Cooler Recommendation

[chrisr34000]

Hi!

 

I am currently running a Core2Duo E6300 (Socket 775) overclocked at 3 Ghz (from 1.8 Ghz). I use air cooling: Arctic Freezer 7 Pro. Unfortunately one the push pins of the heatsink broke off, due to mishandling on my part. Thus, the heatsink is now kind of "shaky" and when I am moving the case of my computer just a little bit, it may fall off. I decided to get a new cooler with better performances, instead of trying to fix this one.

 

I want an air cooler (with heatsink) which has:

 

a) a good performance

b) is not too loud

c) is not too heavy or big

d) is not too pricey

e) is a good investment for the future, meaning it should fit on a socket 1366 mainboard as well (AM3 support would be a plus)

 

Can you suggest me around 5 coolers, which fit my requirements?

 

Thanks alot for your help.

 

Chris

[kingdingeling]

Scythe Shuriken <-- low profile, near silent, decently priced... Scythe is very good too!

Xigmatek HDT-S1283 <-- tower cooler, near silent as well, decently priced too, superior to the Scythe in cooling performance AFAIK.

 

5 coolers would be exaggerated, most of the one's I'd recommend would be tower style coolers, but if you don't want a heavy or big one (why actually?), I don't know much.