CPU Coolers

SilverTongue · 8 Jul 2013 at 21:13

So my Dad has just upgraded to Haswell and has given me his 3570K, this is a nice(ish) upgrade to me as I only have a 3470. Upgrade for me really as I'd like to overclock the new one. As I'm looking to overclock I don't want to trust the stock cooler. Will only be a modest overclock however I may decide to push a bit further. What do you recommend people.

For ideas of clearance I have a Gigabyte Z77-D3H with 8GB (2x4GB) Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey and all in a BitFenix Merc Beta, although I am looking at moving into a BitFenix Shinobi.

TIA

mickyflinn · 8 Jul 2013 at 21:23

Whats your budget ?

SilverTongue · 8 Jul 2013 at 21:27

Under £40 preferably, sorry thought I'd put that in

Also I'd rather Air over the sealed liquid ones

mickyflinn · 8 Jul 2013 at 21:31

Here are a couple that will do the job.

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1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £73.48 (includes shipping : £8.75).

SilverTongue · 8 Jul 2013 at 21:35

Brilliant

thanks, will go for the Matterhorn

doyll · 8 Jul 2013 at 23:34

Good choice!
Matterhorn is very good and a great price.

Helios1234 · 8 Jul 2013 at 23:39

I'd go for the Thermalright TS140. It's better but slightly taller at 170mm.

doyll · 8 Jul 2013 at 23:51

Will TS140 fit? Think Shinobi only has like 158-160mm CPU clearance

olivier renault · 9 Jul 2013 at 00:08

doyll said:
Will TS140 fit? Think Shinobi only has like 158-160mm CPU clearance

Matterhorn is good and a safe choice. I have a TS140, and it's tall, but very good, and very, very quiet. The fan brackets are a pain though, the RAM clearance isn't great (I always go for low profile RAM). The HR-02 Macho is also in the same ballpark, It's like a squat TS140 so fits better in cases, but takes a large amount of space on its own.

Helios1234 · 9 Jul 2013 at 21:59

doyll said:
Will TS140 fit? Think Shinobi only has like 158-160mm CPU clearance

You're right, the TS140 won't fit in the Shinobi. It actually annoys me that a lot of modern cases don't accommodate it despite my much older case doing so easily. HR-02 is a good shout.

Main reason I recommend the Thermalright is because they use 140mm fans and as olivier renault says, they are very quiet. Regarding the Thermalright fan bracket, they seem to have improved it with their latest batches. Not quite as annoying to use now.

olivier renault · 10 Jul 2013 at 00:05

Helios1234 said:
You're right, the TS140 won't fit in the Shinobi. It actually annoys me that a lot of modern cases don't accommodate it despite my much older case doing so easily. HR-02 is a good shout.

Main reason I recommend the Thermalright is because they use 140mm fans and as olivier renault says, they are very quiet. Regarding the Thermalright fan bracket, they seem to have improved it with their latest batches. Not quite as annoying to use now.

Then I probably need a couple. Mine don't quite fit on the supplied TY-140. Big fan of Thermalright in general, but those goddamn brackets

doyll · 10 Jul 2013 at 00:12

Small screws on the mount and fan clips.. my only complaints about Thermalright