I'm willing to upgrade my CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus. I'm running it at the moment with a Noctua NF-F12 Pwm + the low impedance adapter
This is my main setup:
Case: Fractal Define R5 with stock fans and a Noctua NF-F14. I removed the 5 hdd cage.
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 940 3.0 GHz
CPU Cooler: Hyper 212 Plus + Noctua NF-F12 Pwm
Motherboard: Asus M3A78 <-- It just has a "Q-Fan smart control" feature on its Pwm_cpu fan header, which doesn't have a super quiet profile, but it does help.
When room temperature is about 26C~, CPU temp is 36C~ @860rpm idle. Up to this point, noise it's OK, it's tolerable. But after the NF-F12 hits 900rpm and upwards, it starts to make a whining noise, which I believe it's a characteristic of NF-F12 Pwm model itself.
Furthermore, when room temperature is very high: 30-36C, CPU temp is 45C~ @1085rpm~ while browsing. At this fan speed, the whining noise is just too loud and unpleasant.
These are the options I'm considerating up to now:
Scythe Ninja 4
Scythe Kotetsu
Thermalright Macho HR-02 Rev.B
What I like about both Scythe models is its excellent performance. But I'm not sure about its stock fan, since it is said that it makes tickling noises at low speeds.
I'm thinking that a possible solution for that would be replacing the Stock fan of the Kotetsu or either the Ninja 4 with my already own Noctua NF-F12 Pwm, hoping it doesn't reach 900rpm.
The other one is the Thermalright Macho HR-02 Rev.B, which seems to come with a better stock fan which doesn't have to be replaced, am I right? It looks like a very good product "out of the box". The drawback is that it seems to perform marginally worse than these Scythe coolers.
If you have any other CPU cooler suggestion, it will be appreciated too
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And the other question I have is where I can buy one to be shipped to Spain, Madrid. I'm from Argentina so I'm not familiar with stores there.
Sorry for any writing mistake, and thank you very much in advance