Which cooler for an amd phenom II 955?

Fantasma · Mar 4, 2010, 05:21 PM

Hi, I wanted to ask for help as there aren´t so many reviews out there about different coolers and comparisons between them. I am looking for a good performance /price cooler, my choices are mainly:

Arctic Cooling freezer rev2 -> 19€
Cooler Master Hyper 212 plus -> 24€
Arctic Cooling Freezer Xtreme rev.1-> 22€
Xigmatek HDT-D984 Cobra -> 25€

At first sight, I would choose the freezer xtreme, but I´m unsure if it fits in the case, also I don´t know anything about the Xigmatek coolers or the relative performance of the cooler master hyper 212. I´ve used the freezer during some time and I´m pretty happy with it (below 60ºC at full load with my oc processor) but don´t know about the others. Could anyone shed some light about this?

Chaos · Mar 4, 2010, 06:17 PM

The CoolerMaster works well but is a pain in the butt if you ever need to swap coolers

iPlayer · Mar 4, 2010, 08:08 PM

The 212 plus would be my first choice.

Fantasma · Mar 5, 2010, 03:15 PM

Thanks for the replies, but I´m not sure which one I´ll buy yet, any other suggestions?

nicnik · Mar 8, 2010, 12:44 PM

must it be out of those 4? no other choices?

Fantasma · Mar 9, 2010, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by nicnik

must it be out of those 4? no other choices?

Nop, sorry, that are my only choices

I think I´m gonna get the freezer xtreme rev2, it´s a bit more expensive, but I think that performance/price/silence ratio is the best one

demarc · Mar 9, 2010, 03:01 AM

head over to frostytech.com for in-depth cooler reviews

Mar 4, 2010, 05:21 PM	#1
Fantasma HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lorca (Spain) Posts: 757 Rep Power: 63 System Specs	Which cooler for an amd phenom II 955? Hi, I wanted to ask for help as there aren´t so many reviews out there about different coolers and comparisons between them. I am looking for a good performance /price cooler, my choices are mainly: Arctic Cooling freezer rev2 -> 19€ Cooler Master Hyper 212 plus -> 24€ Arctic Cooling Freezer Xtreme rev.1-> 22€ Xigmatek HDT-D984 Cobra -> 25€ At first sight, I would choose the freezer xtreme, but I´m unsure if it fits in the case, also I don´t know anything about the Xigmatek coolers or the relative performance of the cooler master hyper 212. I´ve used the freezer during some time and I´m pretty happy with it (below 60ºC at full load with my oc processor) but don´t know about the others. Could anyone shed some light about this?

Mar 4, 2010, 06:17 PM	#2
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Mar 4, 2010, 08:08 PM	#3
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Mar 5, 2010, 03:15 PM	Thread Starter #4
Fantasma HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lorca (Spain) Posts: 757 Rep Power: 63 System Specs	Re: Which cooler for an amd phenom II 955? Thanks for the replies, but I´m not sure which one I´ll buy yet, any other suggestions?

Mar 8, 2010, 12:44 PM	#5
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Mar 9, 2010, 03:01 AM	#7
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