955be upgrading stock cooling

[bloads]

looking to replace the cooling system on the cpu, and I have no idea of which ones are quality and which aren't. Thinking of spending around 50-100$

 

[enzo matrix]

OCZ vendetta has been doing well in benchmarks and falls under $50

 

[N19h7M4r3]

personally i have a Noctua NH-C12P and i love it... it cools my 8Gbs of ddr3 and set to very low i have temps of 45 idle and 55-60 maxed out... if you have a horizontal case, the heat pipes will provide even better cooling

 

[bloads]

how can i tell if

this zalman

will fit in my case ?

 

[wsupduck]

Core Contact Freezer

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835207004&cm_re=core_contact_freezer-_-35-207-004-_-Product

is great for me idle @ 30C and Load at @45C with fan set to low unlocked to 4 cores and oc to 3.5 w/ 1.55 volts

 

[jj463rd]

This one worked for me XIGMATEK HDT-RS1283 120mm CPU Cooler http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233012
but if you want one with better airflow (louder though) Toms Hardware on their System Builder Marathon on the medium and low end Phenom II based PC's used a similar model but with a higher airflow fan this one
XIGMATEK Intel Core i7 compatible Dark Knight-S1283V 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233029

However it's orientated so the air flow goes to the top of the case which was no problem for me since my case (COOLER MASTER HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP Black Steel + Plastic and Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case) had the largest fan on the top