Unless you're doing "heavy" overclocking or running Prime95 everyday for hours at a time the NH-D15. will be more than sufficient for the i7-4700K, even in gaming. Period.Guys My Noctua NH-D15 will do just fine for my build. I don't game, I don't OC. I have this opportunity to build this amazing system and I want to make this beast. But not a beast to some. At my age, 65 this month. It could be my crown. So leave the cooling alone. Is there anything else that's out you think??
I was given the same advice when I paired my Corsair AIO (H115i Pro) CPU cooler to my i9-9900K. That the CPU cooler would be inadequate. Four years later I'm still using it. Add that I also I run my fans low to keep noise down. And even when I tested my CPU at 5gig all cores, the cooler held. That said, I'm no longer an overclocker so my CPU is at base speeds. The only "overclocking" (though not to me) I do is enable XMP for RAM.
Again, unless you plan on pushing the CPU near or past 6gig, The NH-D15 would be more than adequate, and especially since you don't plan on overclocking.
Yes, I build my own PCs. Yes, I was in the overclocking and benchmarking game. Today, I find no need for such things other than bragging rights. That's me.
My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (Build 22631.3296)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom built
- CPU
- Intel i9-9900K
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Xtreme
- Memory
- 32G (4x8) DDR4 Corsair RGB Dominator Platinum (3600Mhz)
- Graphics Card(s)
- Radeon VII
- Sound Card
- Onboard (ESS Sabre HiFi using Realtek drivers)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- NEC PA242w (24 inch)
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1200
- Hard Drives
- 5 Samsung SSD drives: 2X 970 NVME (512 & 1TB), 3X EVO SATA (2X 2TB, 1X 1TB)
- PSU
- EVGA Super Nova I000 G2 (1000 watt)
- Case
- Cooler Master H500M
- Cooling
- Corsair H115i RGB Platinum
- Keyboard
- Logitech Craft
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master 3
- Internet Speed
- 500mb Download. 11mb Upload
- Browser
- Microsoft Edge Chromium
- Antivirus
- Windows Security
- Other Info
- System used for gaming, photography, music, school.
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- Operating System
- Win 10 Pro 22H2 (build 19045.2130)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom Built
- CPU
- Intel i7-7700K
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-Z270X-GAMING 8
- Memory
- 32G (4x8) DDR4 Corsair Dominator Platinum (3333Mhz)
- Graphics card(s)
- AMD Radeon R9 Fury
- Sound Card
- Onboard (Creative Sound Blaster certified ZxRi)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell U2415 (24 inch)
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1200
- Hard Drives
- 3 Samsung SSD drives: 1x 512gig 950 NVMe drive (OS drive), 1 x 512gig 850 Pro, 1x 256gig 840 Pro.
- PSU
- EVGA Super Nova 1000 P2 (1000 watt)
- Case
- Phantek Enthoo Luxe
- Cooling
- Corsair H100i
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master
- Keyboard
- Logitech MK 710
- Internet Speed
- 100MB
- Browser
- Edge Chromium
- Antivirus
- Windows Security
- Other Info
- This is my backup system.