Features - QOTW: Which CPU cooler do you use?

[jnutt]

Corsair 80i contrary to other posts mine is quiet and works well. I'm on Windows 8.1 64bit. Corsair link 2 works fine as well.

[jimbok11]

Silverstone AR01 Argon on mine...seems to work fine

[LeetyMcLeet]

Noctua NH-D14 for me.

We need a poll to see which ones are the most popular

[iranu]

Was a Thermaltake Big Typhoon, but left that on the old motherboard so currently using stock 4670k cooler until I can evaluate swiftech's new H220X.

[riccyber]

Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 on a intel e5500, of course i'm satisfied

[ReissTC]

Got one computer using a Noctua L9i on an i5 3330, and my other computer using a Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo with a pair of SP120 performance fans on it, cooling an OC'd Phenom II X4 940. Used to use a Delta AFC1212DE fan on it.

[Saracen]

Most machines are stock cooler, though I have replaced some fans, both cooler and case, typically for quieter models, though some are just for worn, cheap bearings.

A couple of machines do have aftermarket coolers. IIRC, Xigmatek, though I'd have to look up the invoice to be sure of model numbers.

How do I rate them? Doing the job perfectly well. And the "job" is cooling. I don't give 3/4 of 5/8th's of naff-all what they look like, any more than I care what the fan or my car rad looks like. Does it work? Does it last a decent lifetime? Is it decently quiet? If so, great. Do I care if it's shiny copper colour, or dull grey? Do I hell. And do I care if it glows a pretty colour? Not one iota. Tried that, don't care for it. My PCs are tools, not fashion statements.

[Heloooo]

I use a Deepcool Ice Matrix 400 cooler , The main thing form me has always been how much performance am I getting for the price and I am glad to say that this little cooler gives me a satisfactory performance . Some of the other coolers are quite noisy and expensive whilst this cooler is quite and uses anti vibration padding to make sure that it doesnt make much noise . It is only £30 so maybe a product to consider if your on a budget!

[Tetragons]

thermaltake water 2.0 performer with an core i7 860, usually around 43c

[OilSheikh]

Xigmatek Thor's Hammer !

[deejayburnout]

Hyper 212. Works a treat on push pull. Cheap but very cheerful. All about good fans

[acekorneya]

ThermalTake Water 2.0 Pro for i7-2600k

My Systen Specs:
Motherboard:Maximus IV gene-z/gen3
CPU:i7-2600k@4.85GHz TermalTake Water2.0 Pro 75C under load
Memory:16GB g.skill ripjaws x 1600
Storage:250GB Samsung SSD SATA III, 500GB SATA III WD, 720GB seagate, 3TB External Fantom Drive USB 3.0
Graphics card(s):GTX 770@1300Mhz Mem@8000Mhz GTX 560@stock PhysX
SoundCard:Soundblaster Titanium HD
PSU:Corsair TX750
Case:BitFenix Shadow

[Moogly]

Intel stock cooler. Very loud and annoying. For anything even remotely awesome I'd have to import it and would cost as much as an R9 270.
Life is hard.

[grazina31]

Noctua NH-C12P SE14, to replace a intel stock cooler.

[rpjkw11]

Phanteks TC-14PE on a delidded i7 4770K OC 4.2 rig and a Noctua NH-D15 on a new i7 4790K non-delidded (for now) OC 4.5. For my use, I have yet to see a reason for risking a water system.

[crossy]

Just ran handbrake 1080p encoding 8 cores 100% took the temps from 30 idle to 45 degrees with 19 degrees ambient.

Diito here - all six cores busy 98-100% on 4 hours (realtime) worth of coding on Handbrake's medium setting and with a 21C ambient I peaked at 41C (according to Asus's bundled utils). Okay that's only a 4GHz o/c'd not 4.7GHz like yours - but I'm using air (Noctua NH-D14).

PS your system specs say 4.5GHz not 4.7
PPS, nice spec on that w/c setup - much envy here. And envy for the two extra cores - I could do with those for these DVD transfers (to tablet because I'm on my hol's soon).