Looking for a new CPU fan, or new heatsink.

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Nick Mueller

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So here is the quick rundown. I have an AMD FX-6300 not overclocked, and the fan on the heatsink, is starting to make a buzzing noise, as such i am worried it might fail on me one day without my knowing.

So, I am looking for either a new CPU fan to mount on the stock heat sink, or i am looking for a new Heatsink all together. The conditions for a new heatsink, are i need it to be compatible with the stock AMD mounting bracket and something that will let me expand to use all my RAM slots, i don't want to pull my computer apart to try and mount an aftermarket cooler. The motherboard is a ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157364 with 8 gigs of Patriot Viper Black Ram, and an HIS Radeon 7870.

I was looking at this fan to just do a swap on the stock cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103188
 
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My buddy just did a similar upgrade in his older Antec DF-35 case. He added a Zalman single rad cooler, and the installation was a breeze, due to the cpu cut-out. If you wanna go that route, check out this Corsair H55 on sale: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181029

Since there's no bulky heatsink, installing one of these is a cinch, even...
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What case do you have?

That fan you linked to would be just about as crappy as the one you have, I wouldn't bother. If your the motherboard tray in your case has a CPU cutout, you can install a new cooling solution without disassembling, more than likely.
 
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+1 to that, those Noctua mounts are excellent.
 
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My buddy just did a similar upgrade in his older Antec DF-35 case. He added a Zalman single rad cooler, and the installation was a breeze, due to the cpu cut-out. If you wanna go that route, check out this Corsair H55 on sale: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181029

Since there's no bulky heatsink, installing one of these is a cinch, even without taking any components out. I wouldn't worry about anything with this kind of closed loop solution, Corsair makes top quality stuff.
 
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Asrock 990FX Extreme 9 \ FX8350 \ 5.1GHZ. \ 1.384 VOLTS

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Phanteks PH-TC14PE with Scythe Slipstream 110 CFM fans attached.
 
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