Arctic Freezer 13 CO or EKL Ben Nevis?

[Pardus]

So... yah?

[Beardface31]

I would take the Arctic out of those. Only because I haven't heard of EKL and couldn't find any reviews after a quick check.

Arctic is a decent brand. I've fitted one or two of their GPU coolers and thought they were built and performed well.

[Pardus]

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/EKL-Ben-Nevis-Tower-Kuehler_992035.html
Its an "Alpenföhn" pretty sure its a german brand :D

[SundownKid]

Well looking at the EKL it has 3 heatpipes so it wont perform as well as a 212 Evo:

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-Evo-Tower-Kuehler_777730.html

And considering the 212 Evo is superior to the Arctic 13 Id go with the 212 Evo.

[Pardus]

was about to buy the 212 but i dont think it'll fit in my shinobi, will it? 16cm is a little much too high

nah i dont think so... also i have a h97 gigabyte mainboard and i am using the four ram slots it has just right of the cpu. hmm...

[SundownKid]

If you have a H97 mobo you dont even need a CPU cooler since you can't overclock. Just get a new stock cooler on Ebay or a cheapo miniature cooler.

[Pardus]

yeah i know... i am not into overclocking but i have my reasons to get a cpu fan :D