Best HSF for Zotac Z68

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Pjalchemist

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Well i got a brand new one come today from them, something different about it!

CPU is an i7 2600K
I will be using a GFX
Normal RAM (Kingston Hyper X)

So what the best to get on there then?
 
AXP-140 low profile enough?

if you could stick a radiator somewhere else in the custom case you'd be much better served by one of the closed watercooling setups
 
A few excellent options depending on how "low" low profile means.

Scythe Kozuti (40mm tall with fan)

Prolimatech Samuel 17 (45mm tall without fan)

Big Shuriken 2 (58mm tall without fan)

Thermalright AXP-140 (70mm without fan)



Everyone one of those coolers should trump the stock cooler.


***Note that the big shuriken 2 was just released and may be a little hard to find. One of the more obvious differences to the cooling capability of the new revision is that it now has five heatpipes as opposed to four.
 
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I gather you are talking about the Z68-ITX-A-E. If you are, the Big Shuriken 2 will not fit with a graphics card. The Kozuti will be a tight fit as would a Scythe Shuriken Rev B (which would outperform the Kozuti). If you are overclocking then the AXP-140RT is really the way to go if you don't want a closed-loop WC.

The Kozuti will probably be quieter than the stock cooler at full load but temps will probably be no different. The others should be both cooler and quieter.
 
This is what I ordered last night for my z68
Kozuti
Kozuti-ViewSide.jpg
 
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