Heatsink & Thermal Compound?

[Nova Dwagon]

Hi I am about to upgrade my cooling on my computer from a stock cpu cooler to a heatsink but what one to get, also what Thermal compound to get?

Specs:

AMD FX6300 Black Edition 6 Core 3.5/4.1GHz

Sapphire R9 270X 4GB 1020MHz GDDR 5 PCI Express Graphics Card

ASUS M5A97 R2.0 Motherboard Phenom/Athlon/Sempron AM3+ AMD 970/SB950

Corsair CX750 Builder Series CX 750W ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze PSU

Cooler Master HAF 912 Advanced PC Case

Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10 Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1866 Mhz

 

Any recomendations?

My budget is between $20-$70

 

Note: This was budget build it was an upgrade from a laptop

 

Thanks all

[connorpiper]

A good thermal compound that you might be able to find at BestBuy is Antec Formula 7

[Thorium19]

Noctua nt-h1 is a great bit of thermal compound, and as for a cooler, a budget choice is always the 212 evo, although the silverstone ar01 is pretty good, as is the enermax ets t40.

[CowsGoRoar]

Newegg has everything.

 

Anything that has good reviews and a little Google search can tell you. Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO is the best value heatsink. 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099&cm_re=cooler_master_212_evo-_-35-103-099-_-Product

 

For thermal compound, Arctic Silver 5 is a good ol' classic, but I like Arctic Cooling MX2, give a few more bucks and MX4 will give you a few degrees cooler. IC Diamond is decent too.

 

My fave is Noctua NT-H1, and it's only $10.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608008&cm_re=noctua_nt-h1-_-35-608-008-_-Product

 

In total you should only spend $45, give a few more for shipping.

[Builder]

Indigo XS is the best TIM on the market, period.

 

A Phanteks or Noctua or maybe even a Cooler Master would do nicely for you.

[Nova Dwagon]

Wow thanks all! did not expect such quick and great advice, linus did not lie when he said this website has a good community of people

[Fulgrim]

Why you asking for things in dollars mate, when your location says UK?

[Kermit]

These have worked well for me and are fairly cheap - available at micro center.

 

Fan - http://www.microcenter.com/product/337464/Vortex_Plus_Universal_CPU_Cooler

 

Compound - http://www.microcenter.com/product/391684/PTI-G4512_Thermal_Conductive_Compound_4g

 

Nothing too fancy and it gets the job done.

[Nova Dwagon]

Why you asking for things in dollars mate, when your location says UK?

 

I posted it in dollors because theres more people who use that here

[Fulgrim]

I posted it in dollors because theres more people who use that here

Aye, but you wanna be looking at UK retailers, as we don't always get the same stuff available as Americans

 

You should look into the XigmaTek Aegir SD128264 It's at the top of your budget, but since you have a 6core, you'll need the cooling performance to be able to get a decent OC. The thermal paste that comes with it will do for now, but i'm a fan of Arctic Silver 5. It's like £4 for a small tube.

[Nova Dwagon]

Aye, but you wanna be looking at UK retailers, as we don't always get the same stuff available as Americans

 

You should look into the XigmaTek Aegir SD128264 It's at the top of your budget, but since you have a 6core, you'll need the cooling performance to be able to get a decent OC. The thermal paste that comes with it will do for now, but i'm a fan of Arctic Silver 5. It's like £4 for a small tube.

 

Thanks, And thanks to every one who commented, Im looking at the Noctua NT-H1 and the Hyper 212 Evo at the moment But i got 2 days so im fine

And I was serching them on amazon with linus's kickback thing

[Fulgrim]

Thanks, And thanks to every one who commented, Im looking at the Noctua NT-H1 and the Hyper 212 Evo at the moment But i got 2 days so im fine

And I was serching them on amazon with linus's kickback thing

The Xigmatek cooler i mentioned is better than the 212 EVO, it has more copper heat pipes, and a bigger heatsink to help with heat dissipation. 

 

212 EVO

 

Xigmatek Aegir