Suggestions for CPU cooler - Hardware & Software

I've got an AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE, with that noisy ass stock cooler that sounds like a jet engine. So, what aftermarket cooler would you suggest?

Hyper 212+ That is all.

Well since about 3525245 different people on 342234 different places mention Hyper 212+ as the best choice I guess Imma get that one, it seems really fucking good. My case can support up to 170mm tall CPU fan, will it fit?

Easily.

Dimensions are 120 x 79.7 x 158.5 mm so it should, but check your case's paperwork if you want as it should have allowances for the cooler. edit: ninja'd

Yeah the case manual says up to 170mm so if it's 158mm tall It'll fit.

It should, I have the same cooler and my case fit it by just 1mm :v:

My Hyper 212+ is a good 6cm away from my case, but it's a full ATX tower. Does just as good as my old watercooling did (came with the case so it was shit though.)

The hyper212+ is in no way silent, by the way. Loudest thing in my case by far.

i've got music constantly going so I don't give a shit about noise oh and the server rack about 2 meters away

[QUOTE=PepperMD;32263065]The hyper212+ is in no way silent, by the way. Loudest thing in my case by far.[/QUOTE] My hyper212+ is pretty silent, at least it's better then stock fans

Hyper212+ is by no means silent or the best cooler. The reason everyone suggest it is because it's so cheap. If you want a silent cooler, get the Be Quiet! Dark Rock Advanced or Dark Rock PRO.

[QUOTE=SataniX;32264258]Hyper212+ is by no means silent or the best cooler. The reason everyone suggest it is because it's so cheap. If you want a silent cooler, get the Be Quiet! Dark Rock Advanced or Dark Rock PRO.[/QUOTE] That's like going into every pc building thread and suggesting dual watercooled 590s because it's the best.

[QUOTE=BrainDeath;32264803]That's like going into every pc building thread and suggesting dual watercooled 590s because it's the best.[/QUOTE] No it's not. It's like recommending the 560 Ti over the 550 Ti. Besides, I wasn't suggesting the best - just a good [b]quiet[/b] cooler.

[QUOTE=SataniX;32264823]No it's not. It's like recommending the 560 Ti over the 550 Ti. Besides, I wasn't suggesting the best - just a good [b]quiet[/b] cooler.[/QUOTE] Fuck quiet, BBC iPlayer volume control goes all the way up to 11 for a reason!

There's also the Noctua NH-D14 if your have money to spend. Great, absolutely silent cooler.

My Akasa Venom cools my 40%+ overclocked 1055T like a beast and silently, compared to my brother's Hyper 212+ on a C2D which easily hits 70C+ on a 20% overclock and is always audible and annoyingly loud under load. I'm not recommending the Venom specifically as there are better coolers in its price range (Noctua etc.), but I recommend you spend a bit more.

Well, considering the noise, I don't think it can even come close to Phenom II stock cooler which hits 7000RPM's when it's really hot. Imagine how loud is that. Hyper 212+ is up to 2000 RPM, I think it's MUCH more quiet than this stock one. I'll look into all your suggestion, gotta check the stores to see what they got. Thankies.

Scythe Mugen 2 rev. b. Keeps my i7 860 at 30 degrees (celsius!) on idle with very little noise.

[QUOTE=BrainDeath;32264803]That's like going into every pc building thread and suggesting dual watercooled 590s because it's the best.[/QUOTE] Dual watercooled 590's aren't the best though. Watercooled Quad SLI EVGA 580 3GB's would be best.

[QUOTE=Brt5470;32268074]Dual watercooled 590's aren't the best though. Watercooled Quad SLI EVGA 580 3GB's would be best.[/QUOTE] Nope, quad watercooled Asus Matrix. [editline]13th September 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Darkimmortal;32267791]My Akasa Venom cools my 40%+ overclocked 1055T like a beast and silently, compared to my brother's Hyper 212+ on a C2D which easily hits 70C+ on a 20% overclock and is always audible and annoyingly loud under load. I'm not recommending the Venom specifically as there are better coolers in its price range (Noctua etc.), but I recommend you spend a bit more.[/QUOTE] My Venom sounds like a cat's mating call.

[QUOTE=SataniX;32268434]Nope, quad watercooled Asus Matrix. [editline]13th September 2011[/editline] My Venom sounds like a cat's mating call.[/QUOTE] Asus Matrix? u srs? no way. 3GB 580s. Or else all that power is simply for higher FPS instead of better visuals.

I meant the Mars II >.<

Still, quad 3GB 580's would be much better.

Why not 10 MARS II's when we're at it. Or just join together like 10 PC's with Quad MARS II's in each.

[QUOTE=H4wkeye;32275552]Why not 10 MARS II's when we're at it. Or just join together like 10 PC's with Quad MARS II's in each.[/QUOTE] You can't do much with 10 MARS II's. They won't be in SLI and doing GPGPU stuff on Nvidia cards isn't really that great.

[QUOTE=Brt5470;32276274]You can't do much with 10 MARS II's. They won't be in SLI and doing GPGPU stuff on Nvidia cards isn't really that great.[/QUOTE] Then what do we do!?

want true cooling, just use this beast [url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3696972&CatId=499[/url] if that beast doesn't cool your cpu, you should be worried.

459$ :v: