$50 coolers

[General_Led]

What would be the best cooler for $50 or under? 

[Bonsai99]

Hyper 212 Evo

[Hirad123]

hyper 212 plus. 

[Bonsai99]

hyper 212 plus. 

It has gaps between the heatpipes where old thermal paste can get stuck.

[Matacks]

silverstone argon series AR03   

 

its probably one of the larger heatsinks for $50  

 

I have an AR02 which I used on an apu.  its very nice and the fan seems good  

[Kayn]

CM Hyper 212 Evo

Xigmatek Dark Knight

[Stephie_Girl]

CM Hyper 212 Evo

Xigmatek Dark Knight

I've used the Dark Knight and I was not impressed.  It barely kept an I7-4770K under 80*C at stock and the fans are soo thin and fragile.

[Ryan Leech]

It has gaps between the heatpipes where old thermal paste can get stuck.

So does my GTX 465

[Ryan Leech]

If you really want to spend $50 then the ZALMAN CNPS9900ALED

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118046

[Jt3n]

NH-U12P SE2 on sale on NCIX US right now for 40$

 

Saw the deal on reddit the other day, I'd want Noctua fans if I could get 'em.

 

EDIT link: http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=42819&vpn=NH-U12P%20SE2&manufacture=Noctua&promoid=1306

[squarestar]

zalman CNPS9900MAX-B, exactly $50

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118074

[Epikas]

It doesn't get much better than this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835214041

[chaozbandit]

NZXT Havik 140 but it's discontinued and $10 more... so Havik 120. (CM Evo's are good as well)

[Missioncode]

I've used the Dark Knight and I was not impressed.  It barely kept an I7-4770K under 80*C at stock and the fans are soo thin and fragile.

I'm thinking you had a bad mount or something.