Help Stock cooler replacement for intel core i7 4770k 3.5ghz ?

[TdC]

I dunno chum. I can never get them to sit as well as an aftermarket cooler. Maybe it's me, but the aftermarkets are just...better.

 

[caLLous]

Yup. It's because they're built for the masses, they have that awful thermal pad on them which you're supposed to use instead of messing about with proper thermal paste. It's never going to make as good a contact as paste. I remember putting one in my HTPC before I upgraded the cooler in my server (where the NF-L12 came from) and it rocked around even after tightening.

 

[caLLous]

NH-L12*