Cooler For i7 7700k to replace current cooler

[jlewis02]

I am wanting to get a new air cooler for my i7 7700k that will cool as good or better than my current cooler.
I have the fan at 2k rpm to keep the noise down.
Current temps are 79c at full load with realbench running for several hours.
Been looking at nactua d-15 but have been out of the loop for a few years.

 

[Vayra86]

You kinda do need to shoot for a dual stack tower, but I reckon the gain will be 'meh' at best. 79C at full load is a fine temp, totally safe for 24/7

If you want cooler, or more OC headroom, tighten down on the OC (voltages) instead. You're about to spend 60-90 bucks for 2-5 C at best.

Your current heatsink may be old, but it certainly is a good one. NH-D15S or something along those lines (BeQuiet DRP4 is another one, there are manymore these days) is really the only way forward on air.

If the problem is noise, the bigger cooler will certainly help you. But you can also try aiming for an 85C temperature target instead of 79C, and as a result just lower those fan speeds radically across the board. Hurricane fan speed doesn't really do much, your main issue is heat density under the die.

After all how often do you bench? Its not a normal use case.

If you're worried about temps... I ran my 3570K at an 88C peak temp target for many many years. It used to average out around 80 C with OC. No problems, still does business downstairs in the HTPC, still OC'ed as it was on day one, 7 years ago. My 'safe temps' are 85C on (Intel Core) CPU and 82C on Nvidia GPU. If it goes over that consistently, I take measures, and I always trade more silence for higher temp until I hit that target. Its well under the max temp the chips are specced for, but its close to their throttle point. You do want to stay under that.