Water Cooler For 8320fx Under 100$

Monsy303

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I need a closed water cooler for my 8320fx. Im looking to spend NO MORE than 100$. And is the AM3 socket the same as AM3+ for mounting purposes? So in short, could I mount an AM3 block on a AM3+ chip? - Thanks in advance!
**Quick edit. The cooler also has to be a single 120m for compatibility issues.
 
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In that case you would need an H80i, but for the price and performance the Hyper 212 EVO is much better. It costs less, cools very very similar, and is universal.

I would simply measure to see if it fits, or check the website specs for the case.
I've never used a closed water cooler nor anything similar, the only thing I can surely help you with is the fact that you should be able to mount an AM3 block on a AM3+ socket, since they're exactly the same size and shape, the only difference is an extra pin in the AM3+ socket which of course won't have any effect with cooling solutions.
 

Monsy303

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Okay awesome! That really helps me to narrow down some of my own searching. The reason why im looking for a water cooling format is because I do not know what the max height is for air coolers in my Raidmax Smilidon, and i know water coolers are very low profile so I dont really want to risk anything. :p
 
In that case you would need an H80i, but for the price and performance the Hyper 212 EVO is much better. It costs less, cools very very similar, and is universal.

I would simply measure to see if it fits, or check the website specs for the case.
 
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