Looking for a smaller and quieter cooler.

ItsNathan

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Jan 12, 2013
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Hi, I'm planning on moving my pc into a smaller case for Lan parties. The case I'm going to buy is the Apex TX 381. But I have a problem, I currently have an Evga Superclock Cooler and it's fairly large and very loud. So I wanted to find a smaller and quieter cooler that I can use in this case that I want to buy. I won't be OC'ing my Phenom II X4 945 so that won't be a problem, I just don't want to go back to my stock cooler. What coolers do you suggest? Preferably under $50, The case also has this duck on the side panel to direct air onto the cpu cooler so it would be nice if you could suggest a cooler that would take advantage of that. I just want a better alternative to the stock cooler. Here is a picture of the side panel: http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/11-154-094-S05?$S300W$

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ItsNathan

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Jan 12, 2013
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I noticed that, but it looks like it will fit. If anything I might just change the Fan on this cooler, I just replaced it with a case fan and it's silent, but its running warmer. I might buy a Noctua NF F12 and use it, unless there is a better fan for less?