Any advice for CPU Cooler

Nothing wrong with any of the coolers, I just recommend the D14 because of the quality of it. The price, has come down to £59.99 which is really great. I've had mine for 2 years and haven't really considered changing it.

Once you have the mounting bracket in place, you put the motherboard back in the case, then it is literally 2 screws to secure the heatsink. The screws are secured to the heatsink too, so no chance of dropping them and it is really so easy.

I would say that without overclocking, there is no need to spend more than £30 for a completely silent cooler.
 
The NH-D14 has mounts for AM2, AM2+, AM3.. pretty sure but ask your supplier to be positive.

But you have no need for a cooler that big. True Spirit 140 for £29.99 or HR-02 for £39.98 are still more cooler than you probably need but a little extra means fan/fans can run slower. ;)

My Phanteks on i7 980 @ 3.55GHz will not go above 68c with all fans turned off... and takes 30-40 minutes to reach that. ;)
That's no cooler fans running and no case fans running.
 
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Yeah, those two thermalrights would run very quiet even with awful case airflow on a stock cpu. Sounds like his airflow isn't too bad though.
 
By the way, in those pictures you don't have a rear exhaust fan, that would be much better than using the fan on the side window. If you can order a 120mm fan for the rear under the power supply, that would help your case temps, especially since your graphics card will be pumping out heat which is only going to rise upwards to your CPU or power supply, some will escape but having a 120mm fan at the back would force it out.
 
Also, be careful which cooler you choose, as some will be impossible to install without removing the motherboard, which would make it a real pain in the backside to screw the motherboard back in.

PSU fan is really just for the PSU, which ideally should have fresh air going into it.
CPU fan is just to dissipate heat from the heatsink.
Side panel fan is mostly just to blow cold air at the graphics card.

So really you have nothing taking hot air out of your system as you don't have front intake fans either to create a channel of air.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEYlsaECWjs

Don't know about you but, that thing is huge and doesn't look fun to install. Good value though. :)
 
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BrianB said:
By the way, in those pictures you don't have a rear exhaust fan, that would be much better than using the fan on the side window. If you can order a 120mm fan for the rear under the power supply, that would help your case temps, especially since your graphics card will be pumping out heat which is only going to rise upwards to your CPU or power supply, some will escape but having a 120mm fan at the back would force it out.
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Could you also give me a link of a good one?
 
BrianB said:
I don't know your budget, you could get something like this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x BitFenix Spectre LED BLUE 120mm Fan £6.49
2 x Xilence Silent Fan XPF80.TBL 80mm - Blue light £3.98 (£7.96)
1 x Akasa AK-CB001 Single PSU 4-pin Molex to 4 Fans (AK-CB001) £1.99
Total : £56.34 (includes shipping : £8.25).

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Money does not really matter for me. So do I need 3 more fans? I mean I can buy all of them, but where I will put them? Because as you saw in pictures above there is only one space for fan.

You can see the empty space on the left
 
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BrianB said:
Also, be careful which cooler you choose, as some will be impossible to install without removing the motherboard, which would make it a real pain in the backside to screw the motherboard back in.
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Many AMD motherboards have a mount backplate on them. If not it's really not that big a deal.

BrianB said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEYlsaECWjs

Don't know about you but, that thing is huge and doesn't look fun to install. Good value though. :)
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HR-02 dimension: Length 140mm x Width 102mm x Height 162mm

NH-D14 dimensions(with fans): 160 x 140 x 158mm ( H x W x D)

NH-D14 is bigger :D
 
I doubt it. If you get a good cooler you probably will only need an exhaust fan. Extra fans are really just to try and keep the rest of the system cool, but aren't usually needed. I linked those fans because of the blue LED and they shouldn't be too loud. The 120mm is only 1000RPM which is usually acceptable for 120mm fans.
 
If you look at the front of your case, you should see space for 2x80mm fans infront of the hard drive area. Doubt you would need them though, just helps that's all. :)
 
doyll said:
Many AMD motherboards have a mount backplate on them. If not it's really not that big a deal.



HR-02 dimension: Length 140mm x Width 102mm x Height 162mm

NH-D14 dimensions(with fans): 160 x 140 x 158mm ( H x W x D)

NH-D14 is bigger :D
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Maybe I'm just used to the D-14 lol, the Macho look's bigger to me. XD

In your chassis, the 2x80mm probably wouldn't really do much other than add to the noise levels and take a couple of degrees off your temps.

I think a good heatsink and a 120mm rear fan is the way to go. :)

Good night and good luck. :D
 
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Maybe I'm just used to the D-14 lol, the Macho look's bigger to me. XD
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It's hard sometimes to judge size in pictures. :D

Macho is not centered on CPU either. The hole through it is for one of the mounting screws.. one in front and one in middle ;) The fins are spaced farther apart so airflow stays quieter too.

Still, the Matterhorn is probably the best choice.

ergas003,
Are you any good with your hands? Maybe mod your case to accept a 120 or 140mm fan in front. If you used all PWM fans like cooler has and a PWM splitter you could have them all change speed with the CPU heat. Slow and quiet when surfing web and speed up when gaming. ;)

It's how I build mine and wife's. Idle at 700-750rpm and when CPU 80% + they run at about 1000rpm... still quiet.

Of course mine is overbuilt with TY-143 fans on cooler so can wind them up to 2500rpm (H100 fan speed) if I want to... still haven't get it to perform like a hovercraft :D

Guess one of these days I need to overclock my CPU to 4.4 or 4.6GHz :D
 
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ergas003,
Are you any good with your hands? Maybe mod your case to accept a 120 or 140mm fan in front. If you used all PWM fans like cooler has and a PWM splitter you could have them all change speed with the CPU heat. Slow and quiet when surfing web and speed up when gaming. ;)
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I don't think I have right skills or right equipment to do anything like that.
 
Best would be cut out the existing grate and put a wire grille on with whatever fan you pick. But you can't do that. ;)
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/331629-10-cooling-roundup-2012
Go down to 120mm fan velocity tunnel unrestricted and restricted charts and compare airflow. You can see how much the grilles restrict the flow ;)

Nidec Gentle Typhoon, Scythe Slip Stream, BeQuiet! Silent Wing are all great fans but not PWM. Using PWM on both CPU and case means you can very easily use the CPU PWM fan header to control all the fans with a Gelid PWM adapter ;)
 
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If you don't mind spending the money, gentle typhoon 1150 or corsair af120 quiet edition are a safe bet. Not ultimate airflow, but very quiet.
 
I'm trying to find a fan similar in performance to Gentle Typhone that is PWM so it can be hooked up with CPU fan/fans control. You could add a wire to some of the old GTs and make them PWM, but not new ones :(
 
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