Simviation Forum - Looking for a good CPU cooler

Mar 11^th, 2010 at 7:12pm

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Well I tried fitting a TR2-R1 into my case and it seems to be to bulky and touches my ram sticks. So anyways I am trying to find a good CPU cooler for a 7850 BE cpu. I want to try and OC with this cooler. Any brands? And is cooper base and fins worth getting, or should I go with copper base and aluminum fins? By the way this is an AM2/Am2+ Motherboard, Micro ATX at that too. I would like a price range of $45 and lower.
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Reply #1 - Mar 14^th, 2010 at 8:17pm

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The perfect $45 cooler is the Xigmatech Balder
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233040
It's just like the Dark Knight, but if one fan isn't enough, you can attach another for a push-pull configuration. Cheesy

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Reply #2 - Mar 15^th, 2010 at 4:51pm

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Works on AM3 chips that have been pushed to where they are ready to catch fire and burn down your house...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185125
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Spend the extra money, get this one and keep it for your next 27 builds...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181010

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Reply #3 - Mar 15^th, 2010 at 5:05pm

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fighter25 wrote on Mar 14^th, 2010 at 8:17pm:

The perfect $45 cooler is the Xigmatech Balder
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233040
It's just like the Dark Knight, but if one fan isn't enough, you can attach another for a push-pull configuration. Cheesy

How does this one mount?
Seems like it might get in the way of my ram sticks..

hhomebrewer wrote on Mar 15^th, 2010 at 4:51pm:

Works on AM3 chips that have been pushed to where they are ready to catch fire and burn down your house...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185125
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Spend the extra money, get this one and keep it for your next 27 builds...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181010

First one seems good, and if I am under standing it blows air off the cpu? KInd of suits my case considering my cpu is in the middle of 3 exhaust fans

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Reply #4 - Mar 15^th, 2010 at 5:33pm

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Tai-2 wrote on Mar 15^th, 2010 at 5:05pm:

First one seems good and if I am understanding, it blows air off the cpu? Kind of suits my case considering my cpu is in the middle of 3 exhaust fans.

Heatsinks do not blow air off the chip. No fan that would fit into a case could blow enough air at sufficient speed and volume to cool the chip. They sink-absorb-accept the heat into a dense and heavy block which has heatpipes going through it, the heat is then moved along in the air or fluid within the heatpipes into the fins (by one excited molecule hitting another that is not excited), which have a very large area (to accept lots of heat) and then into thin sections to dissipate it quickly. Look at how the heat goes from a heavy base into lighter-weight pipes into very lightweight fins and lastly into the air. As long as the fan keeps running, the heat from the chip has a place to go because it eventually makes its way to the air. If the fan stops, the whole cooling system overheats-- and you buy a new chip. New heatsink and fan, too, because the first one is most likely not flat anymore and won't draw the heat as well. The Arctic Freezer Pro 64 or whatever it's called is recommended for AM3 chips. Read the reviews of it. People seem to like it a lot. My next build is going to have a 125-watt AMD four-core and will use this cooler...

This chip: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808

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Reply #5 - Mar 15^th, 2010 at 6:40pm

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hhomebrewer wrote on Mar 15^th, 2010 at 5:33pm:

Tai-2 wrote on Mar 15^th, 2010 at 5:05pm:

First one seems good and if I am understanding, it blows air off the cpu? Kind of suits my case considering my cpu is in the middle of 3 exhaust fans.

Heatsinks do not blow air off the chip. No fan that would fit into a case could blow enough air at sufficient speed and volume to cool the chip. They sink-absorb-accept the heat into a dense and heavy block which has heatpipes going through it, the heat is then moved along in the air or fluid within the heatpipes into the fins (by one excited molecule hitting another that is not excited), which have a very large area (to accept lots of heat) and then into thin sections to dissipate it quickly. Look at how the heat goes from a heavy base into lighter-weight pipes into very lightweight fins and lastly into the air. As long as the fan keeps running, the heat from the chip has a place to go because it eventually makes its way to the air. If the fan stops, the whole cooling system overheats-- and you buy a new chip. New heatsink and fan, too, because the first one is most likely not flat anymore and won't draw the heat as well. The Arctic Freezer Pro 64 or whatever it's called is recommended for AM3 chips. Read the reviews of it. People seem to like it a lot. My next build is going to have a 125-watt AMD four-core and will use this cooler...

This chip: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808

Oh Ok, just clarifying, because one review said something about them liking to blow hot air off the cpu rather than cool air on. Might get this one then,also relatively cheap for something with copper on it.

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Reply #6 - Mar 15^th, 2010 at 7:46pm

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I think what they mean is that the heatsink PULLS heat out of the chip efficiently by virtue of its ability to absorb a lot of heat and then quickly dissipate it ultimately into the air. To push cold into a chip, you'd need a refrigeration system, the likes of which would cost much, much more than twenty-five bucks. More like 2,500 bucks. You also have to remember that most people do not know how to write to a very specific technical point. The reviewer may have written "Blows heat off the cpu like a hurricane," when in fact, no heat is "blown off," but rather is absorbed into the heatsink and rejected via that mechanism...

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Reply #7 - Mar 15^th, 2010 at 8:53pm

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hhomebrewer wrote on Mar 15^th, 2010 at 7:46pm:

I think what they mean is that the heatsink PULLS heat out of the chip efficiently by virtue of its ability to absorb a lot of heat and then quickly dissipate it ultimately into the air. To push cold into a chip, you'd need a refrigeration system, the likes of which would cost much, much more than twenty-five bucks. More like 2,500 bucks. You also have to remember that most people do not know how to write to a very specific technical point. The reviewer may have written "Blows heat off the cpu like a hurricane," when in fact, no heat is "blown off," but rather is absorbed into the heatsink and rejected via that mechanism...

Ok thanks, looks like I am getting that one

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Reply #8 - Mar 20^th, 2010 at 3:49pm

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Also, just fer giggles, check out the Transformer 4. It's what I got, and right @ $40.00.

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/evercool_transformer_4/

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Reply #9 - Mar 20^th, 2010 at 8:08pm

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Speed of flight wrote on Mar 20^th, 2010 at 3:49pm:

Also, just fer giggles, check out the Transformer 4. It's what I got, and right @ $40.00.

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/evercool_transformer_4/

Thanks, will check it out sometime

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