Recommendations for a AMD A8-6600K Cooler

[Codelyoko373]

Hello There.

Currently I have a AMD Radeon A8-6600K CPU and the stock cooler that came with it has sadly died so I'm in desperate need of a new cooler. The problem is I'm not sure of a cooler that would be appropriate since it needs to support the TDP of my CPU (I learnt about that yesterday after buying a cooler that wasn't good enough for my CPU...)

Basically I need a cooler that is going to support my CPU and isn't too big, about 8cm, 9cm maximum really though 9cm isn't massively ideal.

Would someone possibly be able to recommend a CPU cooler for this job?

 

[madmatt30]

There are no coolers smaller than 92mm apart from the amd stock coolers.
The alpine will fit ANY amd board ,it wont get in the way of ram or anything else.

 

[Codelyoko373]

There are no coolers smaller than 92mm apart from the amd stock coolers.
The alpine will fit ANY amd board ,it wont get in the way of ram or anything else.

Maybe I'm just measuring incorrectly then XD which is most likely true.

Would you suggest me buying that cooler then? the latest one you suggested?

 

[Codelyoko373]

There are no coolers smaller than 92mm apart from the amd stock coolers.
The alpine will fit ANY amd board ,it wont get in the way of ram or anything else.

Another thing I'd also really like to know is if this cooler would actually work? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Akasa-AK-860SF-CPU-cooler-Socket/dp/B000RI02E4/ref=cm_cd_al_qh_dp_t

I know it will fit and such but I don't know if it's got a high enough TDP for my CPU

 

[madmatt30]

Its not something I'd even consider buying.
Honestly mate , stick with that alpine 64 at the minimum , even that's not going to be great but it'll do an acceptable job at least.

& trust me 100% - it will definitely fit with no issues.

 

[Codelyoko373]

Its not something I'd even consider buying.
Honestly mate , stick with that alpine 64 at the minimum , even that's not going to be great but it'll do an acceptable job at least.

& trust me 100% - it will definitely fit with no issues.

If it's better then my stock cooler and quieter then my stock cooler then I'm happy

I think I've mainly just got to do some cable management first then as my power supply came with tons of different cables that I basically just have lying around in my case

Are you sure that cooler will work though? My socket is FM2 and I can't find anywhere saying it supports that socket.

 

[madmatt30]

Its a stock amd cooler mount , it fits any amd board right back from fm1,am2.

Cables ? That PSU is top mounted ??

Buy a few zip ties from b&q , wilko or the pound shops.(even a few bread bag ties will do the job)
Tie them together & shove them into one of the drive bays

& yes the cooler is better than the stock one , not massively so (maybe 5c under load less)

A hell of a lot quieter though !!
The little stock and 70mm fan relies on 4000rpm speeds to keep the CPU cool , 92mm fans (like the one on the alpine) top out at half that.

 

[Codelyoko373]

Its a stock amd cooler mount , it fits any amd board right back from fm1,am2.

Cables ? That PSU is top mounted ??

Buy a few zip ties from b&q , wilko or the pound shops.(even a few bread bag ties will do the job)
Tie them together & shove them into one of the drive bays

& yes the cooler is better than the stock one , not massively so (maybe 5c under load less)

A hell of a lot quieter though !!
The little stock and 70mm fan relies on 4000rpm speeds to keep the CPU cool , 92mm fans (like the one on the alpine) top out at half that.

Thanks a lot , I shall buy that fan later then.

And yes my power supply is top mounted