Fan for i5-6600k

[Kilbane]

Your welcome man happy to help, I will say this I used the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro, It was my first CPU cooler I ever bought, I overclocked an i5-2500k to 4.4ghz I cant remember voltage now but it was definitely more that 1.2 volts ,with no issues using it, quad cores don't really get that warm unless you do extreme overclocking, I hope this does not confuse you more, try looking around the net for more benchmarks on what coolers are available to you and make a decision based on that, whatever you decide best of luck

Can you come and tell my i5 that please

 

[DarthDudo]

Can you come and tell my i5 that please

Sure just send me 1st class plane tickets, stick up your address and any security information I might need to get in and ill be there in no time

Is it heavily overclocked?Does it pass 80c?I'll edit that to say MOST modern intel quad cores*

 

[Kilbane]

Is it heavily overclocked?Does it pass 80c?I'll edit that to say MOST quad cores*

4670k Clocked to 4.4Ghz @ 1.195v

OCCT will get the temps to 72 on a H100i, chip will Clock a lot further on an extra 0.1v but temps strat going around 80c, can't be bothered to de-lid it.

 

[DarthDudo]

4670k Clocked to 4.4Ghz @ 1.195v

OCCT will get the temps to 72 on a H100i, chip will Clock a lot further on an extra 0.1v but temps strat going around 80c, can't be bothered to de-lid it.

Thats interesting what Stepping is your CPU?Is it just 1 core that gets that hot or are all them similar?Ahh dont talk to me about delidding dude my 3570k keyring is staring at me

 

[Kilbane]

Thats interesting what Stepping is your CPU?Is it just 1 core that gets that hot or are all them similar?Ahh dont talk to me about delidding dude my 3570k keyring is staring at me

C3 revision C0, one core is 4-5c hotter, typical 4670k.

 

[realneil]

The reason that I linked to the cooler that I did was that it's on the OP's list, and it has a larger (120mm) cooling fan on it.
It's bound to work a little bit better than the others.

As for overclocking, I don't think that overclocking is on the OP's shortlist. I think that he understands that if he plans to overclock, he'll need to spend more money on his cooling.

Running at stock, or slightly over, this cooler is a good choice.

Zalman CNPS10X OPTIMA

 

[William]

every CPU is different some are warmer than others, some require more volts for the same clock speeds some just wont reach 4.4 whatsoever so your mileage may vary

Hmm I thought that every CPU from the same serie have the same overclocking possibilities (with some minor insignificant differences). I guess than it depends on a luck as well.

 

[Doomslayer]

Hmm I thought that every CPU from the same serie have the same overclocking possibilities (with some minor insignificant differences). I guess than it depends on a luck as well.

Every CPU is different you can have 2 of the same CPU one will over clock better than the other one it's called the Silicon Lottery.

Check this out to learn more http://siliconlottery.com/