Vertical v.s. Horizontal CPU Coolers

[MuricanGamer]

Hey guys, I recently bought an FX-8350 and the stock cooler is crazy loud (https://twitter.com/dasbaer/status/650333121842429956) and I want to upgrade to a better CPU cooler but I wanted to know what the difference (Pros/cons) is between getting a Vertical Cooler (Like the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO) or a Horizontal Cooler? (Like the one in the twitter video above, but not as crappy or loud.) Thanks for taking the time to read/reply!

p.s. has anyone tried out the Arctic Coolers? they're low price and seem pretty good, but I wanted an opinion from some who's tried them.

 

[MU_Engineer]

Generally the larger the heatsink, the better it works at any given noise level. Heat transfer is a product of airflow and surface area, so you can either have a large cooler with a quiet fan that doesn't move a huge amount of air, or you can have a small heatsink with a real screamer of a fan that moves a bunch of air perform similarly.

Large downdraft type heatsinks tend to be favored in situations where there is a vertical constraint on height, such as SFF machines. They also cool the VRMs better than a tower heatsink. Tower (vertical) heatsinks are favored where there is plenty of vertical height as they are larger in total and have a greater total cooling capacity. The small approximately cubic heatsinks are used in places where space in general is at a premium, such as in many servers and OEM desktops.

Arctic Cooling coolers have a good reputation and the Freezer 7/Freezer 64 are very popular 92 mm tower heatsinks at a good price. So is Cooler Master's 120 mm 212 Evo.

 

[MuricanGamer]

Awesome thanks, Vertical cooler it is.

Update 10/10/15: I got the Arctic Freezer 13 and my computer died (pretty sure it may have been the PSU, but not sure.) However, while it did run for about 10 min before going the way of Constantine ( I really liked that show too ) the temp was reading 23 celsius 10 degrees lower than when I had the stock cooler in it, so if anyone is wondering about getting it I say go for it, cause it seemed like it was working...before my computer died.