Picking a cooler for an AMD FX 8350

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Alright, so we all know that the stock cooler is useless and loud as hell that it gets on everyone's nerves. I have been doing a little research in the past couple of months and have ended up with three available coolers that I can get, the first is Noctua NH-D15 air cooler, second is Corsair H105 liquid cooler, and the last is the new Cooler Master Nepton 240M(leaning to it the most).

Now, I do realize that the Noctua will be pretty quiet and will be effective as well, but it just takes too much space and considering I live in Egypt and the weather here is dusty as hell, and I need to clean my PC every other week, it would just take too much work, so that will be my last choice.

The difference between the Corsair H105 and the Nepton 240M isn't that much as far as I have seen, but I heard that the Nepton has very quiet fans and it looks sorta better in my opinion. Although it just came out and may have some issues over the time. Still, I'll go for the Corsair if it is better.

For the record, I have a Zalman Z3 Plus case.

Thanks in advance.
 

spdragoo

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Actually, no, it's not useless. As long as a) you're not overclocking your chip, b) you have a couple of case fans (& have them installed correctly), & c) don't keep your PC in a really stupid place (i.e. the case sits right on top of the furnace vent, just to the left of your constantly-lit fireplace), the stock cooler works fine. My stock cooler keeps my FX-8320 well under 60 Celsius when gaming, & under 20-30 Celsius when idle or just browsing the Internet. And, if anything, the fans on my R9 270 are much louder than my CPU fan.

That being said...unless you're going to aggressively overclock the build, an air cooler should be more than sufficient for your needs. If it's available, you could also consider Cooler Master's Hyper 212 EVO, it's a relatively cheap air cooler that is very popular for overclocking.
 

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Well, then there's something ridiculously wrong because it goes up yo 75 celsius when I'm gaming and gives me a terrible FPS drop which makes some games annoying to play. I have 4 case fans that came with the case, they work just fine. I haven't an idea of why it happens but I'm willing to get a proper cooler either ways. If anyone can explain the ridiculous temperatures, that would be great. Otherwise, please tell me which is the best out of the three.