Phenom II x4 965 BE cooling on a budget

[bonethrack]

I bought a phenom II x4 965 BE recently and it runs a little hotter than I would like so im looking for a budget heat sink and fan to replace the stock one it came with.

I am looking for a fan/heat sink combo for under $30 that will fit but I cant seem to find any that are rated for higher that 95tdp while the cpu is at 125tdp.

The idle temp is around 45c and the load temp is around 55c for the stock fan/heat sink I am planning on overclocking it eventually but don't want to on the stock gear.

The totally cool cooler master 212 is sadly too big for my case.

can anyone recommend me one?

 

[Gam3r01]

Well its a bit over budget but it will cool just about as well as the evo, the H55 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7413644&CatId=499 if you can spend the money the H60/80 is better. Good air coolers are very large so you may have to spend the extra for liquid for the clearance.

 

[Tradesman1]

Take a look at some of the Zalman lower profile cooler

 

[bonethrack]

Well its a bit over budget but it will cool just about as well as the evo, the H55 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7413644&CatId=499 if you can spend the money the H60/80 is better. Good air coolers are very large so you may have to spend the extra for liquid for the clearance.

Its a bit more than I would like to pay right now but thank you for suggesting it I will keep it in mind as a back up.

 

[Gam3r01]

Yeah, I agree its a bit much but its a very small waterblock. As Tradesman said the Zalman are good low profile air coolers.

 

[bonethrack]

Take a look at some of the Zalman lower profile cooler

Thanks for recommending Zalman I found a nice one (not low profile but smaller than the evo) for around $22 with good reviews about the same processor.

 

[Tradesman1]

Great! They have a decent selection and all work well that I've used Have a good one!