Looking for a cheap low profile cooler

Wahzy · 28 Jan 2015 at 22:56

Hi there,

I'm after something cheap to replace the Intel stock cooler for my new Raijintek Metis build I'm in the process of doing.

It needs to cool an i5 2300 with no overclock. It needs to be low profile. I was looking at the Raijintek ones but they appear to be out of stock.

Thanks,
Alex.

Telecaster · 29 Jan 2015 at 20:09

Will you be using the PCIe slot? You need to be careful with coolers on MITX boards because socket placement is key with regards any interference with the PCIe slot.

How much is "cheap" ?

Wahzy · 29 Jan 2015 at 20:32

I may add a geforce 750 later on but that's it.

Wahzy · 29 Jan 2015 at 21:01

Anything less than £20.

Telecaster · 30 Jan 2015 at 20:01

How about one of these?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-050-AR&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2334

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cooling/2012/07/02/arctic-freezer-11-lp-review/1

I don't have direct experience of this specific cooler, but I've had one of Artic Cooling's VGA coolers and it was excellent, I'd be very surprised if this was a bad product.

Wahzy · 1 Feb 2015 at 15:13

Looks good.

Wahzy · 10 May 2015 at 09:08

I have the Arctic Cooling cooler now which is lovely and quiet. However it is too big to allow me to fit a graphics card. So I may just go back to my old H60 which allowed me plenty of space. Unless anyone can provide another solution?

pastymuncher · 10 May 2015 at 11:04

The Freezer 11 actually has quite a large footprint at 115x106x55mm and there are several heatsinks that are smaller.

Raijintek Zelos 94x93x44 mm (unfortunately still out of stock)

Xigmatek Praeton LD963 104(W)x93(D)x45(H) mm

Silverstone Argon SST-AR05 104x36.7x92 mm (W x H x D)

Silverstone Argon SST-AR06 105x58x92 mm (W x H x D)

Telecaster · 10 May 2015 at 11:04

Do you have access to the MM?

Wahzy · 10 May 2015 at 11:29

What's the MM?

Wahzy · 10 May 2015 at 11:31

Raijintek Zelos 94x93x44 mm (unfortunately still out of stock)

This might be the solution. Definitely smaller than the Arctic 11. It's always out of stock though.

Telecaster · 10 May 2015 at 11:35

Wahzy said:
What's the MM?

The members market on this forum, I take it that is a no

Wahzy · 10 May 2015 at 11:48

Didn't know such a section existed

Telecaster · 10 May 2015 at 11:50

Yeah you need 1000 posts now, but it used to be 200 which is why I asked. There's a nice Prolimatech Samuel 17 in there for £20.

Wahzy · 10 May 2015 at 12:17

No worries I'll see when the Raijintek one comes back in stock.

nheather · 10 May 2015 at 15:18

Been asking a similar question on another thread.

I'm wanting to build an 'under the telly' gaming PC.

It will include the following

Silverstone Grandia GD06 or GD05 Case (struggling to spot any difference between the two)
An mATX motherboard - undecided which but there isn't a lot of choice
An Intel i5-4960 (or K) - 85W TDP
A Geoforce GTX960 graphics card

The case limits me to 70mm cooler height if I fit an optical drive and 120mm if I don't.

Until, I saw this, I thought height was my problem but if I have read correctly I also have the make sure the cooler does not block the PCIe slots.

So what would you recommend?

Cheers,

Nigel

pastymuncher · 10 May 2015 at 18:58

Wahzy said:
Raijintek Zelos 94x93x44 mm (unfortunately still out of stock)

This might be the solution. Definitely smaller than the Arctic 11. It's always out of stock though.

Try asking the shop staff in the custmomer support section. I have found it elsewhere but it's more expensive than here.

nheather said:
Been asking a similar question on another thread.

I'm wanting to build an 'under the telly' gaming PC.

It will include the following

Silverstone Grandia GD06 or GD05 Case (struggling to spot any difference between the two)
An mATX motherboard - undecided which but there isn't a lot of choice
An Intel i5-4960 (or K) - 85W TDP
A Geoforce GTX960 graphics card

The case limits me to 70mm cooler height if I fit an optical drive and 120mm if I don't.

Until, I saw this, I thought height was my problem but if I have read correctly I also have the make sure the cooler does not block the PCIe slots.

So what would you recommend?

Cheers,

Nigel

You will be m-ATX though and have loads more room than the OP's m-ITX board which has the pci-e slot practically up against the cpu socket.

nheather · 10 May 2015 at 20:32

pastymuncher said:
You will be m-ATX though and have loads more room than the OP's m-ITX board which has the pci-e slot practically up against the cpu socket.

Thanks, had missed that the OP was on mini-ATX.

Thought it was odd, when I was looking at the board there did seem to be plenty of space.

As an aside does anyone else think the naming is odd - I'm sure if people were unaware consensus would say that micro-ATX sounds smaller than mini-ATX - but we know it is the other way round.

Cheers,

Nigel