Cooling a 3.6ghz 775 in an older HP case

[knucklebones]

I need some advice on a cooler to use. I can't find much on the board as it's a 'Puffer', an HP version of an Asus board.
I've looked at the scythe and the Arctic pro 7, but the thing is, the case fan is directly below the cpu fan.
I was wondering if this makes too much of a difference with them not being inline.
If so, what can I do? Pretty sure most Zalmans won't fit.

 

[Xez]

The artic freezer 7 is probably your best bet as its cheap and does its job well. The scythe ninja will be better but i highly doubt it'll fit in that case. I have one and its huge! Your fans not being in line with each other wont cause any problems but might affects temperatures very slightly!

 

[knucklebones]

Ok, thanks. I'll look into the Freezer 7