G3258 OC low-profile cooler

[sivashanth2001]

I'm looking for a small but well-performing low-profile cooler which I can use to cool an OC'ed G3258. Any suggestions would be awesome!

Thanks 😀

 

[Twigman]

Heya, would this suit?

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/raijintek-pallas-slim-cpu-cooler,4085.html

Twig

 

[sivashanth2001]

That's a pretty nice cooler, but sorry, it's a bit too big for me (basically it covers up the RAM slots, and I've got a micro-atx mobo).

Thanks anyway for the quick response

 

[Twigman]

Right'o. How about this one instead? Also was recommended by Tom's Hardware;

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0077POH8M/?tag=bom_tomshardware-20&ascsubtag=[site%7Cthaus[cat%7C[art%7C[pid%7CB0077POH8M[tid%7C14376797690793658[bbc%7CLEPRIX

Twig

 

[sivashanth2001]

Yeah, thanks for helping again. But I don't really like its looks (my build will have a massive window, on the Corsair Air 240 case) and the copper heatsink will look a bit distracting. Would you recommend any Scythe, Noctua, Cooler Master or other small heatsink fans that may be up for the job?

Your help is appreciated

 

[Twigman]

We will get you a cooler in the end!! 😛

Scythe: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/low-profile-heat-sink-mini-itx,review-32826-6.html

Noctua: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/low-profile-heat-sink-mini-itx,3639-4.html (a bit on the tall side, however)

SilverStone: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/low-profile-heat-sink-mini-itx,review-32826-11.html

There aren't too many good fans out there which are slim and much of a step up over the stock cooler, I hope one of these works for you!!

Twig

 

[sivashanth2001]

The battle is between the Noctua NH-L12 and a small Seidon 120V V2 liquid cooler. I'll decide and get back to you.

 

[Twigman]

Well the Seidon 120V V2 looks to be a bit cheaper than the Noctua and performs pretty well looking at reviews, so it should handle an OC'd 3258 well. Id settle with that one.

Just my 2 pennies

Twig

 

[NubUser]

i use the seidon 120v v2 with mini itx on my Cooler Master Elite 130, the cpu is the 3258 at 4.7.

There is even tutorial on cooler master page

 

[sivashanth2001]

@NubUser
What sort of temps are you getting in your Elite 130 (I'm pretty sure that's a small case so any temps around those or better will be good).

Thanks

 

[NubUser]

@NubUser
What sort of temps are you getting in your Elite 130 (I'm pretty sure that's a small case so any temps around those or better will be good).

Thanks

I never checked temps, as the cpu fan nerver run loud, but i can when i got home, i mostly run wii games emulator, so its very incentive cpu job, the gpu is the Asus GTX960 TURBO OC 2GB, so it actually take air out of the case.

The psu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703005

 

[sivashanth2001]

I have similar specs to your PC so that's good news. I'm getting an 4GB Sapphire R9 380 NITRO, which has really powerful fans which should exhaust some hot air out through the bottom of the case.

 

[NubUser]

I have similar specs to your PC so that's good news. I'm getting an 4GB Sapphire R9 380 NITRO, which has really powerful fans which should exhaust some hot air out through the bottom of the case.

That GPU will dissipate hot air inside the case, if you are going mini itx, you want to avoid that, or have many fans taking out hot air off the case.
Try to find a GPU cooler like this one:
http://cdn.videocardz.com/1/2015/04/ASUS-Turbo-GTX-970-Graphics-Card.jpg