a good water cooler

II12yanII · Apr 10, 2013

i currently have the hyper evo 212 with a 2700k overclocked to 4.8GHZ and my max temps hit 64 C and i would like to have some liquid cooling to push it a little farther. my goal is to at least hit 5.0GHZ. i would just like to know some good brands or even good models of liquid cooling. i know of the corsair h100i and thermaltake pro water. but what i really want is a constant flow water cooling kit so that in the future i could possible add my GPU to the liquid cooling. any advice and help would be appreciated.
p.s. i have the thermaltake level 10 gt case so i have tons of room left for the liquid cooling.

Novuake · Apr 10, 2013

Are those temps measured at max load?

If your really want to push it get an actual custom loop water cooler or stick to a larger air cooler like a Noctua NH-D14. Most closed loop coolers are not the best for OCing.

ihog · Apr 10, 2013

Have you even tried to get to 5 GHz on the 212? I bet you could. Assuming 64C is your max core temp, you have a lot of headroom to overclock. 98C is the TJ Max for Sandy Bridge, and 80C is probably still safe.

But, if you are looking to also liquid cool your graphics card in the future, read this: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/277130-29-read-first-watercooling-sticky

II12yanII · Apr 10, 2013

yea the 64 c is my max temp after running prime 95 for 12 hours. but i did overclock my cpu to 4.9 and my temps went all the way up to 72 c so i kinda figured that my cooling isnt good enough to hit 5.0 ghz i have been looking around a little and found this but everyone said that the tubing in the kit sucks. i just want a kit i have to buy that has everything i need so i dont have to buy other things too. http://www.xs-pc.com/products/watercooling-kits/x2o-750-watercooling-kits/raystorm-750-rx240-watercooling-kit/

cbrunnem · Apr 10, 2013

II12yanII :

That's the kit I was going to recommend as its one of the best.

Also I and im sure everyone here would love a screen shot of these temps you have. Maybe you have the god chip or you live in the artic but I've never seen anyone close to those temps on such a low end cooler.

Novuake · Apr 10, 2013

cbrunnem :

II12yanII :

That's the kit I was going to recommend as its one of the best.

Also I and im sure everyone here would love a screen shot of these temps you have. Maybe you have the god chip or you live in the artic but I've never seen anyone close to those temps on such a low end cooler.

Nah, on Sandy those temps are common under 5GHz, its about 4.8GHz that they start to skyrocket out of nowhere...

Really depends on the voltage.

ihog · Apr 10, 2013

II12yanII :

A 240 rad is not going to be good enough for a GPU and an overclocked CPU loop.

II12yanII · Apr 10, 2013

well if i need a bigger radiator or anything when i add my gpu to the loop i could just get another 240 and put it on either the bottom or the top of the case depending on were i put the first one

ihog · Apr 10, 2013

If that's what you want to do, sure. But I believe you could save yourself some cash by getting an RX360 kit instead.

II12yanII · Apr 10, 2013

a 360mm radiator wouldnt fit in my case then. it already has the mounting holes for a 240 mm radiator and i would pry have to mount that on the outside then. but im a newbie when it comes to liquid cooling i have never done it before so this will be a first for me.

ihog · Apr 10, 2013

You also can't fit two 240mm rads in that case. But, if you have the LCS version of the case has holes that allow for the rear mounting of a rad. You could get that kit and a 120mm rad, if you want to keep it all inside of your case, but I'm not sure how much room you would have.

But, to be clear and in case you were wondering, that kit would be very good for CPU-only cooling.

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