Quote Originally Posted by burningforce View Post
have you looked into the cooler master hyper 212+? It is not that wide but i somewhat tall, so should check clearance before buying.

it comes with a PWM fan, although not sure how good it is as I do not use it, I use another fan.
Seems to cool sandy bridge cpu's quite well and if you stay under 4.7Ghz overclock, then the heatsink should work great.

here is the heatink webpage http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/prod...roduct_id=2923

if you do plan on getting it, be aware that this is a $29.99 heatsink tops. Newegg used to sell this heatsink for this much, but when it become a cheap alternative to higher priced heatsinks, they decided to raise the price to around $40+.

I just checked newegg and it seems the price is $32.99 shipped as of right now. So I would read around and see what you would like to get based on your needs and performance.
Have heard good things about the H212+ myself.
Quote Originally Posted by burningforce View Post
Only thing I do not like is after you mount everything and the heatsink is on the cpu and secured, the heatsink seems to be easily turned. This is not a huge problem if you install and do not mess with it. I however like to mess around in my machine installing/uninstalling and moving stuff around. I sometimes bump the heatsink and it turns a little, I just turn it back the right way and it seems fine.
As far as I know... most, if not all, big gigantic heat sinks move after being mounted in place. My Venomous-X,
Zalman 9500, and whatever other one I had back in the day all moved if they were bumped or messed with.
If you could apply enough pressure in order to keep the heatsink from moving... I'm guessing you'd either
damage the CPU or crack the motherboard.