Ryan_Fpv
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I am looking to replace the stock CPU cooler for my 1156 board. My case is not wide enough to fit any coolers with the 120mm fans, which is a shame, but the smaller coolers with 92mm hopefully will fit nicely.
I'm curious which will be more suitable and how loud it is /vs/ performance. I mainly use my computer for browsing and playing games, with the stock cooler it sits on around about 35*C idle, 45-50*C during games and on 100% load everest stability test shows it gets up to 61/61*C (Ran the test for a minute and it seemed to settle around the early 60's mark). I don't overclock (or if I do, just the intel "turboboost") so I don't need anything too powerful, and since my computer is often left on during the night (in my bedroom), I want a decent compromise between performance and noise.
Here are some coolers that I've found that seem acceptable:
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 PRO Rev.2 (AU$43)
Zalman CNPS7000C AlCu LED(AU$44 + $8 fastener for 1156 socket)
Aywun A1 V6 (Version 2) (AU$33)
Cooler Master Hyper Tx3 (AU$33)
Feel free to suggest others though.
I'm rather worried about the width of these coolers, in particular will they block the RAM or anything else on the mobo? (Gigabyte P55-UD4P)
I have a top exhaust fan (currently broken, ordering new fan), so I suppose I would be able to position it upwards, if that makes any difference...
I've always used stock CPU fans before and I want to know that what I'm buying is going to be at a reasonable noise level and will actually fit in without any issues before I waste $30-$75 on it.
I'm curious which will be more suitable and how loud it is /vs/ performance. I mainly use my computer for browsing and playing games, with the stock cooler it sits on around about 35*C idle, 45-50*C during games and on 100% load everest stability test shows it gets up to 61/61*C (Ran the test for a minute and it seemed to settle around the early 60's mark). I don't overclock (or if I do, just the intel "turboboost") so I don't need anything too powerful, and since my computer is often left on during the night (in my bedroom), I want a decent compromise between performance and noise.
Here are some coolers that I've found that seem acceptable:
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 PRO Rev.2 (AU$43)
Zalman CNPS7000C AlCu LED(AU$44 + $8 fastener for 1156 socket)
Aywun A1 V6 (Version 2) (AU$33)
Cooler Master Hyper Tx3 (AU$33)
Feel free to suggest others though.
I'm rather worried about the width of these coolers, in particular will they block the RAM or anything else on the mobo? (Gigabyte P55-UD4P)
I have a top exhaust fan (currently broken, ordering new fan), so I suppose I would be able to position it upwards, if that makes any difference...
I've always used stock CPU fans before and I want to know that what I'm buying is going to be at a reasonable noise level and will actually fit in without any issues before I waste $30-$75 on it.
