CPU cool damage, time for a new one? Please advise.

[fire_munki]

I've got a Freezer 7 cooler, which has had two of the split pins that hold it down broken in half (so they only have one side that would spread out). Could I still keep the artic 7 with two fully working clips and two half clips?
The two pins are diagonally opposite each other.
If I can't keep it going what would everyone suggest? In a earlier post I mentioned a Corsair H50 but after shipping come into account it is £70. which is a lot of money. £40 odd would be best.
It would be cooling a E6230.

 

[Hotwired]

The H50 is much more than the CPU is worth, wouldn't be worth it.

Could always go for the same again. If not, try the Titan Fenrir, 42ish delivered.

 

[DTWD]

Why not get another arctic 7? They do the pro v2 now.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-AR

£16 is a bit of a bargain. I am using the v1 and it's a great little cooler for the price.

 

[demonfatality]

Prolimatech Megahalems

 

[miniyazz]

Look at a CPU cooler as a bit more of a long-term investment. You can get one now, and it'll be worth more than your CPU - but you can keep it through your next upgrade, assuming you don't upgrade to an as-yet unreleased socket. So it may be worth getting a more expensive one.

 

[JonJ678]

You can get four M4 screws, four wing/lug nuts and eight paper/silicon washers for comfortably under 2 quid. Bolts up from behind the board, through the holes on the cooler, spin the nuts down the screws. It's easier if you use 8 nuts. Just find a photo of how any waterblock is mounted and copy that.