by J_Th4ng » Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:23 am
Firstly, if it says AM3 compatible, then it should fit just fine. The only issues would be if you had a really small case that didn't have the headroom for the cooler, or if your motherboard had an overcomplicated heat sink arrangement around the CPU socket. Your ASUS board will be fine, can't speak for your case but any normal sized case would be fine.
I don't particularly like the two Coolermaster options that you've got. If you look at the picture from the underside, you can see that the heat pipes touch the bottom of the cooler block, and create that stripey effect of copper and nickel. Because of this, I worry that the base of those coolers wouldn't be perfectly smooth. Also, my experience of Coolermaster CPU coolers is that they, despite being better than stock, aren't as good as some other brands (particularly from a noise perspective).
The prices on that website aren't the best either. I can get all of the listed coolers for cheaper from Frontosa. For example, that Zalman model is listed at R442 from Frontosa, rather than R512.
In fact, I could get you the next model up,
http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?Idx=354 for R492 inclusive.
Zalman coolers will probably meet your low noise requirements. They were originally built around noise management, rather than pure cooling power.
Firstly, if it says AM3 compatible, then it should fit just fine. The only issues would be if you had a really small case that didn't have the headroom for the cooler, or if your motherboard had an overcomplicated heat sink arrangement around the CPU socket. Your ASUS board will be fine, can't speak for your case but any normal sized case would be fine.
I don't particularly like the two Coolermaster options that you've got. If you look at the picture from the underside, you can see that the heat pipes touch the bottom of the cooler block, and create that stripey effect of copper and nickel. Because of this, I worry that the base of those coolers wouldn't be perfectly smooth. Also, my experience of Coolermaster CPU coolers is that they, despite being better than stock, aren't as good as some other brands (particularly from a noise perspective).
The prices on that website aren't the best either. I can get all of the listed coolers for cheaper from Frontosa. For example, that Zalman model is listed at R442 from Frontosa, rather than R512.
In fact, I could get you the next model up, [url=http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?Idx=354]http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?Idx=354[/url] for R492 inclusive.
Zalman coolers will probably meet your low noise requirements. They were originally built around noise management, rather than pure cooling power.