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Karan Swaich

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Is overclocking generally better on a Liquid cooled system or is there not much of a difference from an Air cooled system.

I ask because I am currently running my system on air, using the Noctua NH-U12P. I haven't overclocked before, but am reading into it and will eventually overclock my GPU. But was curious as to which is better for overclocking and if my heatsink would be up to the task.

Forgot to add that my GPU Is the GTX 780 TI Kingpin Edition. My processor is the Intel i7-3770k, but I don't know enough to even try to OC my CPU. So I will hold off on that until I learn more about overclocking.
 
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With that heatsink on a 3770k, you should be good to at least 4.2 maybe 4.3 and still maintain decent temps.

CLC's and Air Coolers do the exact same job, have fans blowing air through a radiator. They just do it in different locations. CLC's use a liquid to route the heat away from the cpu, cooled in the radiator, and back. Air coolers use heat pipes. If you can mount an air cooler, you can mount a pump, pretty much same procedure, then its just a matter of finding a spot for a radiator, most use either a top exhaust or the rear exhaust fan spot.

The reason liquid cooling ultimately works better than air cooling is because the return liquid from the radiator is cooler than the cpu, there is a real transference of heat at the cpu/pump...
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I'm just a bit weary of Liquid cooling. I'm not confident with the knowledge that i have, when it comes to building and installing hardware. That alone is the reason I am holding off on liquid cooling, as i don't have the knowledge to deal with maintaining a Liquid cooled system. Eventually when I'm more confident with installing hardware, I will go to a Liquid system, but for the time being I feel Air is more then adequate for my needs. But what I would like to know is if my current heat sink will run into problems when I OC my GPU
 
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Noctua makes some capable coolers. They might not be the absolute best way to cool an overclocked processor, but they are certainly near the top for air cooling. You should be all right for a moderate overclock. Nothing killer, but an overclock that should show some performance gains.
 
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Yeah, So i overclocked my Processor using the turbo and i set it 44, with 1.65 V. Its running idle at 29-30 c. I am going to stress test now, i will post results.

What kind of temps should i be looking for? What is a stable temp ? And can i leave my system on that OC, or should i bring it back down when not under heavy load?
 
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With that heatsink on a 3770k, you should be good to at least 4.2 maybe 4.3 and still maintain decent temps.

CLC's and Air Coolers do the exact same job, have fans blowing air through a radiator. They just do it in different locations. CLC's use a liquid to route the heat away from the cpu, cooled in the radiator, and back. Air coolers use heat pipes. If you can mount an air cooler, you can mount a pump, pretty much same procedure, then its just a matter of finding a spot for a radiator, most use either a top exhaust or the rear exhaust fan spot.

The reason liquid cooling ultimately works better than air cooling is because the return liquid from the radiator is cooler than the cpu, there is a real transference of heat at the cpu/pump joint. With aircoolers the heat pipes are the same temp as the cpu, and remain so for longer, cooling isn't affected until further away from the cpu near the actual tower.
 
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Yeah, I just noticed that one of my HAF 922 top fans is turned off. I remember turning it off because a blade broke and it was making a real annoying noise. I have to get that replaced as well. But i'm curious why the temps jumped so high when the cpu usage was at 100%, my heatsink shouldn't let the temps get that high right off the bat. If my heatsink was disabled would i know even if my cpu wasn't under load? I'm just being really paranoid most likely, but i think the heatsink is running.
 
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Ok I put turbo boost to Auto, and brought the Turbo Multiplier down to 42, and the system is pretty stable at 70'c, So i'm thinking it will be ok with this clock. I need to get better cooling, I think i will get some more fans mounted inside the case, to help out and probably repairing the top case fan just above the heatsink, should provide a little better temps.
 
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