Best low profile cooler?

Rik1254 · 6 Aug 2011 at 22:06

Im soon to upgrade to the 2500k and I want a decent cooler.

I currently have the Arctic cooling freezer 7 pro rev. 2, and it only just keeps my Phenom x3 710 cool (about 34 idle and 62 load [prime 95 for 1 hour with just the cpu fan on])....unless thats good?

I have the Xigmatek asgard case which is 19cm wide, after the fan and mobo are fitted, Im left with about 15cm of room.

Budget is about £40 and I dont mind new or used.

Rik1254 · 6 Aug 2011 at 22:18

Just taking a quick look through the OCUK shop and noticed a few "shelf" coolers. Are these any good as all the reviews state that theyre purchased to replace stock coolers.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-AN&tool=3
This any good?

Game · 6 Aug 2011 at 23:32

there are a lot of revies of that one on the net nearly picked up one today but went for a cheaper air cooler

from everything i have read its a nice cooler and better than the older coolermaster ones

Reaper 392 · 7 Aug 2011 at 00:27

your choices are limited to any of the all in one watercoolers except for the H100 (the one you chose is the one i would recommend out of all of them, unless you had £80 to spend on the cooler)

you also have the choice of any of those top fan coolers, but i have literally no idea what is good out of them.

or, you have the choice of a couple of the shorter tower coolers, like the gelid tranquillo (153mm tall) or the one i have, the Zalman CNPS9900MAX blue LED (or red LED). i would be surprised if they didnt fit as my case is even narrower than yours and it (just) fits

looking at the amount your willing to spend, i would either go for the antec 620 you are already looking at, or the zalman CNPS9900MAX.

*edit*
aha, finally found a review where both coolers are directly against each other. if you think it will fit, the zalman will be the slightly better option:
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1580/6/
cheaper too at ££43.91 for either the blue LED or red LED version

Rik1254 · 7 Aug 2011 at 12:36

Oooo I do like that zalman and it seems to kick the CM hyper 212+ in pretty much everything from reviews, although it doesnt say if its using a push/pull fan config.

I know Ive asked for this in respect to a 2500k, but whats the mounting like on an AMD socket? Does it point from front - back or bottom - top?
And also, whats the noise like? Ive read it can be a fairly noisy cooler at full whack?