Cooling an i5 3570K

Honestly, the Coolermaster 212 is still a decent air option. I have one on my 3570k. I haven't looked at my temps in forever, but I know they never get close to what you are getting with stock cooler. The H80 wouldn't be a bad option either for your CPU.

If you want performance like a H70, but only wanna pay for a H40. Then you should have a look at the Cooler Master Seidon 120m. It's a very low-cost and low-profile cooler.

MY max temperature on my i5-3570 went from 87 celsius to 59 celsius.

http://www.decryptedtech.com/enthusiast-peripherals/coo... - Here you can have a look at the performance.

I also tried making a review

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOYJoRc1Ci8

You should consider checking it out. It's pretty good value.  

how much do you get paid?  





... just kidding, dont take it too seriously

I'm just happy with my cooler. I just want to share my experience because I'm satisfied with my cooler, nothing else.  

You could just stick with the hyper 212+ if you still have it. I used it for my aging i7-920 with a small OC and it kept it at <40C idle, and 70-80C when i tested it with prime95. I recently switched to the Corsair H50 when i found a good price for it, and it works a little bit better under heavy load (<70C).

Either way, there are fans for the radiator in the closed loop solutions, and i would highly recommend using 2 for push/pull as when i just used 1 fan, the temps were actually worse than my hyper 212+, 2 fans improved the load temps by quite a bit.

Like the above person said, I'd go for an entry level liquid cooling solution. It's a bit quieter, and probably easier on the dust inside the case. (i remember my antec 300 was a dust magnet).

yeah, got that same thing with my scythe ninja 3  

but that really sounds like a marketing speech  

I was thinking on re-using my older Scythe Raesetsu that I have on my AMD based system (which resides in a closet) but the issue is clearance. I have heat spreaders on my memory and I don't think the Raesetsu would work since it's a top down design with somewhat tall fins. I have a H50 sitting in the same closet, but I haven't used it in years and damned if I know where the mounting hardware is (a downfall of moving). I'll look into options on Newegg.com and place an order tomorrow. I'll keep you all updated on what I purchase. Thank you all for your help.

**Update** So I decided to kind of ghetto-rig my H50. I found the proper mounting bracket but I couldn't fnid those long screws for attaching through a fan. So I used some really tiny zip ties and used those to secure the fan to the radiator, and used a little of that IC 24K I had laying around and after some blue language and some grunting I got everything installed. So I am running about 72 C in Intel Burn in test (high settings, on Standard I hit about 67 C) and I 65 C after half an hour of Prime 95. Much better than I was expecting and considering I am using one fan and it is on medium settings (Tri-Cool's don't have great static pressure, they work but not as great as some of the more exotic/expensive fans. It's just making due with what I have.)

Now I guess, are these temps something worth bragging about? Or am I just lucky to have gotten this far? Ambient room temp is 24 C.