Best Budget CPU Cooler

[Lamaj4Lif3]

Budget (including currency): $75 or less

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: playing rb6

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$179.99 @ Best Buy
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler	$44.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$109.99 @ Newegg
Memory	OLOy WarHawk RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$63.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Silicon Power A80 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$62.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB STRIX GAMING ADVANCED Video Card	$253.98 @ Newegg
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case	$66.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	BitFenix Formula Gold 450 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$69.90 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$852.81
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-22 22:16 EDT-0400

 

[YT_DomDaBomb20]

There’s a cooler right there

[MrBrightSyde]

The Hyper 212 RGB Black (if you already have it) should be good enough, but the best cooler in that price range is the Fuma 2 for $60. There's also the Thermalright Macho Rev.B as an option for $52.

 

Personally (as you can see in my sig) I would go Fuma 2.

 

[Lamaj4Lif3]

1 minute ago, MrBrightSyde said:

The Hyper 212 RGB Black (if you already have it) should be good enough, but the best cooler in that price range is the Fuma 2 for $60. There's also the Thermalright Macho Rev.B as an option for $52.

 

Personally (as you can see in my sig) I would go Fuma 2.

 

Thank you 

[rice guru]

23 minutes ago, MrBrightSyde said:

The Hyper 212 RGB Black (if you already have it) should be good enough, but the best cooler in that price range is the Fuma 2 for $60. There's also the Thermalright Macho Rev.B as an option for $52.

 

Personally (as you can see in my sig) I would go Fuma 2.

 

damn dude I didnt know that cooler existed thats really great value for a double tower @ $60 

[Entropy.]

59 minutes ago, Lamaj4Lif3 said:

Budget (including currency): $75 or less

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: playing rb6

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$179.99 @ Best Buy
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler	$44.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$109.99 @ Newegg
Memory	OLOy WarHawk RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$63.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Silicon Power A80 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$62.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB STRIX GAMING ADVANCED Video Card	$253.98 @ Newegg
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case	$66.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	BitFenix Formula Gold 450 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$69.90 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$852.81
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-22 22:16 EDT-0400

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QMK5R45/ref=ox_sc_act_title_5?smid=A1K48CS0K3BRLW&psc=1

Scythe Fuma 2. Done deal. Take everybody else's advice, It's just amazing. 

 

It performs as well as a noctua dh-15 or whatever, Dark rock pro, ect. ect. At about 3/5 the cost. On a side note, I would like to tell you that for that price, you really shouldn't be focusing on RGB ram, b550, and $60 coolers. I'd personally put the saved money into a better gpu (5700 with a non-stock cooler (dont buy the AMD blower version), and upgrade the PSU to something I'm not worried may blow up (jk, It's decent, but seriously. 450w non-modular and GOLD rating? C'mon), and get same actual case fans in my case (arctic p12 value pack of 5 fans). Otherwise, decent build Happy building!

[m0oble]

the included cooler with the cpu

[Lamaj4Lif3]

1 hour ago, Brok3n But who cares? said:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QMK5R45/ref=ox_sc_act_title_5?smid=A1K48CS0K3BRLW&psc=1

Scythe Fuma 2. Done deal. Take everybody else's advice, It's just amazing. 

 

It performs as well as a noctua dh-15 or whatever, Dark rock pro, ect. ect. At about 3/5 the cost. On a side note, I would like to tell you that for that price, you really shouldn't be focusing on RGB ram, b550, and $60 coolers. I'd personally put the saved money into a better gpu (5700 with a non-stock cooler (dont buy the AMD blower version), and upgrade the PSU to something I'm not worried may blow up (jk, It's decent, but seriously. 450w non-modular and GOLD rating? C'mon), and get same actual case fans in my case (arctic p12 value pack of 5 fans). Otherwise, decent build Happy building!

So you'd suggest getting ASUS RX 5700XT STRIX OC? Whats the difference between modular and non. ? BitFenix Gold 450w Gold is that enough not to blow up ? Should I go with the Corsair Vengence LTX then for RAM?

[Guest]

Wraith Prism someone didnt use with their system. Free from a buddy that went water cooling maybe??

 

 

[Entropy.]

Non-modular means all the cables are in one mess, if you dont use them, you stuff them somewhere. Semi modular means you can controls about 1/2 of the cabels you use, fully modular is you have full control over the cables. If you don't use one, you can just unplug it. imho the XFX 5700xt Thicc III ultra is the best card, but other ones can work too. 

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

The 212 black is fine, I have it on my HTPC and it works great. But why do you have a micro-ATX board in an ATX case, I woudn't do that

[Lamaj4Lif3]

18 hours ago, orbitalbuzzsaw said:

The 212 black is fine, I have it on my HTPC and it works great. But why do you have a micro-ATX board in an ATX case, I woudn't do that

I thought that micro atx is compatible with atx ?

On 8/23/2020 at 1:01 AM, Lamaj4Lif3 said:

So you'd suggest getting ASUS RX 5700XT STRIX OC? Whats the difference between modular and non. ? BitFenix Gold 450w Gold is that enough not to blow up ? Should I go with the Corsair Vengence LTX then for RAM?

& my goal is to get