Cooler Master Hyper 103 (Non-Overclocking)

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I'm looking at getting Cooler Master's just introduced Hyper 103 for my Intel Core i5 4570. It looks great, and I'm keen on getting one soon. But I'm not sure if it will improve the temps that I have right now which are 34 to 36ºC on idle, and 50-55ºC on typical gaming load (never gets over 60ºC).

Reviews are sparse and minimal as I'm writing this, so your opinion would be of great help. Any alternative you can recommend?

Specs of the Cooler Master Hyper 103 are as follows:
http://www.coolermaster.com/product/Detail/cooling/cpu-air-cooler/hyper-103.html

Please don't recommend the Hyper 212 Evo, and other similar coolers with big heatsinks. Though my case (storm scout 2) can handle heatsinks upto 6-inches in height, it's my personal preference to keep the CPU cooler I'll be getting as low-profile (and cost-effective) as possible, without the compromise in performance of course.
 
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Your temps are absolutely fine where they are. Yes, what you are hearing is your cpu ramping up as temperature rises in the cpu. You will most likely hear the same type of ramping with the small Hyper - the 92mm fan is small and will need to spin up, less often most likely, but you will still get the ramping with a small cooler. While it will most likely be quieter overall, to me it's just a trade off - I really don't think the performance increase would be all that significant.

In the end, the choice is yours, but if it was me, I'd leave it as is unless/until you have a problem.

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With the temps you are running now, I can see no reason to move to a different cooler. Frankly, I think you might have the opposite effect installing the new Hyper - as it is now, you are running great temps and the removal of an obviously well seated and effective cooler might result in a less than adequate TIM application resulting in higher temps.

In short - if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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If you are currently using the stock heatsink/fan, I can give a virtual guarantee (impossible to give a real one here) that if mounted properly, your temps will be lower. By how much? As you pointed out, information is sparse yet so I can't say off hand, possibly 10C or so (if my 92mm HSF on an AMD CPU is any indication)
 
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So you're saying there is little to gain or possibly even worse performance if i change my already "effective" stock cooler? Yes, the temperatures I'm getting is still in the safe zone, but the intel stock fan tend to put out this short burst of noise on multiple occasions when I'm gaming (probably to keep temps down when the CPU gets too hot.) I'm not really bothered by it to be quite honest, but a more quiet cooler wouldn't hurt, would it?
 
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So is the 92mm fan enough? My case is properly ventilated already (7x 120mm fans). That's why I'm settling for a smaller cooler, because as in my opinion, a 120mm HSF is overkill already.
 
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Your temps are absolutely fine where they are. Yes, what you are hearing is your cpu ramping up as temperature rises in the cpu. You will most likely hear the same type of ramping with the small Hyper - the 92mm fan is small and will need to spin up, less often most likely, but you will still get the ramping with a small cooler. While it will most likely be quieter overall, to me it's just a trade off - I really don't think the performance increase would be all that significant.

In the end, the choice is yours, but if it was me, I'd leave it as is unless/until you have a problem.

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