Good air cooler for Core i5 6500 1151 socket?

[Boomstick777]

Looking for suggestions on a decent air cooler for this CPU. Not to massive but able to keep thing nice and cool

 

[*Rich*]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/be-quiet-dark-rock-advanced-cpu-cooler-hs-001-bq.html

I have this cooling my 6600k oc'd to 4.3 really good cooler, not the smallest but good, and black instead of all the shiny metallic ones.

 

[Boomstick777]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/be-quiet-dark-rock-advanced-cpu-cooler-hs-001-bq.html

I have this cooling my 6600k oc'd to 4.3 really good cooler, not the smallest but good, and black instead of all the shiny metallic ones.

Cheers mate that looks like a beast, overkill for my needs though tbh. I will be running at stock. I want something more aesthetically pleasing than the stock Intel cooler and something that runs really quiet..

 

[RavenXXX2]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/evga-acx-mitx-cpu-cooler-black-92-mm-hs-001-ea.html

I have the above cooling an 4670k in an matx build, set the fan speed via the bios and you will have a quiet, compact, smart little cooler.

Push pin like stock Intel but I had no issues.

 

[Boomstick777]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/evga-acx-mitx-cpu-cooler-black-92-mm-hs-001-ea.html

I have the above cooling an 4670k in an matx build, set the fan speed via the bios and you will have a quiet, compact, smart little cooler.

Push pin like stock Intel but I had no issues.

I like that, push pins make it even easier to install so it's all good lol. My number one choice atm.

 

[8 Pack]

Alpenphon Brocken is great for the cash.

 

[mmj_uk]

Noctua are my personal favourites, really well constructed, nice mounting mechanisms and considering the price of their fans when sold separately they're usually fairly good value as well.

 

[Boomstick777]

Cheers guys checking those out, quite like this https://www.overclockers.co.uk/noctua-nh-l9x65-low-profile-performance-cpu-cooler-hs-032-nc.html.

Would it fit ASUS H170M-PLUS ok?

 

[mickyflinn]

What case do you have ?

 

[Boomstick777]

What case do you have ?

Fractal Node 804.

 

[David Bisset]

Alpenphon Brocken is great for the cash.

Brocken 2 I like, last I looked it was a bit more than the original but still good.

Probably overkill for running at stock though

 

[Telecaster]

Cheers guys checking those out, quite like this https://www.overclockers.co.uk/noctua-nh-l9x65-low-profile-performance-cpu-cooler-hs-032-nc.html.

Would it fit ASUS H170M-PLUS ok?

It's very expensive for what performance it offers, there are a dozen or more coolers way cheaper than that which offer much better performance.

Quietest I've had was a Scythe Kotetsu, it kept my 4690k cool at 4.5ghz and with a custom fan profile which was totally passive up until around 50c it was super quiet, much much quieter than my current Dark Rock Pro 3.

I didn't use the stock Scythe fan though so I can't comment on the noise performance of that, although Scythe fans are usually very good.

Review here:

http://www.silentpcreview.com/Scythe_Kotetsu

 

[ALXAndy]

Certain Scythe coolers can damage Skylake CPUs on account of them being thinner than Haswell. Please check vigorously before you buy a cooler !

Noctua have just announced they are giving away a new mounting system for Skylake so again, you may want to check before you buy a Noctua as it may involve waiting for the correct bracket to arrive.

 

[Boomstick777]

Thanks for the help guys, glad I didn't get around to picking one yet. Was having a clear out today and I stumbled upon this old thing in storage.

Wasn't sure if it would even fit the socket or the case, but I managed to get it in with a lil room to spare as well.

Temps have dropped and much prefer the look of this over the stock cooler (Yuk). GPU temps seem to have dropped as well lol, especially under load. Max CPU load temp 50C under Intel extreme burn test.

Chuffed with this saved me ordering anything else. Cheers guys.