Quiet AM3 CPU Cooler

Looking for quiet AM3 CPU cooler ? if bored with hard noise of your stock AM3 CPU cooler, you need the real silent quiet AM3 CPU cooler for your computer system. On this occasion, I will provide to you information about this product. Before we discuss this cooler series, let's look back a bit, actually, we do not need to purchase this product if we only use the computer as usual, but sometimes, we want to do a little optimization of our computer, especially on the cpu that we have, for example raising our CPU clock, so when the CPU work more than default value, the CPU fans will work more, and then CPU fan noise will be in your head!! everybody hate it..

Quiet AM3 CPU Cooler - Noctua NH-U12P SE2 Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler

A lot of people said that the AMD Phenom processor stock fans noise is not so good, and I thing it's no problem for me, the noise problem will coming if we doing some extreme overclocking, or we need a silent situation such as for working, at that time, we need quiet AM3 CPU cooler. When we're choosing a quiet AM3 CPU cooler, the first thing that we should notice is the performance, and then quality, prices, design and also must compatible with our system, in this case AM3 socket must paired with AM3 CPU cooler series.

Quiet AM3 CPU Cooler - Product List

- Cooler Master V8 Heatpipe Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler
- Noctua NH-U12P SE2 Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler
- Noctua NH-U9B SE2 92mm SSO CPU Cooler
- Noctua NH-C12P SE14 Quiet CPU Cooler
- Noctua NH-C14 Ultra Quiet Low Profile CPU Cooler
- Noctua NH-D14 Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler
- Scythe Big Shuriken Quiet CPU Low Profile Cooler
- Scythe MUGEN 2 Rev.B Quiet CPU Cooler
- Scythe Shuriken Rev.B Quiet Low Profile CPU Cooler
- Thermalright HR-01 PLUS Quiet CPU Cooler
- Zalman CNPS9900LED Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler
- Zalman CNPS5X Quiet CPU Cooler , etc...

In fact, there are many other quiet AM3 CPU cooler products in the market such as from Thermaltake, Xigmatek, Thermalright, Titan (e.g Titan Fenrir TTC NK85TZ CPU Cooler), but you can buy it one by following the list above, I will discuss it more detail about this CPU cooler type in the next articles, so basically, you will need a quiet AM3 CPU cooler if you want to get the silent situation, or doing overclock on your CPU (example for overclocking contest), and of course you hate the hard noise of you stock CPU cooler right?.. which is the best quiet AM3 CPU cooler for us? well it's defending your need and your money, don't spend your money for expensive CPU cooler, just buy it one with good price to performance value. Good luck.

Glacialtech Igloo 5750

Glacialtech Igloo 5750 is one of the silent cpu cooler series from Glacialtech. Glacialtech Igloo 5750 come for enthusiast computer user, who want to replace the stock cpu cooler with the new cooler for better performance.

Glacialtech Igloo 5750 High Features
Quality Aluminum design with Copper base
Heatpipe-fin-airflow combination with patented engineering principles
PWM version : Enhanced speed adjustable Fan (800~2500 RPM)
Silent version : Silent performance (19dB)
Supports both AMD & Intel processors

Glacialtech Igloo 5750 Supported CPU type
Intel and AMD CPU Models supported
All Celerons - Sempron and Athlon 64
Pentium D 3.4GHz - Athlon 64 FX
Prescott 3.4GHz - Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHz - Athlon X2 Dual-Core
Intel Core 2 Duo E6800 2.93GHz - Opteron
Intel Core 2 Duo QX6700/6800/6850 - Dual-Core Opteron
Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600
(CPUID:06FBh) /6700 - Second-Generation Opteron
Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600
(CPUID:06F7h) - Third-Generation Opteron
(CPU Cooler reference and photos : legitreviews.com and glacialtech.com)

Titan Fenrir TTC NK85TZ CPU Cooler

This is one of the best CPU cooler from Titan, specially for Intel series. Titan Fenrir TTC NK85TZ CPU Cooler come with good cooling system, for better performance and this Titan Fenrir is also specially for overclocker who want to get maximum performance of their Intel Processor such as for Intel LGA1366 and also for Intel LGA 1156 socket. The Titan Fenrir TTC NK85TZ CPU Cooler also compitable with AM3 CPU Cooler series. (compatible with Intel LGA 775/1155/1156/1366 - AMD K8/AM2 /AM3).

