I changed out the Cooler Master Hyper 212+ heatsink for the Noctua NH-D14. I got the NH-D14 in hopes of reaching 5-5.2GHz with reasonable temperatures. Below are Pics of install and size comparisons, temp results between the two are at the end.
Sorry for the quality of the pictures, they were taken with my Droid but you get the idea.
Size Comparison: Hyper 212+ installed, Stock Intel in middle (never used) & the Noctua NH-D14 on the right.
Noctua NH-D14 Installed on motherboard. Mountain Dew can there for size comparison. This thing is HUGE.
NH-D14 & all other components installed in case Still working on the cable management a little bit, but it's not bad as-is.
Now to see if the Upgrade was worth it from the 212+ to the NH-D14... Check out the Minimum and Maximum Temps in RealTemp and HW Monitor Pro
**Intel Burn Test was used on Very High Stress level and ran 5 times. CPU-Z and RealTemp are showing 1600mhz because I took the screenshot after Intel Burn Test finished so the clocks went from 4.7ghz to the idle speed of 1.6ghz**
Cooler Master Hyper 212+ 4.7GHz
Noctua NH-D14 4.7GHz
**EDIT**
Got it to 5.1GHz with 1.38v set in BIOS (looks like it went to1.4v max according to HW Monitor Pro) for an IBT run, not too shabby. I tried 5.2ghz with 1.42vcore, but it froze running AIDA64 Extreme's Stability Test. May try to fine tune it more later, but pretty satisfied as of right now .
Conclusion:
Upgrade was well worth it. The Temp difference is pretty significant, and should help me reach my Overclocking goal
Sorry for the quality of the pictures, they were taken with my Droid but you get the idea.
Size Comparison: Hyper 212+ installed, Stock Intel in middle (never used) & the Noctua NH-D14 on the right.
Noctua NH-D14 Installed on motherboard. Mountain Dew can there for size comparison. This thing is HUGE.
NH-D14 & all other components installed in case Still working on the cable management a little bit, but it's not bad as-is.
Now to see if the Upgrade was worth it from the 212+ to the NH-D14... Check out the Minimum and Maximum Temps in RealTemp and HW Monitor Pro
**Intel Burn Test was used on Very High Stress level and ran 5 times. CPU-Z and RealTemp are showing 1600mhz because I took the screenshot after Intel Burn Test finished so the clocks went from 4.7ghz to the idle speed of 1.6ghz**
Cooler Master Hyper 212+ 4.7GHz
Noctua NH-D14 4.7GHz
**EDIT**
Got it to 5.1GHz with 1.38v set in BIOS (looks like it went to1.4v max according to HW Monitor Pro) for an IBT run, not too shabby. I tried 5.2ghz with 1.42vcore, but it froze running AIDA64 Extreme's Stability Test. May try to fine tune it more later, but pretty satisfied as of right now .
Conclusion:
Upgrade was well worth it. The Temp difference is pretty significant, and should help me reach my Overclocking goal
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