Windows 7 - help finding good aftermarket heat sink

im looking for a good, rather in-expensive aftermarket heat sink that can cool me from a waping 55 degree play time and 39 degree idle to a more reasonable # for overclocking. also, it would be good if it is amd am3, AND intel lga 1155 compatable. price range im looking for is less than $60. i should also probably ask if an h100 would be more effective, i would imagine it would, and i know thats 60 more than i wanted to spend, but it may be worth it at some point

Going to recommend the cooler I have. It's way less then $60, but doubt you'll find much better at twice the price.

Hyper 212 Plus (fan bracket version) - Cooler Master - Leading Provider of Computer Case | Cooler | Power Supply

Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7

But for overclocking you may want to make the bigger investment. The H70 is about $80

http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Hydro-.../dp/B005QUQP8U

But I don't think the H70 will outperform the Hyper 212+ by much. For $10 more, there is:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835608018


A Guy

If you are willing to go $20 over your budget, and want to stay with a HS/F, then this is the one that I would suggest:

Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler LGA1366 LGA1156 LGA775 AM2 AM3 AM2+ NEW (8424310139342) | eBay

i saw that, i know of noctua and allot of people say its in the top 2 best, but i wasnt sure of how good it would be as an aftermarket heat sink

i was taking a look at one on new egg, dont remember what it was called, it was an arctic silver one, im farily certain it will NOT out perform a noctua, but incase i find i dont have the funds when im ready, its i think 40 or 50, it was the arctic silver 13 aftermarket heat sink. just looking for some input on whether or not it would be worth it if i find i cant spare the extra 20 later on

The Hyper 212+ is better, and the Noctua much better:

Arctic Cooling Intel LGA775/1156 Heatsink Temperature Comparisons - Freezer 13 FrostyTech Review

A Guy

Considering that the only cooler listed above the Noctua on that Freezer 13 list is in a category of it's own, and goes for ~$849, I would say that the Noctua is the best in it's class.

I've used an H100 in my last two customer builds(by request),they were a pain to mount and are really meant for beyond the norm overclocking. I use an H100 in my gaming rig, but I shelled out that much cash to reach 5Ghz at reasonable temps. The H100 is built for pushing the boundaries of your processor without moving into custom water cooling loops.

I would go with A Guy's suggestion of the Hyper 212. I've worked with one of these before. The installation was pretty straight forward, and dropped the temps by 9-12 C.

i plan on ocing my BE955 to maybe a little over 4, maybe 4.3 ghz and having a bit of fun with a new i7 iplan on buying also, but not as much with the i7 because its already so fricking fast. so if the noctua can do it, i think thats the direction ill go, based o ntheir fan prices, 80 % of the price of that heat sink is the fans lol

You'll have to keep in mind size of the cooler, and Ram slot placement, ram height as well as case dimensions. A Guy