Replacing a stock cooler

[BelowAverage]

I'm not the best at choosing computer components, and I need a *much* better cooler than the stock AMD one. I haven't been able to afford one until now, and I don't know what's good and what's not. I need a relatively cheap cooler for my non-overclocked Athalon X4 860K. It's been hitting temps of 80+ celsius and I'm really worried about it. I'm looking in the area of a CM Hyper 212 EVO or something like that. Thanks.

 

I have these parts:

• AMD Athalon X4 860K not overclocked
• This 8GB stick of ram
• This motherboard (Posted the wrong one) ASRock FM2A78 PRO3+ ATX FM2+ Motherboard
• This mATX case

 

[evilarceus]

Hyper 212 EVO of course. If you can go a bit higher, the Cryorig H7 is also an excellent choice.

[Dresta]

Just now, evilarceus said:

Hyper 212 EVO of course. If you can go a bit higher, the Cryorig H7 is also an excellent choice.

If you look closely you can see his ram is high profile so the 212 EVO and the H7 wont fit

[RS2007GOD]

Id say go for a 2nd hand aio watercooler maybe an h100i or h80i but yea the evo would work!

[Dresta]

1 minute ago, RS2007GOD said:

Id say go for a 2nd hand aio watercooler maybe an h100i or h80i but yea the evo would work!

Like i said,his ram is high profile,the evo will not fit,the h100 and h80i for a 860k is such a stupid idea,were not cooling an i7 6700k

[Moress]

If you have a single stick of ram Id assume its in the second ram slot? If so the Evo and H7 will fit since they only have issues with the first ram slot clearance

 

[MoonlightSylv]

4 minutes ago, Dresta said:

If you look closely you can see his ram is high profile so the 212 EVO and the H7 wont fit

The H7 fits high profile ram, I have it.

[BelowAverage]

I can easily move the stick over to the next slot, so clearance shouldn't be an issue. Would the 212 fit then?

[Dresta]

1 minute ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

The H7 fits high profile ram, I have it.

Look where his motherboard socket is,its closer than it should be

[MoonlightSylv]

Just now, Dresta said:

Look where his motherboard socket is,its closer than it should be

 

Didn't see that, yeah it won't fit.

[Dresta]

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[BelowAverage]

I guess that's it. The 212 seems to be the best for the price I want, and it can fit. Thanks guys.

[Dresta]

3 minutes ago, BelowAverage said:

I can easily move the stick over to the next slot, so clearance shouldn't be an issue. Would the 212 fit then?

I think it will not fit since the motherboard is very very skinny and small in width compared to other boards,i say get a low profile cooler

[RS2007GOD]

7 minutes ago, Dresta said:

Like i said,his ram is high profile,the evo will not fit,the h100 and h80i for a 860k is such a stupid idea,were not cooling an i7 6700k

Well for the price of an evo etc you can get a 2nd hand aio which would perform better regardless of if its overkill or not.

[BelowAverage]

2 minutes ago, Dresta said:

I think it will not fit since the motherboard is very very skinny and small in width compared to other boards,i say get a low profile cooler

So I should play it safe? I think that it'll fit even if my motherboard is abnormal, I wish there were easy measurements for this stuff. Is the tall ram cooler hard to... remove?

1 minute ago, RS2007GOD said:

Well for the price of an evo etc you can get a 2nd hand aio which would perform better regardless of if its overkill or not.

I'm not getting anywhere near water cooling until my next build way down the road.

[Dresta]

2 minutes ago, BelowAverage said:

So I should play it safe? I think that it'll fit even if my motherboard is abnormal, I wish there were easy measurements for this stuff. Is the tall ram cooler hard to... remove?

Play it safe,but you can go to a shop and ask them if you can turn it back to them if it does not fit here are my coolers that you can pick

 

Cryorig C7

Noctua NH-L9i

Silverstone AR06

 

they are on the expensive side but if you chose to upgrade you can reuse them

[Zyndo]

30 minutes ago, Dresta said:

If you look closely you can see his ram is high profile so the 212 EVO and the H7 wont fit

the H7 is designed to be adjacent to RAM, not hang over top of it. It is compatible with all RAM heights.

[BelowAverage]

4 minutes ago, Zyndo said:

the H7 is designed to be adjacent to RAM, not hang over top of it. It is compatible with all RAM heights.

 

Does the 212 have a big enough overhang to hit both ram slots?

[Zyndo]

the 212 should also be fine for clearance. it shouldn't hang over your RAM. However that is based on some pictures I just googled. not 100% sure if your exact setup will replicate that (although it should). Feel free to do your own research to confirm this.

[BelowAverage]

Crap. I posted the wrong motherboard. Never trust what your pcpartpicker says, I guess. Here's the right one. I've updated the OP as well. Sorry about that, I just wasted some of your time. The spacing on this board doesn't look too much better, but estimates should be good enough.

Here's a photo of the actual motherboard:

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 25, 2016 by BelowAverage

[BelowAverage]

I don't want to bump this topic, but I still need help with the new information I posted.

 

(I also don't know the rules on bumping so this may be a bad thing)