I have a FX 6300 and a Asus M5A78L-M in a Core 1000, and I need a cooler that will fit in the case and the motherboard. Preferably under around $25.
Coolermaster Hyper T2 is like 15 bucks, probably betters options if you look around but it does have like 2 heat pipes
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rrht228pkr1
Are you trying to OC? As your board is rather low end for that
Zalman stuff has been going down in price since the company went under, 3 heat pipes at 25
Most things in the price range are going to have about the same amount of thermal mass and perform the same , probably just look for what has more heat pipes