SOLVED Great Air Coolers under 100$ ?

[doyll]

Could you give us a link to website there in Malaysia you would buy from? Than we can see what coolers are available and their prices.

 

[Lucky23]

The air units which are cheaper are pretty close to that, easier to install and won't ever leak on your gear. If I were to get wc I'd go for the Cm Eisberg kits for 110usd at the egg. (or so they were priced at last I looked)

Definitely, excellent cooler for the price
http://www.overclock.net/t/1423039/cooler-master-eisberg-solo-120l-240l-owners-club

 

[ivanlabrie]

Definitely, excellent cooler for the price
http://www.overclock.net/t/1423039/cooler-master-eisberg-solo-120l-240l-owners-club

I wanna upgrade my H60 with one of those...then grab a 4930k.

 

[keny]

To the op, go to the review sites and check out the top 5 air coolers on there list, then see if you can find any of them available for your budget where you live, it's that easy.

 

[doyll]

What keny said.

To make it even easier here is a list of many of the best coolers All within a few degrees of each other.

Cooler size comparison (Width x Depth x Height looking from front of case with motherboard laying flat)

Akasa Medusa .= . 8x 6mm pipes 144x129.5x163mm w/ 140mm & 120mm PWM fans 49.6mm*
K2 / Assassin. . = . 8x 6mm pipes 140x128x158mm 146x154x160mm w/ 120mm & 140mm PWM fans43.2mm*
Dark Rock Pro 2 =. 7x 6mm pipes 133x124x166mm 133x149x166mm w/ 120mm & 135mm PWM fans
NH-D14. . . . . = . . 6x 6mm pipes 140x130x160mm 140x158x160mm w/ 120mm & 140mm fans44mm*
NH-U14S. . . . = . . 6x 6mm pipes 150x52x165mm plus fans base offset 2mm 41mm*
PH-TC14PE . . = . . 5x 8mm pipes 140x159x171mm w/ 2x 140mm fans, PWM adaptor40-45mm*
Megahalem. . = . . 6x 6mm pipes 130x74x158.7mm plus fans 40mm*
HE01 . . . . . .= . . . 6x 6mm pipes 140x119x160mm w/ 140x38mm PWM fan 42mm*
Archon SB-E . . = . 8x 6mm pipes 155x53.6x170.2mm plus fans 34.45mm*
Silver Arrow . = . . 4x 8mm pipes 147x123x163mm 151x149x168mm w/ 2x 140mm Fans 40.87mm*
SA SB-E . . . .= . . . 8x 6mm pipes 155x105x164mm 170x130x170mm w/ 140mm & 150mm PWM fans 31.9/39/46mm**
SA SB-E Extreme . 8x 6mm pipes 155x105x164mm 155x130x165mm w/fans Smaller because of 140mm fan vs 150mm fan.


*cooler base to bottom fin. (add 8mm for motherboard to bottom fin.)
**fins are at 3 different levels

K2, D14 & 14PE are about same size cooler. 14PE has 140mm front fan
140mm fans can be problematic with ram clearance.
All can interfere with PCI-e slots 1 & 2
SA SB-E is widest by 15mm. 170mm with TY-150 fan in middle. TY-150 is 169x151mm
SA SB-E Extreme is 155mm wide with TY-143 fan in middle. TY-14x fans are 151x140mm.

 

[Gh0sT-NoVa]

My configuration (212 Evo + variable speed 120mm Delta case fan) just fits within your $70 budget and will even handle a 6 core with ease. (Upgrading the fan on the 212 Evo pushes it over your budget, but you won't need that for your CPU.) You can also get great results with a somewhat lower end case fan.

No it doesn't...many reviews suck. If you test with a not big enough heat source you'll get strange results, same with measuring ambient temps incorrectly.

Trust me, that True Spirit I posted is the best price/perf heatsink you can find new. That or the new noctua single tower equipped with a 140mm fan.

Or used gear like others mentioned here. Also, the cm hyper 212 is really noisy compared to these other heatsinks and it needs it to be since the fin stack isn't big nor wide enough for low speed fans.

Omg....some tell me the Hyper212 is good , now some tells me it sucks...
But you all do understand Im only using for my i5 3550 , NO OC nor planning to go into OC CPU in future....
But MAYBE will switch to AMD CPU , but as we all know the FX CPU is rather power hungry, I worry it runs alot hotter than IB / Haswell even at STOCK.

But if you talking about Noctua single Tower equipped with a 140mm fan , I think you meant the NH-U14S ? I would prefer the NH-U12S instead if so.
The NH-U14S might have problem with FIRST PCI-E slot.
But it will cost lot more for this cooler.

I used Hardwaresecrets as review reference.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-EVO-CPU-Cooler-Review/1407/6

Also we don't have TrueSpirit here, neither our pricing will be cheap as in US even we have them....

AIO solutions are not better than high end air, with all the issues that can come with it.

If you want watercooling, go custom loop.

Well this is the big reason why Im switching from my Enermax ELC-120-TA an AIO Water Cooler back to Air Cool

1) Doesn't improve much from my old Cooler Master TX3 EVO
2) Everyday I have fear that the cooler might break and leak fluid all over my PC and costing me a fortune to rebuild one
3) The radiator installed at the rear , with one side less breathing space actually producing lot more heat out from top my casing which I can felt it !

Could you give us a link to website there in Malaysia you would buy from? Than we can see what coolers are available and their prices.

I usually just shop where is the cheapest but this is the best reference of all the coolers here.
To make things easy , my budget in my currency is BELOW RM 250

Noctua
http://list.lelong.com.my/Auc/List/...&y=-260&CategoryID=&PriceLBound=&PriceUBound=

CoolerMaster
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/954114/all

Thermalright
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/515787/all

Prolimatech
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1129414

Phanteks
Phanteks - TC14PE - RM 299
Phantek - TC12DX - RM 199

Might have other brands , but I have to look around for their price and seller.

 

[doyll]

First link
NH-U12S RM 245.00 + 9.60
NH-D14 RM 269.00 + 12.00
NH-D14 is much better.

2nd link
Hyper 212 X RM 125.00 + 8-13.00 Good low priced cooler

3rd link
Venomous X RM 299.00
IFX-14 : RM 309.00
Way over priced. IFX-14 was released in 2007. It is the original design that became Silver Arrow in 2009-2010. Not even available anymore in most places.

4th link
Megahalems RM 220.00 + fans
Great cooler but add the cost of fans and it's not cheap.

My recommendation
Hyper 212 X
Half the price of next closest contender (NH-U12S) with very similar performance.
http://dvtests.com/?p=12794

 

[Gh0sT-NoVa]

First link
NH-U12S RM 245.00 + 9.60
NH-D14 RM 269.00 + 12.00
NH-D14 is much better.

2nd link
Hyper 212 X RM 125.00 + 8-13.00 Good low priced cooler

3rd link
Venomous X RM 299.00
IFX-14 : RM 309.00
Way over priced. IFX-14 was released in 2007. It is the original design that became Silver Arrow in 2009-2010. Not even available anymore in most places.

4th link
Megahalems RM 220.00 + fans
Great cooler but add the cost of fans and it's not cheap.

My recommendation
Hyper 212 X
Half the price of next closest contender (NH-U12S) with very similar performance.
http://dvtests.com/?p=12794

Welcome to Malaysia where everything is totally OVERPRICED !
Like you said it's no surprise even if the thing is 10 freaking years old , they still tend to sell it at it's original full price !
By God , I don't mind if your country, England. Still control our country instead of giving us independent = ="

Back to the cooler. As I thought the Hyper212X from review seems to be one great cooler, and it's dirt cheap. If I get them I do plan on switching the fans out for pair of Blademaster / XtraFlo.

For Megahalems's case. I have a Noctua NH-A14 FLX fan. I wonder is it sufficient enough.

I won't be getting the NH-D14 for sure. As I stated , I don't want BIG coolers. No point. As for I mentioned many times , I don't OC. Also BIG coolers will always give me worries that one day dropping down on to my GPU

I guess my best solution is leaning towards the Hyper212X

 

[doyll]

Big coolers do not break motherboards. Not unless you push your case off of your desk.

Megahalem is not small. With 1x 140mm fan it's 141x100x158.7mm w/2x it's 141x126x158.7mm. Megahalems w/ Silverstone FM123 is 14c cooler than 212. A14 FLX will perform as good or better.
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-Plus-CPU-Cooler-Review/956/7

Your NH-A14 FLX is a good fan. I use lots of Thermalright TY-14x series fans which are very nice fans with a very good reputation.

NH-A14 FLX & TY-140 performance on Megahalems:
TY-140 @1266rpm = 23dBA & 45.5c
A14 Flex @1243rpm=29.5dBA & 46c
http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/120mm_and_140mm_fan_comparison,18.html

212X is best value.
Megahalems is better cooling and quieter, but RM 95.00 more money.

