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Dirk Scheeren

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Hello there!

I have a very noisy stock cooler that came with my AMD FX 8350 CPU, I want to replace it with a quiet cooler that fits the AM3+ socket but I don't know what's good. I do not overclock and my 'Case CPU height' is 167mm. My budget is around the $60, i think that's enough for a decent cooler.
 
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Silver Arrow is extremely quiet .... have one upstairs on an 24/7 4.8 Ghz OC A9lternate boot w/o HT at 5.0). To a sound meter, it's the same as the Phanteks but it's at a frequency I guess that is less bothersome to the ears

Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E Dual Fan Universal CPU Cooler (Sockets 775 / 115x / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / AM3+ / FM1)

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/11676/cpu-tri-77/Thermalright_Silver_Arrow_SB-E_Dual_Fan_Universal_CPU_Cooler_Sockets_775_115x_1366_2011_AM2_AM2_AM3_AM3_FM1.html

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It's a good cooler but is it quiet? I thought everything above 25dbA was noticeable, a friend has a 06,6 - 18,8 dB(A) CPU cooler but that doesn't fits with my socket
 
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There has been a big hole in the $50 category since the Mugen 3 and hyper 612 PWN were discontinued..... If ya want quiet, Im afraid ya gotta get up to $80 where the Phanteks PH-TC14-PE, Thermalright Silver Arrow and Noctua DH-14 all some in at around 19 dBA.
 
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The Noctua DH-14 is too high and it will not fit :( but I am going to look at the other ones. Thanks for your help

 
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Silver Arrow should do the job then

http://archive.benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=674&Itemid=62
Cooler Dimensions: Length 147mm x Width 123mm x Height 160mm

new version is 165mm
http://www.thermalright.com/html/products/cpu_cooler/silverArrow_sb-e_extreme.html?panel=1

If that's too tight for ya...ya can work ya way down this list till something of a comfy height for ya

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/phanteks_ph_tc14pe_cpu_cooler_review,14.html


158 mm - Super Mega gives ya 9 mm or almost 3/8"
http://www.prolimatech.com/en/products/detail.asp?id=158&subid=427#showtab
 
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I really like the Thermalright Silver Arrow but does it fit AM3+ ?
 
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Silver Arrow is extremely quiet .... have one upstairs on an 24/7 4.8 Ghz OC A9lternate boot w/o HT at 5.0). To a sound meter, it's the same as the Phanteks but it's at a frequency I guess that is less bothersome to the ears

Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E Dual Fan Universal CPU Cooler (Sockets 775 / 115x / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / AM3+ / FM1)

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/11676/cpu-tri-77/Thermalright_Silver_Arrow_SB-E_Dual_Fan_Universal_CPU_Cooler_Sockets_775_115x_1366_2011_AM2_AM2_AM3_AM3_FM1.html

 
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