Suggestions for a good LGA 1366 cooler under 160mm height?

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edo101

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I am trying to repurpose a x58 build. the current cooler i have for it is a Silver Arrow SB-E which is notorious for it's height of 165mm. I don't want to fess up more than 60 bucks for a new case that can hold a cooler of such height. I am wondering if any of y'all have good recommedations for a lower profile cooler.

the CPU will be an i7-930 @ 4ghz with HT on. He's not gaming on it. just video editing and music

His current case right now is a Rosewill Challenger so it ideally needs to be able to fit inside it
 
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https://www.newegg.com/phanteks-ph-tc14s-bk/p/N82E16835709038
not the absolute best rated but decent. best of all is it only $20 after the instant $30 discount and free shipping.

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https://www.anandtech.com/show/11407/140-mm-slim-tower-cpu-cooler-roundup/7
 
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pendragon1 said:
https://www.newegg.com/phanteks-ph-tc14s-bk/p/N82E16835709038
not the absolute best rated but decent. best of all is it only $20 after the instant $30 discount and free shipping.

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Good find! I definitely won't be running prime95 on the i7-930, its been running for 11 years now at 4Ghz stable 24/7. But would that fan be enough to handle a 230W load when doing video creation? parents live in Texas by the way so it can get a bit warm in the summer
 
edo101 said:
Good find! I definitely won't be running prime95 on the i7-930, its been running for 11 years now at 4Ghz stable 24/7. But would that fan be enough to handle a 230W load when doing video creation? parents live in Texas by the way so it can get a bit warm in the summer
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230W? if their testing is correct is should be ok except the hottest days might push it, im not 100% sure. that is asking a lot of a 160mm....

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edit: might be better to keep that heatsink and get a wider case. got extra case fans?
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16811197004?quicklink=true
 
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pendragon1 said:
thats better, brings it down to about 25c over ambient. so, it should be ok. seems people are happy with it(cpu) around 70c, so that would be around 45c ambient. that work? do they not have a/c?
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They have AC but they keep things around 78F in the summer..
 
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pendragon1 said:
well shit, its plenty then. it should top out in the 50s. going by their charts...
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Ended up denting the case cover a bit to make room for the Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E. Can only manage one fan but I think it'd be better than that phanteks right?
 
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Ended up denting the case cover a bit to make room for the Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E. Can only manage one fan but I think it'd be better than that phanteks right?
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Silver Arrow SB-E with 1 fan is only a couple degrees warmer than with 2 fans. In fact at same noise level 1 fan cools same as 2x fans because 2x fans are 2-3dB louder than at same speed as 1x fan and when 1 fan is speeded up to same dBA as 2x fans it move about the same amount of air. So only time 2x fans cool better is what running full speed. If you are like me and most others, our fans never run full speed. My system fans at stress testing loads are 200-500rpm below their maximum speed during hottest days of year (no aircon).
 
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Silver Arrow SB-E with 1 fan is only a couple degrees warmer than with 2 fans. In fact at same noise level 1 fan cools same as 2x fans because 2x fans are 2-3dB louder than at same speed as 1x fan and when 1 fan is speeded up to same dBA as 2x fans it move about the same amount of air. So only time 2x fans cool better is what running full speed. If you are like me and most others, our fans never run full speed. My system fans at stress testing loads are 200-500rpm below their maximum speed during hottest days of year (no aircon).
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doyll Thanks for that gem. Yeah I'm sticking with one fan for Silver Arrow
 
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