Suggestions on new CPU cooling

[Snowjim]

Hi,

I am on the hunt for a good(quiet) CPU cooler for a Intel i5 2500K that will be OC a bit. This CPU is placed in a Fractal Design R3 with orginal fans(2). Regular memmory modules is used (no extreme heatsink).

I hade the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro on my Q6600 OC that i was vary pleased with but I supose that this will not work that good on a i5.

So I have been looking some alternatives :

Antec Kühler H20 620 : 42,40 EUR
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus : 33,81 EUR
Cooler Master Hyper 612 PWM : 42,40 EUR
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 : 54,27 EUR

Any suggestions?

 

[Ika]

That's extremely expensive for the Hyper212+. In the US here we can easily find it for $25, and value is the main reason why it's picked. At these prices I would probably go for the Kuhler, although I don't really know how it performs.

 

[mmaestro]

I'd probably take the Noctua. The Kuhler's quiet 'til you crank it up, but it gets noisy when it's running full tilt, and if you're OCing, you'll be doing that. What I don't know is whether it'll get quieter if you maybe replaced the fans? I'd be interested if anyone else here's gotten lower noise doing that.

 

[itstsui]

I recommend that you go with one of the Corsair water-cooling kits. Ex: H40, H70, H80,H100. They're fairly inexpensive for a water-cooling kit and easy to install.