Hello everyone, I should start by apologizing since I'm sure this is one of those questions that shows up every 30 minutes on these forums, but my research hasn't turned out any satisfying answers, so I just thought I might ask here.
With that out of the way, here's my situation.
I've been running an i5 6600 non-k for about a year now with the stock Intel cooler (cue the ominous music) because my PC was build on a tight budget and I couldn't spare anything for an after market cooler at the time.
Despite that I never had a problem reaching 3,8~3,9 boost clock speed at about 60~65 degrees Celsius under load and the stock cooler was keeping my CPU under 30C with light stuff like internet browsing.
The problem is lately I've see on certain occasions 1 of the cores (while the others run normal) stuck at 800 Mhz, other times it's all 4 cores that get stuck at 800 Mhz.
I've also seen it parked at 3,3 Ghz on occasion.
Despite those oddities, what I've seen most lately is all 4 cores getting stuck at 3,6 Ghz when the CPU passes 45~50C.
I know all of this are tell tale signs of thermal throttling, so I've been looking into CPU coolers.
So far I've been looking at the Cooler Master Hyper 212 and the Noctua NH-D15.
Now between these too I know this particular Noctua is better than that particular Cooler Master, BUT, it is also more than twice as expensive where I live.
Not only that but the Noctua NH-D15 weighs 1320g, while the Cooler Master Hyper 212 is 465g, and they will have to stand on their side, I'm wondering if the main board could ever support that Noctua on it's side weighing in at well over 1kg.
Now I' guessing the Noctua NH-D15 won't have twice to cooling power of Cooler Master Hyper 212 is 465g (or does it?) but I was wondering if it would keep the temperatures that much lower to justify twice the money since I cannot seem to find a good comparison.
Because I know I might be suggested something in between those two, I can look into other options besides those two, even if I am some what limited to the products available in my country.