Best air cooler for amd phenom ii x6

[Dustin13838]

what would be the best air cooler for an amd phenom ii x6 1100T. I dont want it to be as big as the noctua cooler. Would a Zalman CNPS9700LED be good at cooling it ?

[Geek-9pm]

You are asking for Best and also putting a limit on size.
So, what are the other limits do you  want?
A. Best Performance for cost.       
B. A callable anywhere.
C. Easy to install.
D Low maintenance.
E. Better than what the CPU maker recommends.

If you want E you don't care about  A thru B. Those are things the CPU maker has already done.
EDIT:
But you could just buy this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181015
CORSAIR CWCH60 Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
For 'normal' use that cooler is way overkill.

[quaxo]

Which Noctua cooler are you referring to? That make 5 or 6 coolers that will work with that processor of various sizes.

You also need to determine how much room you actually have for a cooler, as some coolers are taller than others and you may not be able to close the case properly if you get one that's too tall for it.

[Dustin13838]

the computer is going to be for gaming(GTA 4, battlefront 2 bad company) i want the cpu cooler to have the  best preformence for the cost. I dont want water cooling yet.

the noctua cooler i was talking about is the big one they have ( http://www.amazon.com/Noctua-Heatpipe-Bearing-Cooler-NH-D14/dp/B002VKVZ1A/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1315680261&sr=1-1 )

I have a ASRock M3A770DE mother board and a NZXT Gamma Case, and i plan to have a kingston hyperx ram cooler with hyperx t1 ram.

[Geek-9pm]

the computer is going to be for gaming(GTA 4, battlefront 2 bad company) i want the cpu cooler to have the  best preformence for the cost. I dont want water cooling yet.

the noctua cooler i was talking about is the big one they have ( http://www.amazon.com/Noctua-Heatpipe-Bearing-Cooler-NH-D14/dp/B002VKVZ1A/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1315680261&sr=1-1 )

I have a ASRock M3A770DE mother board and a NZXT Gamma Case, and i plan to have a kingston hyperx ram cooler with hyperx t1 ram.

Your choie. For the money, IMHO, the water cooler is a better value.
As for RAM cooling, do you understand the features of the amd phenom ii x6 ?
I suppose you do. It reduces the load on the RAM nso that the RAM will not run so hot. See the AMD site nfor an explanatin.

ACP — The Truth About Power Consumption Starts Here - AMD
www.amd.com/acp
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energy consumption and thereby reduce total cost of ... consumption and lower heat generation. ... by the processor as well as the memory controller (which is ...

[Dustin13838]

ok..then i will get a Corsair H60 Water cooler