need a cpu cooler for my microATX

[RickP]

hey guys hows things?!

i need a cooler for my e6300 but am finding it hard getting a decent cooler that will fit my motherboard and not hit the northbridge,

any sugestions? the space is pretty tight. ill post a pic soon

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-EG41MFT-US2H

 

[wotevajjjj]

you could go watercooled, small cooler like a scythe big shuriken or something with long heatpipes like a noctua NH-C12P if i clears your case.

just go to the website u use for parts and take whatever cools the best and makes least noice, than look at the size and see if it would fit.

EDIT: forget the noctua's or anything big, your psu is in the way

 

[tinytomlogan]

Actually pretty much every cooler made that stands upright will fit that mobo. That NB heatsink isnt that big.

 

[timothyh]

not sure what case you have, but also remember to check that the cooler you get is not too tall! I got a noctua nh-d14 which fitted over the NB heatsink and ram on my mobo, and fitted below the PSU - only problem was i couldn't get the side panel of the case on cos the cooler stuck out to far!

 

[siravarice]

What is your budget? LINKYLINKYLINKY This looks pretty tiny if you're worried about space. It might not be great though!

There are plenty of coolers that should fit, I had an Akasa Evo Blue: MORELINKYMORELINKY which actually performed better than my current Titan Fenrir!

 

[MeltedDuron]

seems pretty simple to me..An Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 pro for around £16 will handle an E6300 no problem, hell I've got my Xeon E3120 (basically an E8500) at 3.6ghz on stock volts passively cooled with a crappy old Asetek Vapochill Micro (under a fiver at scan but the fans are crap)..

 

[hmmblah]

Passive? There must be other fans moving air around though and cooling that heatsink, right? You might not have a fan directly attached to the heatsink, but it surely can't be completely passive.

 

[MeltedDuron]

naw i do have an exhaust fan in the case and the psu is right above it so it's not completely passive but doesn't have a fan fitted to it. CPU loads in the mid 60's which isn't too bad all things considered..