Best aftermarket heatsink/fan for i7 2600K?

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Best aftermarket heatsink/fan for i7 2600K? Looking for air cooled only.

Using my stock Intel heatsink/fan combo. Just so sad looking I want to upgrade it to something a bit better. I'll make note of my average temps before this upgrade.

Not looking for a $100 cooler or anything. Just your average mans high quality cooler in a $30-$60 price range. Is there the most loved top 3 around here? I like a lot of CoolerMaster and Zalman. Easy of install is also preferred, dont want to pull my entire motherboard out again.
 
Take a gander at the Hyper 212+. Its a favorite among many and should provide you with good performance.
 
The cogage true spirit is excellent for the price. However, by default it comes with a bolt through kit for 1366, so you would have to also get the thermalright 1156/1155 bolt through kit.
 
naw im the type that goes with the crowd. found the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus at Frys and just got back with it. I read a bunch of assorted reviews on it today also, and saw nothing bad about it. Hopefully it fits in my case.. Should.
 
I hope the fan direction naturally works in my case.. My rear fan is an exhaust, with twin 120mm in front as intakes.

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This Coolermaster 212+ is sweet. My cpu idle since i installed it is 20-21C. Dont know what it was before and dont care. Just wanted a nice solid fan in there for the long term. Install went well, no issues. Pics soon.
 
Running Prime95 just for a quick test. All 4 core/8 thread maxed 100% as I type this. Can't get the temp to hit 58C.. Been at 57C for a while now. Is that good enough?

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For temperature testing,i suggest you to use Intel Burn Test.
But 57 degrees on P95 is good enough.
 
That's way better than my Venomous X on a 2500K! I'm idling around 29-36º C and topping out at 60ºC full load on intel burn test :(
 
Glad you are enjoying the Hyper 212+. It is beastly considering the price that it can be had for.

What's your ambient? I have a feeling I need to remount my D14.
 
skizzled said:
Glad you are enjoying the Hyper 212+. It is beastly considering the price that it can be had for.

What's your ambient? I have a feeling I need to remount my D14.
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hmm the temp in the room? about 62-64F i guess.
 
Man I dont know how you all keep the house that cold, @ 77 F my wife is bugging me its getting to cold.
 
pge bill is how.. lol.. but its been cold even for Cali lately.. i put the heat to about 65F daytimes, maybe 67F if its real cold.
 
I'm very envious of you people who can have houses be at 65 degrees F without running out of money. I'm in FL, and it's 80 degrees outside, and I have my AC come on at 78-80 because where I live electricity is insanely expensive. My room gets 80-82 when gaming :(
 
plac said:
Running Prime95 just for a quick test. All 4 core/8 thread maxed 100% as I type this. Can't get the temp to hit 58C.. Been at 57C for a while now. Is that good enough?

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Mind re-checking your temps with Real Temp? AI Suite II's reading is going to be probably ~10C lower since that's the CPU package temp, not the CPU core temps (4 cores, 4 temps, they are usually not perfectly even either).
 
Blahman said:
Mind re-checking your temps with Real Temp? AI Suite II's reading is going to be probably ~10C lower since that's the CPU package temp, not the CPU core temps (4 cores, 4 temps, they are usually not perfectly even either).
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Same. 1-2C difference.

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Dr.GumbyM.D. said:
I'm very envious of you people who can have houses be at 65 degrees F without running out of money. I'm in FL, and it's 80 degrees outside, and I have my AC come on at 78-80 because where I live electricity is insanely expensive. My room gets 80-82 when gaming :(
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Exactly my problem too. I have VenX Black, still 80c+ on stress tests.
 
anyone have pictures of that noctura in their system?

It looks absolutely massive on the newegg pictures, but I hear it's quiet and the temps were the best out of the entire benchmark roundup I saw.
 
Dr.GumbyM.D. said:
I'm very envious of you people who can have houses be at 65 degrees F without running out of money. I'm in FL, and it's 80 degrees outside, and I have my AC come on at 78-80 because where I live electricity is insanely expensive. My room gets 80-82 when gaming :(
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I'm over in nor cal and its 100+ out, I'm cheap and don't use air conditioning (have it, but don't use it) gaming can get pretty brutal. I don't want to know the temperature in my office...
 
plac said:
it would appear that way, wouldnt it? but you didnt see how it was spread or applied, so it doesnt really matter.
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pls dont tell me you actually manually spread it. with a card or something..

if you did i sense alot of micro air pockets in the application and a redo is in order :p
 
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