budget cpu cooler for i5 4690

[digitaldoughnut]

does anyone know of a good budget cooler for under or about £25.00 or $38.00 (as of This post 21/9/15) to cool an i5 4690? thanks 

[RollinLower]

Hyper 212? i believe they are going for about 25 bucks on ebay right now.

don't quote me on this tough!

 

EDIT: welp, it's 29 bucks anyway; http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-EVO-CPU-Cooler-with-120-mm-PWM-Fan-/301380789197

 

EDIT2: also just noticed that particular one is out of stock, tough if you just search ebay for 'hyper 212' there are plenty of offers below 30 bucks!

[Zayzo]

For $38? You can get better than a 212 evo. 

One sec. 

EDit: What are you going for? Just a more silent cooler? 

Either of these will be quieter than a 212 evo while offering better performance. 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA66Z28G5714&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4UF2DZ6565&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

[Nacho Marco Segui]

The stock one,its free

[BigDay]

i would say the 212 evo only because you don't have a k series chip

 

if you had the unlocked version, the 212 is not sufficient imo

[Mastorbinho69]

hyper 212 i cant believe how good it is

[Mug]

When the BeQuiet Pure Rock is on sale, it's cheaper than the 212 evo. It's currently £27 on Scan, the same price as the Evo.

 

EDIT: WAIT!

 

It's in budget at Aria PC

 

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Fans+%26+Cooling/Air/be+quiet%21+Pure+Rock+BK009+CPU+Air+Cooler+?productId=62193&source=pcpartpicker

[Aytex]

212 evo, be quiet pure rock

[digitaldoughnut]

Hyper 212? i believe they are going for about 25 bucks on ebay right now.

don't quote me on this tough!

 

EDIT: welp, it's 29 bucks anyway; http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-EVO-CPU-Cooler-with-120-mm-PWM-Fan-/301380789197

 

EDIT2: also just noticed that particular one is out of stock, tough if you just search ebay for 'hyper 212' there are plenty of offers below 30 bucks!

but its not compatible with 100r corsair sorry forgot to say  :wacko: silent edition

[DarkTornadoGames]

deecool has some cheap 140mm, cryorig h7

[Lotus]

Unless we're talking about the K series, just use the included stock one. It's only drawback is that it's a bit louder. The extra cooling performance of even something as simple as a Hyper 212 will make zero difference because you can't make use of any thermal headroom since the i5-4690 is locked. The idea that a CPU running at 60°C is better than one running at 80°C is a complete myth. It's not until you get to 85+ that it becomes something to worry over, and even then not by much if at all.

[Bananasplit_00]

im running the stock one on my 4690k without OC and its fine

[Midnitewarrior4]

i would say the 212 evo only because you don't have a k series chip

 

if you had the unlocked version, the 212 is not sufficient imo

the 212 evo isnt sufficient for a k series cpu ? your kidding right ? just cause it has a k doesnt mean its automatically putting out more heat, unless you up the voltage it will be fine,  i have a small oc of 4.2 on my 4690k and temps stay below 70 while gaming in a h440 so im sure i could up the voltage a bit and go to 4.3-4.4 and still be fine at mid 70`s max

[BigDay]

the 212 evo isnt sufficient for a k series cpu ? your kidding right ? just cause it has a k doesnt mean its automatically putting out more heat, unless you up the voltage it will be fine,  i have a small oc of 4.2 on my 4690k and temps stay below 70 while gaming in a h440 so im sure i could up the voltage a bit and go to 4.3-4.4 and still be fine at mid 70`s max

 

exactly. you have a baby overclock with barely any voltage increase. i have a 4.6 ghz overclock on both the core and cache ratio with a core voltage of 1.31 and a cache voltage of 1.33. the 212 couldn't hold that.

 

the 212 is not meant for a serious overclock

 

go home

[Midnitewarrior4]

exactly. you have a baby overclock with barely any voltage increase. i have a 4.6 ghz overclock on both the core and cache ratio with a core voltage of 1.31 and a cache voltage of 1.33. the 212 couldn't hold that.

 

the 212 is not meant for a serious overclock

 

go home

did i ever say the 212 was meant for serious overclocks ? no i said its sufficient for a k series as long as you dont push the voltage too high where as you said that it wasnt sifficient at all for a k series when it is since im using it without problem

[Lotus]

exactly. you have a baby overclock with barely any voltage increase. i have a 4.6 ghz overclock on both the core and cache ratio with a core voltage of 1.31 and a cache voltage of 1.33. the 212 couldn't hold that.

 

the 212 is not meant for a serious overclock

 

go home

You have no idea what you're talking about.  The 4690k is an 80W TDP chip (not including the iGPU). We aren't talking the 125W+ TDP chips of LGA 2011-3 or anything. The 212 Evo is perfectly sufficient for fairly high overclocks on these low power consumption chips since they just don't put out that much heat. I have my i7-4770k @ 4.5 GHz @ 1.295v and the highest it's hit on stress testing is 82°C. LGA1150 just don't have high TDP chips, meaning the 212 Evo is more than sufficient for a good overclock.