am3 cpu fan that exhausts out the rear

[Draydince]

Can anyone point me the direction of an AM3 socket cpu cooler that exhausts out the rear in a horizontal fashion, as opposed to vertically, and at or under 20 dollars?

I was originally looking at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103107&cm_re=am3_heatsink_cooler_master-_-35-103-107-_-Product but it looks like this only exhausts up or down. I need one that will exhaust left or right, because I'll be putting it in a friends computer that has a very small case that has the psu mounted on the top. So my only options would be either blowing hot air directly into the psu, or directly onto the graphics card - neither of which sound very pleasant.

I did manage to find this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA59T1RR9034&cm_re=am3_id-_-9SIA59T1RR9034-_-Product which would exhaust the direction that I need, however it ships from Asia and I need to try to get this installed faster than the shipping time from Asia would allow.

So AM3
Exhausts out the rear
Ships from North America
At or under 20 dollars.

It's starting to look like such a thing doesn't exist, but I figure no harm in asking.

 

[grana92]

I'm not sure that there is a cooler for your needs but I know that those small cases, like those old HP or IBM cases had a plastic "shield" for the CPU cooler that would also work as a vent that guides hot air directly out of the case. You could use something like that. A little bit of home brewing is always fun

 

[madmatt30]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA66Z28G2596&FM=1

That's the one you want mate - its also the best 92mm cooler there currently is.

 

[Draydince]

Grana92: Hmm, never seen anything like that. Could you give me some more info? The computer he hasn't ins't a prebuilt manufactured one like hp/dell etc. It was a craigslist computer that I'm upgrading. I actually have no idea what case it is, I didn't see a brand anywhere.

Madmatt30: Do you have this cooler? The pictures don't show much info about the orientation that it mounts. I don't see the mobo latches. Thanks for the link, if I can find some more information about the direction it mounts that's definitely one to consider.

 

[madmatt30]

It comes with mounts for Intel & amd - the picture us the bare cooler only.

I've used it on 4 or 5 and builds - you can mount it in any direction you want.


It doesn't use the amd mounting clip - you remove it & replace with the supplied ones.

 

[madmatt30]

If you'd rather have a quick straightforward swap the the zalman cnps5x mate - not as good as the aidos but as long as you're not running an 8 core or expecting to over clock is decent & quiet.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/zalman-cpu-cooler-cnps5xperforma

 

[Draydince]

How does it mount without the clip? I'm interested in the Aidos.

 

[madmatt30]

This replaces the rear plate on the motherboard. (You need access to the back of the motherboard)

From the picture above :-

Long bolts (2nd from top right pass through the rear plate & all the way through the board.

Plastic spacers (far left) sit on bolts

And mounting clamps (shorter ones centre bottom) slot over spacers & bolts & are fastened down with silver screw nuts (3rd from top right)

The big metal plate (bottom right) slots onto the heatsink & you fasten it to the mounting clamps with the 2 small screw's (top right)

Itsca 10 minute process max (I'm wrong in that the cooler will only Mount front to back - the way you want)

Your current clip brackets should be horizontal ??
One next to the ram , one near the rear of the board?

 

[Draydince]

Aw darn. Yeah, unfortunately the motherboard in that computer has the mounting brackets facing vertically so that would be exhausting into the psu fan. Thanks for the input though I really appreciate it man.

 

[Draydince]

In case anyone ever runs into a similar situation in the future, I did find one that I previously overlooked http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835856008

I appreciate everyones time