IMO is crazy. No wonder people said bent motherboard

Since I am just buying 6700 without K, for cooler, now I am thinking of either stock cooler or CM Hyper 212 as it is only about 500 grams. Make sense to you guys?

If you're going for the locked i7-6700, just stick with the stock cooler.

If it is just meant for some occasionally gaming (not very long hours), i would use stock cooler.

Otherwise, it is better to invest in the cooler master cpu fan to ensure that the desktop does not overheat.

Ok.. I finally bought it.

I wanted the stock cooler... But when I look at its size especially fitted on other actual system, I cannot help but really feel like a joke with its tiny heatsink.

I really cannot use the stock cooler. I felt too unsecure with the tiny size. Thus I end up topping up my budget by getting the Hyper 212X, which at least the size make me feel more comfortable. And the weight of 500 gram should not harm the board as well.

I saw someone with D14 and D15. The size is over kill...

lol, so the size doesnt matter though, still with the stock cooler + normal usage just reach 32-36 celsius, in the end, its your money anyway

It is not a bad choice after all.

After all, one of the desktop advantage over desktop is that it should be able to endure longer in heavy usage circumstances and one of the critical factor is having a good cooling system.

100% agreed