Titan Fenrir TTC NK85TZ CPU Cooler Features and Specs :
For AMD K8/AM2/AM2+/AM3
‧AMD Phenom™ II X6 Black Edition 1090T
‧AMD Phenom™ II X6 1055T
‧AMD Phenom™ II X4 805~965/B93~B95/900e~905e
‧AMD Phenom™ II X3 710~720/700e~705e/B73~B75
‧AMD Phenom™ II X2 545~555/B53~B55
‧AMD Athlon™ II X4 620~635/600e~605e
‧AMD Athlon™ II X3 425~440/400e~405e
‧AMD Athlon™ II X2 215~255/235e~240e/B22~B24/250u~260u
‧AMD Phenom™ X4 9500~9950/9100e~9450e
‧AMD Phenom™ X3 8450~8750/8250e~8450e
‧AMD Athlon™ X2 up to 6400+/7850/BE-2400/5050e
‧AMD Athlon™ 64 up to 4000+/LE-1640
‧AMD Athlon™ 64 FX up to FX-62
‧AMD Sempron™ up to 3800+/140/LE-1300
‧Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ up to 1389/1224SE/1218HE
For Intel LGA 1366
‧ Core™ i7 i7-920~i7-960
‧ Core™ i7 Extreme Edition i7-960~i7-980X
For Intel LGA 1156
‧ Core™ i7 i7-860~i7-870
‧ Core™ i5 i5-680~i5-760/i5-750S/i5-655K
‧ Core™ i3-530~i3-560
For Intel LGA 1155
‧ Core™ i5-2300、i5-2390T、i5-2400/S、i5-2500/T/S/K
‧ Core™ i7-2600/S/K
For Intel LGA 775
‧ Core2 Duo up to～E8600
‧ Core2 Extreme up to～QX9770/X6800
‧ Core2 Quad up to～Q9650
‧ Pentium D up to～960
‧ Pentium Dual Core up to～E6500/E6500K
‧ Pentium Extreme up to～965
‧ Pentium 4 up to～672
‧ Pentium 4 Extreme up to～3.73G Hz
‧ Celeron up to～365/E3300

CPU Cooler Details
Outline Dimension - 124 x 107 x 156 mm
Fan Dimension - 120 x 120 x 25 mm
Rated Voltage - 12V DC
Rated Current - 0.32 A
Power Consumption - 3.84 W
Rated Speed - 800 ~ 2150 ± 10% RPM
Airflow - 33.20 ~ 78.41 CFM
Static Pressure - 0.02 ~ 0.11 Inch H₂O
Noise Level : < 17.2 ~ < 39 dBA
Connector : 4-PIN PWM function
Bearing Type : Z-AXIS
Life Time : 60,000 Hours
(from titan-cd.com)

This is one of the best aftermarket cpu cooler that win some award.. great cooler from Titan.

AM3 CPU Cooler

Looking for AM3 CPU Cooler? confuse it? calm down guys.. it's easy to find the best AM3 CPU cooler for you. Before we talk about product of AM3 CPU cooler series, we must to know that the AM3 socket is the latest socket for AMD Processor series (so far May June 2011), so if you want to get CPU cooler for your AM3 CPU, you should better check the type and make no mistake choosing.

Sample of AM3 CPU Cooler
Noctua NH-D14 Cooler
Fan Size : 120mm & 140mm
Compatibility : Intel socket LGA1366, LGA1156, LGA775
AMD socket AM2, AM2+, AM3 (backplate required)
Bearing Type : SSO
RPM : Rotational Speed (+/- 10%): 1200 RPM (NF-P14) / 1300 RPM (NF-P12)
Rotational Speed with U.L.N.A. (+/- 10%): 900 RPM (NF-P14) / 900 RPM (NF-P12)
Airflow: 64.96 CFM (NF-P14) / 54.36 CFM (NF-P12)
Airflow with U.L.N.A.: 49.29 CFM (NF-P14) / 37.34 CFM (NF-P12)
Acoustical Noise: 19.6 dB(A)(NF-P14)/ 19.8 dB(A) (NF-P12)
Acoustical Noise with U.L.N.A.: 13.2 dB(A) (NF-P14) / 12.6 dB(A) (NF-P12)
Heatsink Material : Copper (base and heat-pipes), aluminium (cooling fins), soldered joints & nickel platin
(specs of Noctua NH-D14)

AM3 Socket

We can found AM3 CPU cooler with easy, just read the CPU Cooler specs and find the AM3 label, and that's it. Many of brands cooler such as Zalman, Asus, Thermalright, Thermaltake, Xigmatek, Thermolab and others, so choose it one for your AMD AM3 socket computer for better performance and better temperature.

Aftermarket CPU Cooler

If you're the CPU / Processor overclocker, you will need the best cooler, so aftermarket cpu cooler is the best way to get your processor always safe and cool. We can find a lot of aftermarket cpu cooler brands in the world, but which is the best aftermarket cpu cooler type for us? it's all about your need. The most important is price to performance, don't buy an expensive aftermarket cpu cooler if you can't use it for optimal, I mean if you just only making some overclock cpu for daily with not extreme method, you can find cheap aftermarket cpu cooler with good performance.

The Aftermarket CPU Cooler is better than the stock cpu cooler, the aftermarket product usually for extreme overcloker, before you buy one cpu cooler for your system, you should better check the cpu cooler reviews on the website, it's important because I always want to laugh cause I found the peoples who looking for aftermarket cpu cooler just for little OC, don't spend your money for it !!

Thermalright Trux and Thermolab Baram is one of the best aftermarket cpu cooler series (recommended for AM3 CPU Cooler) , if you have more money you can take this product series for your daily overclock, but if you want to get cheap value aftermarket cpu cooler, you can try the Xigmatek red Scorpion. So it'a all about your need, need for extreme overclock? get the best aftermarket cpu cooler, but if you want to make a little overclock, just use your stock cooler (not recommended) or get one cheap aftermarket cpu cooler product such as Xigmatek value series.