Cooler MasterHyper 212 Black Edition CPU Air Cooler with LGA1700 Bracket - 4 Continuous Direct Contact Heat Pipes with Fins, Silencio FP120 Fan, Optional Push-Pull Fan Configuration - Black

When I thought through my new PC build I wanted a decent cooler, previously I went with an i7-6700 and used the stock fan that came with the processor. It was noisy and the constant drone of a fan speeding up and down, up and down was a bit off-putting.So this time I was planning on a decent cooler. Aside from that, I went for the i7-6700K, no particular want to over clock but the price was right and it did not come with a cooler anyway.I am no expert, let me make that clear. I did a bit of research and decided on this one as it was popular and the reviews were good.When it arrived I was really like 'OMG, what have I done...' The thing is huge! Thankfully, however, the instructions were good and I bought a case that was big enough to fit it, so just bear that in mind!It is a bit of a fiddle getting it set up correctly but not overly so. I would highly recommend that before you put the paste on the CPU that you ensure you have it all ready to screw down, I took a few attempts to make sure the four screws were in the right place. You can lift the screws and move them slightly as needed to make it line up just right.The whole point here is that the copper pipes suck up the heat and it spread into the heat sink where the fan blows the heat out. So make sure to place it on the CPU so that it blows the heat towards a fan that will extract the heat as quickly as possible.Despite the scary size having never used anything but a stock fan, it was not as difficult to fit as I was expecting and I am really happy with the results it is producing.On my old PC with an i7-6700 and stock fan, it could sit at 70/80C with the fan whining raiding in World of Warcraft. Now it is very, very quiet and never gets above 50C.Even if you're not so comfortable with me with these things it's not a complex task and has good rewards.

i bought this for my very first pc build & i am really liking it. it's keeping my temps nice n cool & it's not too noisy!aesthetics: it's not *that* big so it doesn't look like a brick in your case, the colour modes are nice but they do give off more of a pastel look rather than a vibrant colourful look (great for me cus i wanted a soft lavender colour) but keep it in mind if that's not the look you're going for e.g. if u want a bright red it will look like a dull orange colournoise: fairly quiet, hasn't bothered me in the slightest even when not using headset unless cpu is being more heavily used but that is to be expected of coursefunctionality: works great, never seen my temps go beyond 70-75 maximum when there's a heavy workload on it. cool casual 30 degrees while just chillinginstallment: easy to set-up, fairly simple for beginnersvalue for money: if you're happy with the less vibrant colours it's absoloutely a 10/10 cooler especially for the price, great for beginners such as myself or anyone who can't afford giga-chad coolers

This is an utterly phenomenal cooler. Far better than I had hoped it would be.Check it'll fit in your case - simple google search'll do it.Install: Really easy. There's good vids on youtube to prepare you, but honestly it couldn't be much easier.I decided to use a different thermal compound - out of curiosity and because my local geek shop stocked it and I wanted to support them. It's a nanodiamond compound, non-electrically conductive so safe if you use a bit much, and rated at 3.7W/mK (whatever that means) - reviews put it about 5C cooler than Arctic Silver MX-4 (There's a brand that is even more conductice - 4.5 W/mK, I think its called IC Diamond). Other reviewers say the stuff that comes with this is good.Performance: WOW! seriously this is far beyond what I had hoped for. I'm running an i5 3570k in a Fractal Design Define R3 case. The stock Intel cooler allowed me to reach 4.2Ghz O/C, but I was seeing temps of 80/81C under prime95 tests, and beyond 4.3Ghz straight out failed.I first ran this with just the stock fan pushing air through the tower (people say this is more effective than pulling air through). Although the PWM control meant my temps stayed at 77/78C, I noticed that the fan speeds were only 50%. So I thought why not try higher... 4.3 came and went, then 4.4, 4.5, 4.6.... by now the fan was hitting 90% BUT STILL KEEPING ME AT 79/80C. I even got it to 4.7Ghz but temps started rising toward 85C. I bought this because I really wanted a moderate O/C at 67C or below.Then I read up on dual fan push/pull configurations. I had a spare 120mm fan, just a cheap standard Akasa 1200rpm jobbie. The brackets that come with this for 2nd fan are so easy to install. My fan ain't PWM, so just plugged it into mobo 3-pin header. This means its always at full rpm, but its a very quiet little thing so I don't mind. But OMG the difference! 4.2Ghz dropped to 45C at full prime95 stress test on all 4 cores. 45C!!!! I think this is partly because the 2nd fan is always maxed. The PWM fan just span at its lowest 600rpm setting. Idle is now 9C when the room temp is 21c!!!I've managed to get a properly stable O/C of 4.7Ghz at 1.32v. So far hasn't been above 62C on any core under prime95, and the original PWM fan hasn't gone above 1200rpm out of max 1600rpm. If I wasn't set on a low temp and a quiet fan I think this cooler could get me to 4.8, maybe higher if the chip will stay stable. This is as good as some water loops I've seen. At a fraction of the price.For fun and better looks I've just ordered 2 Akasa Viper fans that I'll use on this. If they are as effective as the reviews say, I might try for a higher O/C. Which is mental considering I bought this hoping for 67C at 4.3Ghz.If you want seriously effective cooling for a fraction of the price of water loops, buy this and put a 2nd fan on it.