Stock cooler from I7 2700K on a new I3-4130

Out of question.

It's either Intel Stock from the 2700K or the Intel Stock from the 4130.

The 2700k one is 246 grams with copper base. The I3 4130 is 168 full aluminum. The 2700k one is beefier, but I was wondering, since the LGA 1150 heat spreader is fractions of a mm lower and the stock cooler is already low pressure one, would it pose an issue?

The thing is - no more buying. I am well over my budget with this. Let's say it is an unexpected present and an unexpected take out of my pocket.

Since no one sells them in my city, I'll have to order online. But they will want another 2 for paying with iDeal and another 4 for packaging and another 4 to be send and not to mention they only sell bulk - 10+. I can get them cheaper and in less quantity, but they will take 1-2 weeks to deliver and this build has to be ready in few days.

A week to deliver.

Well that is what will happen, I guess.

So now that I am yet again comfortingly sitting in front of my HAF and 2700K I can post some results. But, oh man, assembling a mini-ITX is a pain in the A$$. Specially for someone with large hands like me. So the verdict:

- Lian Li PC-Q27 case
- I3 4130 on an Asus H81I-PLUS
- 3.5 Barracuda HDD bottom mounted (no space to mount it on the side, the Fortron 400W 80+ Bronze whatever model was is a good fit, but the cables took all that space)
- PSU mounted with the fan intake to the outer wall of the case
- Stock Intel Cooler from 2700K with Cooler Master stock paste from Hyper 212 Evo (well that's what I have left, anyway I think I went with a bit too little paste, like it's a good amount for a high pressure cooler, but a little bit too less for the low pressure Intel Stock one)

Temp Results:
Totals Idle:
Average Wattage consumption - very, very low, around 3-5W if I remember correctly
CPU Core 0: 34 to 36
CPU Core 1: 33 to 35
Fan Spd: under 1000 RPM

Browsing:
Average Wattage consumption - 5 with spikes to 11W
CPU Core 0: 37 to 40
CPU Core 1: 36 to 39
Fan Spd: under 1000 RPM

Prime95 - Full CPU load
Average Wattage consumption - 25
CPU Core 0: 65 to 66
CPU Core 1: 64 to 65
Fan Spd: goes up and down a bit but averages at around 1768 with spikes to 2076

Prime95 + MSI Kombustor - Full CPU+Full GPU load
Average Wattage consumption - 40
CPU Core 0: 67 to 71
CPU Core 1: 67 to 70
Fan Spd: average speed is around the 2600 RPM mark. Every 5-6 seconds Core0 goes to 72 and Core1 to 71, then the fan kicks in at 2900 for around 2-3 seconds and gets it down. This started after 10 mins of the beginning of the burn test and at the end of it (after 1 hour) the 2900RMP would be twice as long. Throughout the whole run, the iGPU frequency stayed at a stable 1200 MHz


I know the last test is an overkill, but this mini-ITX goes as a present and I wanted to simulate 2-3 years of dust bunnies jumping around in the case. Else I was pretty impressed. I was expecting an overheat and seeing myself taking out 1 of my 912+ case fans to put it on the bottom of the Q27. Of course, noone except me is going to torture the little fella like I did.

During all the time, I had the Q27 next to the monitor, around 40/50 cm away from me and I can say the aluminum case isolates noise quite well considering how thin it is. The stock fan at 2076 RPM was barely noticeable, but not annoying or intrusive. 2600 was kinda OK, but 2900 was like a lawnmower. Also the case makes the noise from the optical drive louder than how the drive sounds in my 912+.

Well hope this was helpful to somebody.

PS. I used GPU-Z, CoreTemp, SpeedFan to get the temp readings. GPU-Z and CoreTemp were giving me the same temps (surprise it is an iGPU) but SpeedFan was a bit off. Although it did report correct RPMs. For torture - Prime95 and MSI Kombustor