best cooler for amd athlon II 250

thegameking · Jul 19, 2013

hello guys i bought an amd 250 the cpu cooler was fairly quiet even under load but it died a week ago sooo i bought a new stock cooler but this one is really really loud even hitting 5-6K RPM's sooo my question is what is the best cooler that is quiet within the 30-60 dollar range?

thank you very much

Gam3r01 · Jul 19, 2013

One of the best, and well priced air coolers on the market is the coolermaster hyper 212 evo. It fits any cpu socket so that would be a great cooler, and with a 120mm fan it will have low rmps.

Calculatron · Jul 19, 2013

If quiet is the name of the game:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186059

That's a pretty good all-in-one package. If you can catch it on sale for $30, that's even better.

Alternatively, you could buy either a Coolermaster 212 EVO, or a Xigmatek Gaia. Both are quiet within their own rights, although noticeable at full tilt. If you replaced their main fan with an Arctic Cooling F12 PWM fan ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186033 ), the same fan that powers the A30 Freezer heatsink, you end up paying the same cost. Just mentioning it so you're aware of your options.

Lastly, I have no personal experience with this one, but this looks like a good deal:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835709018

clutchc · Jul 19, 2013

If you want to go inexpensive, look on ebay. There are many new AMD coolers for sale from folks that don't use the factory cooler and opt for an aftermarket one. Almost any one will fit your Athlon II. Make sure it is good for 65W or better... that's just about any of them.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/CPU-Fans-Heatsinks-/131486/i.html?Socket%2520Compatibility=Socket%2520AM3&LH_ItemCondition=1000&_sop=15&Brand=AMD&_dcat=131486&Type=CPU%2520Fan%2520with%2520Heatsink

thegameking · Jul 20, 2013

great resposnes thank you very much guys but what puzzeles me is this: the original stock fan that came with the processor was really quiet the tech guys claim they fitted the exact same one BUT this one is really loud as i mentioned what could the cause of that be exactly?

clutchc · Jul 20, 2013

It may be running at full speed now. Be sure they didn't change a setting in BIOS that controls Cool and Quiet. With that enabled, the fan runs at low speeds until more cooling is needed.

thegameking · Jul 21, 2013

clutchc :

yes i did that was always enabled as well as q-fan but this started when i got the new stock cooler the old stock cooler was really quiet

clutchc · Jul 21, 2013

Does the new cooler look like the old one? Maybe they gave you something else.

clutchc · Jul 21, 2013

5000 - 6000 RPM! (just went back and caught that) I don't think I ever saw a stock cooler run that fast. No wonder it's loud. Definitely not using C&Q.

thegameking · Jul 26, 2013

cool and quiet is on but it's still loud i even tried putting the voltage at 4.0 in my bios but no go

thegameking · Jul 26, 2013

cool and quiet is on i tried undervolting the fan but no luck and yes it looks like the old one EXCEPT it doesn't have the amd sticker on it

clutchc · Jul 26, 2013

I don't think the read out is correct. No CPU fan runs at 5-6K RPM that I'm aware of. Most are in the 2-3K range. And when qfan is on, should be only around 1K or so.

If you're looking for a cost effective replacement for the stock fan, this is quiet and works well. And it is a snap on/screw on replacement for the stock fan.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186035

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