what cpu cooler for fx8320 on m5a97 r2.0 with high profile dimms

tsuneo6 · Aug 22, 2014

I'm using a m5a97 r2.0 motherboard with an AMD fx 8320 cpu with stock cooler. I'm looking to upgrade the cpu cooler. I'm using high profile RAM so I dont want the heatsink to block RAMslots. any options? I'm looking for a performance fan so I can OC to around 4.0GHz. for now I'm limited to 3.5-ish due to the stock cooler.
I was looking into the arctic freezer a30, and Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO and the hyper 212. only the arctic freezer seems to fit.
for now I only use 2 RAM slots, so it's not such a big deal if my 1st slot gets blocked. but I might want to add some more RAM in the future. I'm also on a limited budget so watercooling is not an option for now.
The cooler naads to cleur up more then 30 mm not to block the RAM slot.

Dark Lord of Tech · Aug 22, 2014

The 212 EVO is the best option here.

http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cpu-air-cooler/hyper-212-evo/
Looks like it states 37mm clearance.

tsuneo6 · Aug 22, 2014

yes but I need at least 40mm clearance

after a few hours of googling, i found http://www.zalman.com/global/product/Product_Read.php?Idx=461, which would be a tight fit, but I'm not familiar with zalman... the specs look nice, but I read that the heatpipes arent polished properly...

tsuneo6 · Aug 22, 2014

I'm using 2 Gskill ripjaws atm, which are 40mm high, but I'm not sure what the hight from the sockets to the connection is. it should'nt be more then a mm or so, but I dont wanna take any chances.

Proofy · Aug 22, 2014

I would go for noctua nh-u14s

Vic 40 · Aug 22, 2014

What is your max budget and where are you looking?

tsuneo6 · Aug 23, 2014

for now I'm looking on the belgian alternate, I'd say my budget is 40 euro's atm.

Vic 40 · Aug 23, 2014

■ I would look at this one,
http://www.alternate.be/Scythe/Grand-Kama-Cross-2-SCKC-3000-Actieve-CPU-koeler/html/product/1077103?tk=7&lk=6098
because of the way it's build will it cool the surrounding components (vrm's) better too.

tsuneo6 · Aug 23, 2014

it does look quite good, but it is 5 mm too long :s I have the thermaltake commander msi case, which is limited to cpu coolers up to 170 mm. I am going to measure it right now though to see if it's possible.

Vic 40 · Aug 23, 2014

It looks a bit strange on the site but it's like this,
140 x 140 x 175 mm=widht-height-depth.

tsuneo6 · Aug 23, 2014

ah, then this will be the one, I cnt believe I look over that one!, cheers mate

Vic 40 · Aug 23, 2014

Glad you like it.

Maybe you will even let me know how it does on the amd cpu?

tsuneo6 · Aug 23, 2014

sure will, it's ordered, should be here next week thursday! I'll see how much I can get out of my CPU!(hoping it'll go up to 4.2 at least without exceeding 65°C under full load)

Vic 40 · Aug 23, 2014

Thanks! See ya.

Of tot de volgende keer.

(hope you're flemish)

tsuneo6 · Aug 23, 2014

natuurlijk

tsuneo6 · Aug 28, 2014

and I'm back, I just installed it, and I must say i'm a bit disapointed, it's about the same performance as the stock cooler, so I must have done something wrong... anyway, I'll reaply the thermal paste and make sure every screw is screwed tight. but that's something for after the exams

I was also wondering if the fan could be replaced?

Vic 40 · Aug 28, 2014

I'm sorry to hear that, i hope that reapplying the cooler and paste will make it do better.

You should be able to replace that fan. Why?

tsuneo6 · Aug 28, 2014

well I just did, same result. benchmarks show that it should cool way better. anyway, I made a post for it explaining what is happening

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2278039/scythe-grand-kama-8320.html

tsuneo6 · Aug 28, 2014

and I was thinking of ordering a fan with more airflow to actually make it cool better

Vic 40 · Aug 29, 2014

Will look at that other post as well.

About another fan,i think you can place any fan on it with 120mm holes so fans that re 120mm or even fans that are 140mm with 120mm holes like this one for instance,
http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/335616/thermalright-ty-147-pwm-140mm.html
noctua has these too and even scythe has fans that have higher rpm that are the same as the one that is on top of it right now.

tsuneo6 · Aug 29, 2014

it is a 140mm fan though

so I'll have to go for that ^^
just need to make sure it's a 4 pin connection then

Vic 40 · Aug 29, 2014

The holes on that fan are on 120mm and all 120 mm pwm fans should imo work.You just might cover less of the cooler.

You used all the right parts for the cooler to be mounted on an am3 socket? Doublechecked?

Make the paste layer as thin as possible.

tsuneo6 · Aug 29, 2014

I did, I could try to take of the coolpaste again though, and try to go thinner. I might buy myself a 120mm fan with some high airflow as this 140 mm fan makes my graphics card vibrate when it's at 1300 rpm QQ. yet another problem haha, I'm going to get myself some rubber spacers instead of the plastic ones that came with it

Vic 40 · Aug 29, 2014

tsuneo6 :

A good thing to try imo.

tsuneo6 :

Maybe that one thing in this has to do with the other?

Did you consider placing the blue led fan and the back fan at the top of the case to see if they might not interupt the airflow to the cooler that much? Or at least that blue led fan. Just looking for possibilities to get better temps.

tsuneo6 · Aug 29, 2014

I was thinking of that aswell to put a less powerfull fan at the top. the air gets sucked out before it has a chance to cool. i'll look into it. a thinner layer of coolpaste made a difference of 1 degree so I got that going for me

what cpu cooler for fx8320 on m5a97 r2.0 with high profile dimms

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