What's the best moderatly priced Heatsink for 1366 socket?

Jamin43

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What's the best modestly priced heatsink for 1366 socket?

I was doing some work inside my PC yesterday - and hadn't put it in it's resting place yet. Tonight - I kicked it over and it thunked on the side that snapped off a fastener for my core i7 OEM heatsink.

I took out the heatsink - and fixed the fastener ( I think ) - cleaned the thermal compound off - and applied some thermal silver 5 - and all of my core temps are up about 10 degrees at idle. I'm keeping an eye on the processor temp - but if I can't resolve the issue, I may need an aftermarket heatsink.

I'd rather not spend 70 bucks on this right now. I have other things I'd rather spend my discretionary money on. But I'm open to suggestions. I may at a much later time - toy with overclocking - but at the current point in time - the PC is plenty fast for me right now - so there's nothing calling me to overclock right now.

Thanks
 
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Jamin43

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It is the best, not one of:p

Yeah - fan not included :(

I really like the Noctua Nh-u12p but leaning toward the Coolermaster V8 for price consideration and ability to use in different PC setup if I need to later on.

Noctua - I really like the fastening mechanism so if I have any problems - I don't have to pull it out - looks really quiet - 6 year warranty and Priced above what I want to pay though. The 1366 model only works on that one socket. I'd like to take the cooler with me if needed later on. I also have moderately tall RAM - and the Noctua might be spacially challenged.

V8 - Not excited about having to yank out MOBO anytime I have an issue with the CPU cooler - but it fits on everything - and can probably pick up an adapter plate later if need be. DOn't think this will get in the way of my RAM.

Edit- I'm still open minded on this issue - as I only want to buy a heatsink once. I'll probably weigh everything and make a decision in the next couple of days here.

Much appreciation to the above posts. I plan to consider them all before making a purchase.
 
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bebopin64

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as was said, the prolimatech is the best. its a simple design so no doubt the future holds adapters for all kinds of yet to be invented sockets.
 
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