Which low-profile cooler for i3-2100T?

[niemion]

Looking for a very silent cooler that fits on a tiny Zotac H67ITX WiFi in a tiny Antec ISK 310-150.

Please list a few if you know some.

Also, if you know of any heatsinks designed for passive operation, please suggest them too.

Thanks a bunch

 

[wickerman]

actually the stock cooler isn't so bad, I have my 2100T locked in a drawer under my receiver (its my htpc), with no other fans and only a 1200rpm 120mm at the back end of the cabinet for exhaust, I typically around 59 load.

But I recently replaced it with a thermaltake slim x3 and even on lowest fan speeds I'm seeing about 40 idle and 53 load. It's cheap, and very quiet if you're not running hot enough for it to go full tilt. But really, any cooler designed to work with the higher end i3/i5/i7 will easily keep these little 2100Ts in line. And I'm using the M350 enclosure, so you'll prolly see better temps since your case actually has airflow xD

 

[niemion]

Thanks, you think the thermaltake slim x3 would fit in my case? Did it lower fan noise?

 

[wickerman]

should fit your case just fine, it's about as tall as the stock cooling so it reaches no further than the top of the IO ports on the back. And I have the bios configured so the fan doesn't spin up till the cpu hits 70c, so its very quiet umtil then. And I've only managed to hit 70c when I forgot to plug in the exhaust fan, and my HTPC was running for about 3 days, building up heat in that sealed drawer with no ventilation

But generally speaking, if you can get a bigger heatsink in that case, that is probably the way to go. In the M350 I was height restricted, not only is the case not very tall, but the 2.5" HD rack sits partially above the board I'm using, so I lose an extra few mm worth of heatsink height due to the thickness of my SSD.