Best "top down" heatsink

[ryanbryne]

Im upgrading to Sandy Bridge and thinking of getting the sabertooth p67. As i understand this motherboard works best with a "top down" heat sink (fan facing down" to push airflow under the thermal jacket.

Can anyone recommend a good, cheapish heat sink? around ~£35

thanks!

 

[chainlash]

the Scythe Shuriken is a good option its quiet and £30, not suitable for overclocking, but works fine for stock.

the other option is to get the zalman fan holder bracket and mount a fan above towards the top where the fins are on the mobo.

 

[ryanbryne]

hmm i see, if i go with a tower fan, what would be a good one to get? i doubt im going to do serious over clocking but i would do a bit

 

[Leaps-from-Shadows]

The Scythe Rasetsu top-down cooler works well for overclocking, as long as your case airflow is good. It allowed me to overclock my 2500K to 4.8GHz with okay temps.

 

[ryanbryne]

Thanks so much, i looked into scythe products and i'm going to go with the Rasetsu or the Kabuto. Ill read up some benchmarks to see which comes out on top, both look like great coolers