Decent Air cooler on a budget.

[Terrifictez85]

Looking for a decent air cooler as mine has started to struggle with the overclocks due to the recent blistering heat.

However i am not too keen on the noctua plus dont fancy spending more than £50 for an air cooler. Was originally going to go down the water cooling option but not sure if it worth the cost.

Any help would be great.

p.s i am currently using a Asus Silent Knight II

 

[SieB]

NZXT Havik

http://www.specialte...-pid-13812.html

Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro

http://www.specialte...-pid-13362.html

Thermalright Silver Arrow

http://www.specialte...-pid-13263.html

The Silver Arrow is the best out of the three followed by the Dark Rock and then the Havik all good coolers though and they will cool a AMD chip no probs.

 

[sheroo]

If you are on a real budget, then I remember the budget gaming rig TTL reviewed and that used a coolermaster TX3 to cool an overclocked i3 540. So that might be worth a look for less than £15.

Out of the ones SieB mentioned the Silver Arrow has near as damn it the same performance as the D14, but imo is just as fugly. The Dark Rock has a mounting mechanism that would challenge the patience of the Dalai Lama, & the NZXT has mixed reviews & we're still not sure how good the build quality is going to be - as I haven't seen anyone on the forums that's actually using one.

 

[Jackster]

This one is not half bad: Be Quiet! Dark Rock Advanced CPU Cooler

£39.95 inc. VAT

 

[Jamsand]

^It's the little brother of the dark pro I would imagine it comes with the same mounts.