New cooler for antec 300 case

ian8683 · 13 Jul 2010 at 11:37

Hi guys
been looking for a new cooler as the noise from my stock AMD phenom 2 is starting to annoy me.
Question is i am a bit worried about buying one that overhangs my RAM or doesnt fit in general, was actually going to get the H50 but on my motherboard (asus m4a77td pro) the 12v pin is at the top near the fan at the back of the case so worried that it will get in the way and wont fit
Any of u guys recommend a cooler for me as kinda new to modding lol
thanks

Philtor · 13 Jul 2010 at 11:46

This is an excellent cooler here that will fit AM3 sockets....

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-GD&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

ian8683 · 13 Jul 2010 at 11:50

looks really nice thanks for that

any other recommendations?

Philtor · 13 Jul 2010 at 12:06

This is a great cooler also. Scored very highly in the Custom PC Mag review at the time.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-067-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

ian8683 · 13 Jul 2010 at 13:13

Do u recon i would be ok getting this as it seem rather large

Philtor · 13 Jul 2010 at 13:28

Yeah it will fit in the Antec 300. I have this one installed in my Antec 300 and it fit's no problem

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-050-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

skid34 · 13 Jul 2010 at 14:08

philtorrens said:
This is a great cooler also. Scored very highly in the Custom PC Mag review at the time.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-067-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

+1
great cooler for the price and very quiet

ian8683 · 13 Jul 2010 at 14:16

excellent thanks for all the advice guys

sybaris · 13 Jul 2010 at 18:39

I got my Prolimatech Megahalems in my antec 300 case no probs,

ian8683 · 15 Jul 2010 at 15:09

hi guys just installed the akasa tower heatsink and fan http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-067-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395 strange thing happened though on booting up said i had a fan error :s however restarted the computer and just booted as normal lol do i have anything to worry about?

Philtor · 15 Jul 2010 at 15:15

Did you connect the CPU fan to the correct header on the motherboard ok? Check this first and providing you did then it's nothing to worry about as long as the fan is running. It's a PWM fan so the BIOS on your Asus board can control it's running speed (known as Q-Fan in the BIOS) so you might want to check that. Nothing to worry about however

ian8683 · 15 Jul 2010 at 15:28

oh didnt know that about PWM :s so i just go into BIOS and disable Q-Fan then or did it just do it automatically?

Philtor · 15 Jul 2010 at 15:32

You have to manually enable or disable it in the BIOS - When I enabled it at the time and then set the profile to 'silent' I got a fan error as the fan was running a good bit slower and so the BIOS think's it has stopped - I just set the CPU fan speed to 'ignored' but play around with the Q-Fan option. I think it's under 'hardware monitor' in the BIOS.

ian8683 · 15 Jul 2010 at 15:37

cool i'll give that a look thanks for the help

robgti · 15 Jul 2010 at 18:15

Just for info the TRUE also fits in the Antec 300. Using one at the moment on a AM3 chip with ripjaw ram with the tall heatspreaders and they still fit under it(just).