 

[ivanlabrie]

Doyll loves heatsinks eh?
(I miss my Silver Arrow buddy...stupid H60 sucks lol)

 

[doyll]

The only way I will leave air is if I am given a good H2O system that cools everything. GPU, CPU, mobo, RAM. I don't need it, but it would sure look nice in my new Phanteks Enthoo Primo when it arrives.

 

[ivanlabrie]

The only way I will leave air is if I am given a good H2O system that cools everything. GPU, CPU, mobo, RAM. I don't need it, but it would sure look nice in my new Phanteks Enthoo Primo when it arrives.

Oh, that case is godly
I couldn't get the 2011 socket to play nicely with my Silver Arrow...and needed the extra $ I made by selling it and grabbing the cheaper aio.

I'll go for the CM Eisberg next, probably, or some other nice air cooler if I find one super cheep.

 

[doyll]

I finally got one of Thermalright's VX BTK II mounting kits. Now I just need a 140x38mm fan for my Cogage Arrow.

 

[Gh0sT-NoVa]

Big coolers do not break motherboards. Not unless you push your case off of your desk.

Megahalem is not small. With 1x 140mm fan it's 141x100x158.7mm w/2x it's 141x126x158.7mm. Megahalems w/ Silverstone FM123 is 14c cooler than 212. A14 FLX will perform as good or better.
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-Plus-CPU-Cooler-Review/956/7

Your NH-A14 FLX is a good fan. I use lots of Thermalright TY-14x series fans which are very nice fans with a very good reputation.

NH-A14 FLX & TY-140 performance on Megahalems:
TY-140 @1266rpm = 23dBA & 45.5c
A14 Flex @1243rpm=29.5dBA & 46c
http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/120mm_and_140mm_fan_comparison,18.html

212X is best value.
Megahalems is better cooling and quieter, but RM 95.00 more money.

RM95 is very butt hurting difference lol
But I will take it into consideration.
Since the difference was 14 C that's rather tempting Specially if I do move to AMD CPU in future ( Hopefully they do something about the power hungry problem )

For Megahalems I would have pay shipment fee, since it's sort of "overseas"
Check the state Sarawak you will understand , Im from Kuala Lumpur
I could pick up a Hyper212X at shops here.
But tks for the help , really appreciate it

 

[Blaylock]

I agree with the cooler master 212+.

As far as running a FX processor at stock the CM 212+ it will do this fine. Just make sure the MoBo you get can handle the higher wattage or your socket temp will be higher than you want it.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

You said the key words a few posts above Ghost Nova, you won't be overclocking, just looking for silence and better temps.

Get the 212 EVO and call it a day.

 

[Gh0sT-NoVa]

I agree with the cooler master 212+.

As far as running a FX processor at stock the CM 212+ it will do this fine. Just make sure the MoBo you get can handle the higher wattage or your socket temp will be higher than you want it.

But I do meant in future though.
Wonder will I even have the chance to go to FX series.
Because I heard rumors that AMD is going to scrap FX series.
Rumors said the last FX 9000 series is the last of it.
But before then people said there will be " Steamroller " CPU from AMD...I wonder will that ever be happening.

But news from AMD that is they are going to focus really strong on their APU series, least throughout till 2015...and they never mention anything about FX Series nor any other new series.

In terms of the Mobo for FX series , I think their highest are only 8+2 Phase Power am I right ? But most of the AM3+ Socket being sold here are rather high end ones. Since AMD Mobo is alot cheaper.

You said the key words a few posts above Ghost Nova, you won't be overclocking, just looking for silence and better temps.

Get the 212 EVO and call it a day.

Yeah , I made up my mind , I be getting the Hyper212X.
Since on reviews it shows good performance and all.
And literally almost every forum out there I browse , recommends this cooler for if looking budget price.
Since it's only 40$ , well just might as well go for it and see if it will work out for me.
Besides I might able to sell my Enermax ELC-120 for around 40 - 50$ since it's only like 8 Months old lol !

 

[doyll]

I think of coolers as long term investments. I'm still using my Ultra-120A (4 pipes) I got in 2007. But RM 95.00 plus post is a lot of money. If it was only RM 40-50.00 I would say do it... but RM 100.00....

 

[ivanlabrie]

And what about ebay? I posted some cheap true spirit and hr-02 macho links...was 70 shipped or so.

 

[NiHaoMike]

Omg....some tell me the Hyper212 is good , now some tells me it sucks...

The stock fan is on the weak side (but very easy to upgrade) and case ventilation counts a lot. It easily keeps my 3930k in the low 60s at full load.