Low profile CPU cooler for small OC?

twera · 21 Jan 2013 at 13:57

Hi everyone,

In my last post I finally sorted out my full build. It will consist of small tower, fractal core 1000 with i5-3570K and black mamba ram.

I want to (maybe) OC to 4 or 4.2ghz, this is more of a "just for fun" at the moment, i've OC'd before.

I just need to fit in a small air cooler, any suggestions? I guess I can live with the standard CPU intel cooler but maybe there are cheap (under £50) alternatives.

Cheers

IncognitoX · 21 Jan 2013 at 14:13

Not sure of its performance but this cooler is low profile and seems to be of good quality.

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

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-027-SY

snips86x · 21 Jan 2013 at 14:17

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-000-NC&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2346

Idleman · 21 Jan 2013 at 14:17

Because of your case, the choice of coolers is very limited. The maximum height of a cooler is 148mm in the Core 1000.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Noctua NH-U9B SE2 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £40
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 90 CPU Cooler(Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £21.98
Total : £71.88 (includes shipping : £8.25).