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noctua U12A works well and is nice if you prefer a smaller form factor air cooler that doesn't cover your ram
i use the dark rock elite and it's been wonderful
a 280-360mm AIO will help you maximize your performance but for me it's not worth the extra hassle and risk associated with AIOs.
keep in mind your bios settings may be optimized for water cooling out of the box, depending on your motherboard. for my msi board, i just had to go into cpu settings in bios and change water cooling (unlimited power) to air cooling (288W power limit) in order to get my fan curves dialed in