Help choosing a after market cooler

[hawkins461]

Hey guys just bought a amd 955 be cpu that came with a stock cooler and just doesn't seem up to the job. When running games even momentarily, watch you-tube video's and sometimes even word processing temps reach high 40's high 50's and the noise is grating at the very least. Anyhow looking for a replacement heat-sink, but have no idea what can fit on my mobo or what is considered a efficient/quiet one, any advice would be appreciated, particularly what will fit on my microatx mobo cheers.

mobo-Asus M4A88T-M USB3
Cpu-Phenom X4 955 AM3 Processor
GPU-HIS HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card
Ram-PATRIOT 4GB DDR3 1333 Memory

 

[davcon]

The CM Hyper 212+ is the most recommended cooler here at Tom's.
It offers great performance for the price.
It will fit your mobo no doubt and is compatible with a wide variety of ram kits.
The big question is will it fit?
What case do you have?

 

[hawkins461]

Cheers for the quick reply Davcon, nothing fancy case wise just some generic one from x-cases heres the link http://www.xcase.co.uk/X-Case-Storm-Midi-Tower-Gamer-Pc-Case-No-Psu-p/case-cit-storm.htm chose it due to it's size as it's significantly bigger than my old one, though the quality of the metal leaves a bit to be desired. Anyhow should be plenty of room? with your blessing I will order the cooler!

 

[davcon]

Cheers for the quick reply Davcon, nothing fancy case wise just some generic one from x-cases heres the link http://www.xcase.co.uk/X-Case-Storm-Midi-Tower-Gamer-Pc-Case-No-Psu-p/case-cit-storm.htm chose it due to it's size as it's significantly bigger than my old one, though the quality of the metal leaves a bit to be desired. Anyhow should be plenty of room? with your blessing I will order the cooler!

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus - £18.74inc. vat
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/245376
It will just fit imo according to users with a case with the same width as yours.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=11-147-153&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=212%2B&Page=1

 

[jockey]

I have yet to hear of any problems fitting a 212+ into a case, they clear the memory modules and aren't extremely tall.

 

[beanoslim]

Your case is 190mm wide, the 212 is 160mm tall leaving you 30mm to play with for side panel mobo and mounts.

Won't be a lot of room left but should be ok.

 

[hawkins461]

Cheers for the advice guys, I've ordered one online and shall let you know how it turns out

 

[hawkins461]

Hey guys, just installed my new coolmaster and I'm pretty impressed at the minute. Bit of a pain installing it but nothing to tricky, running almost silently compared to the stock cooler and a little cooler, so cheers for all the help!

 

[davcon]

Hey guys, just installed my new coolmaster and I'm pretty impressed at the minute. Bit of a pain installing it but nothing to tricky, running almost silently compared to the stock cooler and a little cooler, so cheers for all the help!

No problem mate enjoy!
You can easily monitor your temps by using CoreTemp or Realtemp or both.
They are small apps and freeware.