I would suggest looking at Arctic coolers. http://www.arctic.ac/us_en/products/cooling/cpu.html I’ve used them with AMD CPU’s on Gigabyte boards. Lower profile than the ones you described. -- Vincent Winterling Vineland, NJ On 7/4/15, 10:08 AM, "Personal Computer Hardware discussion List on behalf of Michael Eisenstadt" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote: >Hi all! > >Not my first build. Old ATX case, new Corsair 450w psu, >AMD A8-7800 CPU and Gigabyte mb. In past builds >I used to buy OEM CPUs and cooler fan separately. >But now the only OEM CPUs are for servers in cloud >farms. I tried the stock cooler and at top speed its temp >stabilized at 58c. So I started a ticket with Giga. >support and they recommended a Zalman with >a copper interface with the CPU but it is too big >for an ATX case. The ticket is still open and maybe >after the holiday weekend there will be a tip from >their techies. There is a Cooler Master 4 copper >tubes imbedded AND TOUCHING in the aluminum >contact surface, but again too big for an ATX case. >They offer a 3 copper tupes model also imbedded in >the aluminum plate but not touching. The CPU is >rated at 65w. My previous build was an AMD Phenom >II 3 core CPU on a Gigabyte mb with a Gigabyte >gamer's cooler fan. I note that that CPU idles at 43c. > >So I need your cooler fan knowledge. Although >the CPU is said to be very overclockable, I dont >plan to overclock it. I intend to get a 4 pin interface >with the mb type cooler fan rather than a 3 pin >cooler. > >Thanks in advance for your help. > >Mike Eisenstadt > > PCSOFT's List Owners: > Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> > Mark Rode<[log in to unmask]> PCSOFT's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Mark Rode<[log in to unmask]>