General / Off-Topic Years later and my CPU cooler is STILL amazing..

[DarkRider2k3]

A while back I bought a Cooler Master Hyper N520. Got this for what (at the time) was a socket AM2 processor.

This cooler has lasted me ages... From that AM2 processor to an AM3.. and now to my AM3+ processor I just bought for Christmas (to finally complete my new PC upgrades).

I recently bought an AMD FX-8350 (Black Vishera 4.0 8-core), and wondered how this cooler would work with it.. It's run my computer cool throughout it's life, but wondered how it would do on a new AM3+ processor/motherboard (got a new mobo, RAM, and cpu for Christmas to complement my GPU I bought).

Well.. it's amazing.

Currently my temps are running at 20C, but it's lowest today was 14C.

While playing PC for about an hour, it reached a max temp of 46C. The processor being rated for a Max of 90C.

I have to admit.. out of anything I've ever bought, this cooler is a great purchase. It's definitely not quiet (my computer is not quiet at all like a liquid cooled system), but it's definitely reliable and worth the $$$s I spent so long ago.

 

[Costarring]

I'm keeping the noise and temps down with a Noctua n14 series.
I also run an FX8350.
This fan and my memory are the only high performance parts in my case (besides the Akasa Eclipse 62 case, which is also HUGE)

 

[Games4Tom]

I use an Alpenföhn Matterhorn white for my new i7-6700k overclocked to 4.5GHZ.
I'ts amazing, the cooler is so quite and the temps stay around 57° (55° - 60° when playing Bitter Jeweler 20'500 peeps park - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=822448125).