AM3 Cooler- £25

almoststew1990 · 27 Aug 2016 at 21:11

What would you recommend for up to £25? I currently have my eyes on Alpenfohn Ben Nevis Cooler for £22, would this be any good? I'm not after masses of overclocking potential, its more for the noise than anything. I'm running a Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz which I've unlocked to a "Phenom II X4 20" and it's currently running at 3GHz on the stock cooler. I'm aiming for 3.3GHz (no idea if these chips will do that but it seems this is a good one!).

up to 120mm fan- I'm assuming bigger is better in terms of both cooler and noise.

mickyflinn · 27 Aug 2016 at 22:19

Dont think the 300mhz increase in performance is worth the money for the cooler unless your gonna push the cpu higher.

Hotwired · 29 Aug 2016 at 09:47

Nothing wrong with that cooler if your main plan is to reduce noise, larger the fan the better for that.

doyll · 29 Aug 2016 at 10:31

Good little cooler. I noticed the Alpenfohn Grand Clock'ner is only a couple quid more with 4x heatpipes instead of 3x and is 125x155x104mm and weights 718g (with fan) compared to Ben Nevis at 120x141x73mm and weights 670g (with fan). I have not used either one of these, but suspect the Grand Clock'ner is the better of the two.