Recommendation for quiet, low profile LGA775 HSF?

[BD2003]

Putting together a new HTPC from a mix and match of older parts. Got the passive GPU, but the CPU fans I have are a little loud. So I'm looking for a HSF as quiet as possible that can cool down either a pentium E1800 or C2D 6300. It should be able to fit in the confines of a standard low profile desktop case. It's been a looong time since I've built a PC so I'm kind of out of the loop. Thanks!

 

[lehtv]

This one is only 6.5cm tall, from Scythe: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835185097
The user reviews praise its quietness.

There's also a 120mm fan version: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835185129
But it's out of stock in newegg. The advantage here is that you could replace that slim fan with any 120mm fan, such as a quiet PWM fan (wide RPM range).

 

[aigomorla]

look for a artic cooling low profile cpu cooler.

those work great... also thermaltake has one which has a heat pipe... very small.

In a tight spot your not going to get much options.

The best sink in your catigory tho will be a presealed liquid cooling like a H#O as it has a very low footprint... but u need a spot to mount the radiator which can get pretty big..

125mm x 120mm

 

[lehtv]

Pre-sealed coolers are pretty expensive, and certainly above what is needed for an Core 2 Duo 6300 (at stock speed I assume). And the radiator fan needs to actually spin at a decent RPM to cool any better than a regular air cooler, and this can be a problem noise-wise because the fan is near an exit where it can be easily heard.

 

[MadScientist]

This one is only 6.5cm tall, from Scythe: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835185097
The user reviews praise its quietness.

Using this in my HTPC with an i3-530. It is very quiet.

Lian Li HTPC PC-C37 case, ~5” tall

 

[lehtv]

Could you share your temps with the cooler? And fan RPM? e.g. post a screenshot from HWMonitor at load please.

 

[Vincent]

I have been happy with the Cooler Master Geminii S coolers that I have.

 

[WT]

I bought the Shuriken Rev. B that lehtv linked in the second post and it does a great job cooling my AMD X4 820. I'm actually debating whether to flip the fan upside down so that it blows down instead of up. Its being used on my HTPC build with an Ultra Micro Fly case.

 

[MadScientist]

Could you share your temps with the cooler? And fan RPM? e.g. post a screenshot from HWMonitor at load please.

The system is not overclocked. The heat sink fan is set at max. Even at that setting the fan is almost inaudible at load (Prime 95, Small FFts, ~2hours, ambient temp 72F).

Idle

Load

I bought the Shuriken Rev. B that lehtv linked in the second post and it does a great job cooling my AMD X4 820. I'm actually debating whether to flip the fan upside down so that it blows down instead of up. Its being used on my HTPC build with an Ultra Micro Fly case.

The fan should be installed blowing downward on the heat sink.
http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2425

"The fan Scythe SY1212SL12M-P fan is slightly larger than all the cooling fins, which are just 10mm thick. Because of the positioning of the aluminum cooling fins air from the 120mm fan is exhausted downward and onto adjacent motherboard components, for added cooling benefit."

 

[BD2003]

It's hard to tell from the pics...is that cooler wider than your standard cooler? I basically have zero clearance between my standard sized HSF and my PSU.

 

[MadScientist]

The Scythe SCSK-1100 100mm Shuriken Rev. B 3 is 105W x 116L x 64 mm H. If your stock heat sink is ≥ 105mm wide it will fit.

 

[BD2003]

The Scythe SCSK-1100 100mm Shuriken Rev. B 3 is 105W x 116L x 64 mm H. If your stock heat sink is ? 105mm wide it will fit.

How far apart are the standard mounting holes on a MB? 80mm or 100mm?

 

[MadScientist]

From your first post you have socket 775 CPUs. Socket 775 heatsinks use a 72mm x 72mm hole spacing. I'm assuming you have a socket 775 MB.

 

[BD2003]

Yep, doubt I can fit anything bigger than that.