Hi. I'm building a new system, which has been going pretty well suprisingly. Only prob I have is in deciding what cooler to get for my CPU... So I thought I'd get some expert advice

Basically its gonna be for a E6600 in an Asus P5W DH Mobo. I want a decent CPU fan that is very easy to install and is effective yet not too loud. Plus I don't really wanna pay more that £25. Suggestions would be awesome =)

(I had an Artic Cooler for my old system but it was a bitch to install and I broke my Mobo when removing it. As you can imagine I'm a bit of an idiot and need something more simple hehe).

Plus does it matter if I get a multi-rail PSU or single-rail? I'm not quite sure what "rail" means... But I'm pretty positive a Corsair HX520w should be fine, I just wanna make sure.

Cheers for any help people

Quit whining and stick with the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro. Read the instructions where it tells you to remove the fan before you put the heatsink on, press in then rotate the clips, then put the fan back on.

Well had Arctic Cooling Freezer 4 for Socket 478 and it was pretty annoying to install and the instructions could have been slightly better. But if the 7 Pro is good and straight forward to install I'll giv it a shot

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro- Hands down the easiest to install and most effective cooler for under $30 US.

Darn quiet too!

Be sure to use some good thermal paste, such as Artic Silver 5 and follow their core2 duo video, kinda different from the old way of applying.

everyone said it, freezer pro 7


And Jack, I am shocked 8O You use a zalman? I have the 9500 am2, most expensive hype I have ever bought, horrible performance, it only cools a bit better than the stock amd cooler I have even with zalmans stg1 grease. I agree with your first thought of the tuniq tower though

Jack did recommend good coolers there, there's no doubt about that, but the Scythe is the biggest pain in the ass I've ever installed. My friend bought one for his system, and we had to get his 8 year old brother to wriggle his fingers under it to push the pins down. On the other hand, his e6400 is stable at 3.3Ghz 8O

Nice one guys. Will go for the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7. Thanks for helping me decide =)

same with me and my 9500 and p180b case, but still, at only 2.9ghz my cpu goes up to 51* on full load with their stg1 thermal grease, which really worries me, because the thermal limit on amd cpus is 55-6x

Yay!

I always thought someone like you would have a tuniq towre that I wish I had bought instead really badly about now