Arctic Freezer 13 upgrade

Slam · 29 Sep 2013 at 11:16

Hi. I fancy a change and want to upgrade my Arctic Freezer 13.
I am running a 2500k oc'd to 4Ghz, idle temp is 38c at present.

Budget is £40ish any recommendations?

snips86x · 29 Sep 2013 at 11:44

Here would be some recommendations, you may wish to check your RAM/Case clearance if some of these are too big.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 140 CPU Cooler £34.99
2 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler £31.99 (£63.98)
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
Total : £136.46 (includes shipping : £8.75).

this one too:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-036-CM&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2341

Slam · 29 Sep 2013 at 12:45

Air coolers have gotten so big (and heavy)!
Thanks, the Cooler Master unit looks the most reasonably sized...

Robbiec053 · 29 Sep 2013 at 12:47

Stick the CM Hyper 212 with some mx4 paste and your idle should drop by about ~10c (depending on room temp)

Slam · 29 Sep 2013 at 13:15

I have some Arctic Silver paste that is 10 years + old.
Will it have spoilt somehow or is it ok to use?

jonnyb1985 · 30 Sep 2013 at 13:05

suggestion

what about a NH-U12S Ultra-Quiet Slim CPU Cooler with NF-F12 Fan

its a little more than £40 but its keeping my I5 haswell at 29 to 32 temp wise on idle and is around 50 to 55 on full load say BF3 - clears tall RAM to and is very very quiet - would def reccomend if you have the money.