Specs are in profile, but to sum up I have a Gigabyte z77-UD4H, 3570K at stock, G.skill ripjaw 2x8GB and a HAF XM. No extra fans in the case. Yet. My current HSF is the 212+. I've been happy with it during my C2D and i5-750 usage, but the 3570K gets hotter then I'd like. Bios reports 45idle, and ~55load. For some reason Easy Tuner 6 (ET6) reports both about 10c lower. While below the bad point, I'd like something that cools better. Looking on Newegg I noticed that the Noctua coolers are on sale. Specifically I noticed the NH-D14 is down to $80 with free shipping.
Because I don't pay a lot of attention to cooling I come to you guys who do. What is a good cooler these days that can cool better then the 212+? I did read the OCing article Toms just did and the NH-U14S they semi suggest from that article is A) not available on newegg at the moment I write this, and B) only $4 cheaper. From what I see the NH-U14S is around half the NH-D14 so the D14 for $4 more is very worth it. I'm open to other coolers as well. Not sold on the AIO "water" coolers though if one has a nice price/performance ratio I'd consider. Money isn't something I'm worried about right now, but not looking to go full water or spend much more then the D14.
Because I don't pay a lot of attention to cooling I come to you guys who do. What is a good cooler these days that can cool better then the 212+? I did read the OCing article Toms just did and the NH-U14S they semi suggest from that article is A) not available on newegg at the moment I write this, and B) only $4 cheaper. From what I see the NH-U14S is around half the NH-D14 so the D14 for $4 more is very worth it. I'm open to other coolers as well. Not sold on the AIO "water" coolers though if one has a nice price/performance ratio I'd consider. Money isn't something I'm worried about right now, but not looking to go full water or spend much more then the D14.