Another summer... AMD CPU cooler recommendations

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Hey Neowin,

so after I found a nice and quiet Graphics Card (MSI 6850 Cyclone) this summer the noise of my CPU fan gets on my nerves, that's why I would like some recommendations as I'm completely clueless about them^^'

My CPU is a AMD Phenom II 955 on a AM3+ socket with a GIGABYTE board and the stock AMD cooler.

Things to consider:

- the price should be around 30-40?

- it doesn't have to cool a whole lot as I don't overclock, a little more silence is all I ask for :p and I currently have no heat problems

- my case is a Aerocool iCuve, 200mm wide with a case fan directly over the CPU so it shouldn't be one of these very high fans

- and that's pure luxury, not a must, it would be nice if I can fit it with the standard AM3 bracket on the mobo so I don't have to remove the board (I never fitted anything but stock AMD fans in my life...)

Thanks for any help in advance! :)

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i have ignored your bullet point requests as i want to throw a curveball in there..

i don't really know for euro based shops.. UK noob i guess, but as to cooler for the summer i just recentley purcahsed a Corsair H60 very easy to install. and very quiet compared to stock cooler i had. also nice for a bit of overclocking. running with with a not so extreme overclock 2.4Ghz @2.75Ghz (+350mhz)

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Thanks for all the help and suggestions!^^ I was short before buying the Hyper 212+ since I'm a bit... respectful about watercooling though after watching a few installation tutorials of the Hyper 212+ the cooler was not for me, it looked like you need 2-3 people to install it xD I am however noticed the smaller brother of the Hyper 212+ while looking into it, the Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo and since it was only 15? I went with that.

And that worked out quite well, I installed it yesterday with little trouble and I run at 35?C idle with 32?C ambient and I can barely notice any noise increase while gaming so mission accomplished I guess and thanks again everyone^^

One question though for all owners with similar fans, I also have 12cm side fans installed in my case and currently one of them is blowing against the top part of the TX3 Evo in low RPM mode (only three pins connected):

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I haven't noticed too much difference with it on or off so I wondered if these CPU coolers actually benefit from that or if I can turn it off for less noise.

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