Need a small - but good - CPU cooler

[Lysander]

Well, yes, the title says it all really.

My E6600 seems to run at about 44C idle [no idea what under load] with the stock Intel cooler. I bought a Thermaltake Sonic Tower but it's too big to fit inside my case [Coolermaster Praetorian 730].

So basically I need something smaller [I'm thinking the Arctic Freezer Pro may be too big because of the funnel thingy coming off the side of my case] so can anyone think of anything smaller that would be good?

Oh, and my Pentium 4 runs at 25C idle in the other PC with a fanless Scythe Ninja. Ho hum.

 

[Lysander]

True, could remove the funnel thingy. Is the Arctic Freezer as big as the Scythe? Wish the bloody Sonic Tower fit. It's just sitting in the box with nowhere to go.

 

[Lysander]

So anymore thoughts on this? There must be some CPU coolers which are quite small but decent.

Looking at the dimensions of the Arctic Freezer there's no way that'll fit in my case, even with the funnel off. I'm quite happy to get a Zalman since height is rarely an issue with them, but I just need one that doesn't cover any of the RAM slots.