Heatsink Recommendation

Soldato
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Hi! I’m in the process f upgrading my daughters pc at the moment because her current AM1 cpu is, quite frankly, dire. It’s slow and the heatsink fan, although fairly quiet, has a terrible sound profile and whines.

I’m switching to an older Ivy Bridge setup with an i3-3220 initially. Fine for light gaming and infinity faster than her current setup. It’ll come with the stock cooler but up until the AM1 system I’ve never used stock before and this one hasn’t given me a good impression!

It’ll be housed in a SG05 so it’s not the most spacious case in the world. I was considering something along the lines of a Cryorig C7, Big Shuriken 2 or NH-L9i. But then I also figured out I could squeeze a 120mm AIO in the front of the case!

Noise is more important than temperature - I’m never going to have more than an i5 in there (and that’s only a maybe, the i3 will probably be just fine) and it won’t be overclocked.

Open to suggestions :)
 
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