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HSF Reconmmendation?

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MrJohnson

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Hey y'all,


I'm working on a new build right now. It's a AMD Phenom II X2 555. I need an inexpensive HSF that would work well for this processor. Also, I have about 125mm of clearance. The cheaper and quieter the better. I would prefer a HSF that blew left to right as opposed to one that blew towards the motherboard.
 
lol nm 125mm is pretty small for a tower cooler so its kind of hard to find one.
 
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The problem is I have a Lian Li PC-V351, and in this case the processor sits directly underneath the power supply. The power supply has its exhaust fan mounted directly on the bottom, and I was worried about a situation like the this:

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Perhaps a scythe ninja mini? Or Arctic Cooling Freezer 64?
If blowing downward is only a preference and not mandatory look into a rose style cooler like the Maxorb. Short.
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185129

$30, only 64mm tall. That leaves about 50mm of clearance, which should be enough to minimize the "dueling fans" issue although you'll probably run into some issues with the heatsink recirculating exhaust air (EDIT: just looked at the case again on Newegg, I haven't looked at one in a few months. Forgot about the vents above the I/O shield. I doubt this will be a problem. If it is, there are a bunch of solutions for it-ducting, as I mention further down in the post, or modding a couple of 40/50/60mm [whichever fits] fans into there, or even a small centrifugal blower). If it's a problem, you can always flip the fan the other way around. It won't work quite as well but it'd still function fine. The bigger question I'd have is whether or not your power supply is up to dealing with those kind of intake temperatures.

You could also do the same thing with this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118034

Which is only a little bit taller, but probably performs better (it works great on my Q9650 in a Lian Li PC-C37 at work, for what that's worth), but is significantly more expensive. Any of the other Zalman "orb" heatsinks would work as well, and some of them are relatively cheap. Even this would work a damn sight better than the stock heatsink, and it's only $22:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118048

And you know, if the fan thing REALLY becomes problematic, you can always make a duct for one or both of the fans out of some cardboard.

Depending on how well the power supply and CPU socket line up, you could also look at something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608019
Which you could then try running passively. That may or may not work-it depends on how well they line up, the fan and fan controller in the power supply, and how much (if at all) you try to overclock the X2. It's also the most expensive option.

Given that you want cheap I'd just get either the Scythe I linked to first or this thing: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118047 and not worry about it.
 
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