Spec me a cooler for my HTPC!

Street · 19 Oct 2009 at 14:16

I've bought myself an AMD X2 240E 2.8GHz 45W cpu for the HTPC I am planning on building for my new house but am looking for a suitable cooler for it and have been out of touch with air cooling for a while having water cooling on my main PC.

I'm after something thats going to be very quiet and relatively small to fit inside a small HTPC case (using a standard desktop case at the moment but going to move to an Antec Fusion when I have the funds).

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Andy

BigBruiserAl · 19 Oct 2009 at 14:55

a lot of the HTPC forums recomend the Scythe Mini Ninja CPU seems to do the job for the size

BubbySoup · 19 Oct 2009 at 14:59

I have a Scythe Mini Ninja in a Fusion case cooling a 4850e.

Works perfectly and is silent

Street · 19 Oct 2009 at 16:57

Ta for the recommendations.. Scythe Mini Ninja it is!

PermaBanned · 19 Oct 2009 at 17:07

If you wanted to spend less then this is brilliant for the price:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-034-ZA&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

Or the Zipang 2...

Street · 19 Oct 2009 at 21:39

Ohh.. Think I'll go for the Zalman one at that price! Thanks!

Cesar67 · 19 Oct 2009 at 23:34

Superewza said:
If you wanted to spend less then this is brilliant for the price:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-034-ZA&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

Or the Zipang 2...

That's a great price.

Grimley · 20 Oct 2009 at 09:14

A tip. Fit the Zalman before putting the motherboard into your case.
(they're an absolute PIG to fit) I ended up swapping it for the the ninja mini.
Its a lot quieter & easier to fit too.

Exibit · 20 Oct 2009 at 11:07

Hi mate

I have a HTPC with AMD 4850e I used the stock cooler to start with but it was way to loud, now have Zalman CNPS7500, very quiet cant hear it !!
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-031-ZA&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395