E5200 alternative coolers?

[bubassi]

my current stock e5200 fan is ridiculously large at the base and is touching pretty close to the north bridge heatsink. Can anyone recommend a third party fan. something not too expensive, under £40-50 ?

 

[C64]

Thermalright ultra exteme can be had for £37 delivered, may get your 5200 to 4ghz
or a good budget one is the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 £20-£25

 

[bubassi]

the thermalight is out of stock and the xigamatek is'nt on the ocuk site.

 

[flinco]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-002-NC

very quiet cooler and is on par with the most exensive air cpu coolers there are. if you add another noctua fan to have pull push then its the best and quitest cpu cooler on the market but might put you above budget as another fan is 15 quid.

 

[pastymuncher]

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro although i would'nt get it from here due to the price. I have one on my E5200 and it's clocked at 3.6Ghz. You don't need a stupidly expensive cooler for one as they are a cool running cpu.

 

[p4radox]

touching pretty close to the north bridge heatsink.

Is it touching or not? Are you sure that the stock cooler doesn't fit on the motherboard? That sounds a bit odd to me. What motherboard?

Also, if you're happy with the actual performance, why bother upgrading?

 

[2Thumbs]

I've just ordered a Noctua NH-U12P for my e5200 to replace my ageing ACF7 as it's getting noisey. Still cools well though.

Noctua > * for build quality.

 

[Slashiem]

The Arctic Freezer XTREME looks quite good and got a good review at TweakTown: http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1614/6/arctic_cooling_freezer_xtreme_cpu_cooler/index.html
From the review it is not as good as the Noctua, however the Noctua costs roughly 7 quid more.
I would go with the Arctic XTREME, half decent price and i would supsect it holds the price/performance ratio pretty well.

 

[bubassi]

Is it touching or not? Are you sure that the stock cooler doesn't fit on the motherboard? That sounds a bit odd to me. What motherboard?

Also, if you're happy with the actual performance, why bother upgrading?

its really close, not physically touching but the stock cooler is too noisy even at 60% speed. just looking for something a bit more narrower and quieter.

btw my mobo is an asus p5kc
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...cket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard

 

[Mrjobby]

Xigmatek HDT-S1283 keeps my e5200 @ 3.8ghz around the mid 60's during the intel burn test, its dirt cheap too.

 

[C64]

the thermalight is out of stock and the xigamatek is'nt on the ocuk site.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp... TRUE Black 120 CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775)
on a budget get Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro £17 from ocuk or the xigmatek mentioned above available around £20-£25 elsewhere
or source a tuniq tower 120 but don't pay over £35 for it.

 

[TBallS]

Thermalright ultra exteme can be had for £37 delivered, may get your 5200 to 4ghz
or a good budget one is the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 £20-£25

The cpu isn't worth much more.

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro seems about right for this, buying a cheap processor and sticking an expensive cooler sort of defeats the object.

i have a e5200 and it runs at about 65c @3.75ghz

 

[2Thumbs]

The cpu isn't worth much more.

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro seems about right for this, buying a cheap processor and sticking an expensive cooler sort of defeats the object.

i have a e5200 and it runs at about 65c @3.75ghz

Well you say that, but a decent cooler will outlast many a cpu if you upgrade often, a decent heatsink will take any CPU you throw at it where as a cheaper one may not, so it'll work out even more expnesive because you had to buy two.

But I can vouch for the ACF7 being good with the E5200, at stock mine idles at 25 and 30c.

 

[C64]

well if not swapping to nehalem anytime soon then it would be a good idea as many a socket 775 cpu will be avialable for upgrades at bargain prices
Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme Edition QX9770 probably be able to pick that up in a year or two for peanuts