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Evo 212 won't fit. What's second best ?

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something like the Cooler Mater TX3 perhaps

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I want to change my CPU fan at work cause the noise is driving me insane ! It's a stock Intel on a i5 3470 so LGA 1155

 

The EVO is just too tall (158mm). My case would fit something below 150mm. It doesn't need to be the best performer, just a quiet one, below the 30$CAN mark. 

 

Any suggestions ? 

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At the moment, the best I've found is the Cooler Master Hyper T2

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The T4 is a shorter version of the 212.

Still too tall @152.3 mm. Thx for the suggestion though.

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something like the Cooler Mater TX3 perhaps

I'm actually trying to find differences between the TX3 and the T2. It got one more heat pipe but that's about it, same price. I may end up with this one :) 

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I'm actually trying to find differences between the TX3 and the T2. It got one more heat pipe but that's about it, same price. I may end up with this one :)

The TX3 will outperform the T2. The T2 is basically meant to replace a stock cooler. It's super simple.

 

Other lower profile ones would be the Hyper N520 and Hyper D92 and they both perform quite a bit above the TX3 and T2. They're meant to be more on-par with the Hyper T4. :)

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The TX3 will outperform the T2. The T2 is basically meant to replace a stock cooler. It's super simple.

 

Other lower profile ones would be the Hyper N520 and Hyper D92 and they both perform quite a bit above the TX3 and T2. They're meant to be more on-par with the Hyper T4. :)

 

Wow thanks for the clarifications about TX3 vs T2... and the suggestions. I'll check that out. I'm not looking so much for performance but just something that will be quiet enough. It's not my personnal rig but the one I use at work so... Sometimes it can be harder to justify a 2x price for a CPU cooler :)

 

Edit : I already asked the person in charge to get me a TX3. Well done CM Norumu :P 

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The maximum height alloted for your configuration would be useful.

Also, Pcpartpicker.com has might help a general idea with what will fit.

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The maximum height alloted for your configuration would be useful.

Also, Pcpartpicker.com has might help a general idea with what will fit.

 

The height is specified is the OP (150mm) and pcpartpicker doesn't have a filter for cooler dimensions... 

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The height is specified is the OP (150mm) and pcpartpicker doesn't have a filter for cooler dimensions...

Didn't see the height, my bad.

Pull up your case, scroll down a bit, and you should see a "View compatible coolers" or something among those lines.

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Didn't see the height, my bad.

Pull up your case, scroll down a bit, and you should see a "View compatible coolers" or something among those lines.

 

My case is a pretty generic one. I don't even know the brand... I mesured the distance from the motherboard to the case manually. 

 

You're refering to the compatibility filter which you can turn on and off. But yeah you're right, if I knew, I could have used that. I guess I could have find a case the same size and filter with that. But that TX3 will do just fine   :)

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Your work machine, is it a OEM? Intel stock fans are pretty silent, when bios is running on PWM. Try speed fan, that will let you adjust the CPU fan speed.

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My case is a pretty generic one. I don't even know the brand... I mesured the distance from the motherboard to the case manually. 

 

You're refering to the compatibility filter which you can turn on and off. But yeah you're right, if I knew, I could have used that. I guess I could have find a case the same size and filter with that. But that TX3 will do just fine   :)

To clarify, I'm talking about this in the product page:

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From what I understand you are referring to the build compatibility filter in the context of your entire parts list:

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Since then you have said that the model is unknown, and that you have already picked out a cooler, so the issue is now resolved.  Sorry if I came off the wrong way, I am the one at fault here.

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Ahhh I see. Never noticed theses links. Good call. 

 

I was indeed refering to the compatibilty filter from your screenshot. As I'm not building a whole computer, that's why I refered to it. For specific part, your method is the way to go. Thx for pointing that out :) 

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You know, 150mm isn't a whole lot. Maybe your best bet is a 92mm fan based cooler, and one of the better ones is the Noctua NH-D9L.

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