Recommendations for an air cooler

[chris19992]

Hi, I am looking for an air cooler for a Phenom II 550. It has to be as quiet as possible and able to keep temps at least a little bit lower than the stock cooler(no overclocking), It also has to fit inside a Thermaltake Element S case and not put too much strain on the Mobo.

Any ideas?

[simonw]

I have a Xigmatek HDT-S1283, it cools an E2180 overclocked to 3Ghz with idle temps of 17/20c for cores 1/2, and 35c at full load, ambient temp is 20c. Doesn't put much strain on the mobo as it only weighs 660g (incl fan). Any of the S128x series of their coolers should be fine.

[k0nigen]

Scythe Mini Ninja wins my vote
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[chris19992]

Thank you for the suggestions i will have a read up on these two