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September 28, 2014 9:00:15 AM

Hi,
I am switiching to an intel i7 4790k and I am wondering what cooler should I upgrade to. I currently have a respire T40. Budget = £20 - £80

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September 28, 2014 9:09:51 AM

Marklamarkle said:
Unless you're going to be overclocking, the stock CPU cooler will be fine. If you're going to push it further however, the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo is a very popular high performance fan

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-120mm/d...

Or, you could go with a watercooling unit in the Corsair range. The H60 or higher are great coolers.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CW-9060007-WW-Series-Pe...

Hope this helps!


Hey,
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I will be looking to overclock. Are the watercoolers from corsair easy to install and are they reliable? I saw some threads saying that temps were extremely high with them.
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September 28, 2014 9:10:54 AM

I would keep your T40 and not change.

I have become a bit jaded on the subject of haswell cooling for overclocking.
How high you can OC is firstly determined by your luck in the bin lottery.
I had high expectations from the Devil's canyon parts and their better thermals.
I found out that the thermals really do not matter unless, perhaps, you are a competitive overclocker.
Haswell runs quite cool, that is, until you raise the voltage past 1.25v or so.
Once you go past 1.3v, then you really do need very good cooling to keep stress loads under say 85c.
But, voltages higher than 1.30 are not a good thing for 24/7 usage.
Even if you can handle the heat, how much do you really need that extra multiplier from say 4.4 to 4.6?
My thought is that it is better to use the exotic cooling funds for a quieter and less expensive air cooler.
Anything extra can go to a stronger graphics card for the gamer or a SSD.

If you still want better cooling, I would look at a Noctua or Phanteks cooler with two 140mm cooling fans.
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September 28, 2014 9:12:50 AM

geofelt said:
I would keep your T40 and not change.

I have become a bit jaded on the subject of haswell cooling for overclocking.
How high you can OC is firstly determined by your luck in the bin lottery.
I had high expectations from the Devil's canyon parts and their better thermals.
I found out that the thermals really do not matter unless, perhaps, you are a competitive overclocker.
Haswell runs quite cool, that is, until you raise the voltage past 1.25v or so.
Once you go past 1.3v, then you really do need very good cooling to keep stress loads under say 85c.
But, voltages higher than 1.30 are not a good thing for 24/7 usage.
Even if you can handle the heat, how much do you really need that extra multiplier from say 4.4 to 4.6?
My thought is that it is better to use the exotic cooling funds for a quieter and less expensive air cooler.
Anything extra can go to a stronger graphics card for the gamer or a SSD.


After the last reply, I was looking to go to water cooling. Anyways, the T40 has been discontinued and I wont be able to get any support from them.
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September 28, 2014 9:12:50 AM

harrisoncove said:
Marklamarkle said:
Unless you're going to be overclocking, the stock CPU cooler will be fine. If you're going to push it further however, the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo is a very popular high performance fan

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-120mm/d...

Or, you could go with a watercooling unit in the Corsair range. The H60 or higher are great coolers.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CW-9060007-WW-Series-Pe...

Hope this helps!


Hey,
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I will be looking to overclock. Are the watercoolers from corsair easy to install and are they reliable? I saw some threads saying that temps were extremely high with them.


The temps will be fine if you put the cooler on the right way round, and don't mess up the thermal paste. Apart from that, they are very easy to install.
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September 28, 2014 9:15:58 AM

Marklamarkle said:
harrisoncove said:
Marklamarkle said:
Unless you're going to be overclocking, the stock CPU cooler will be fine. If you're going to push it further however, the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo is a very popular high performance fan

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-120mm/d...

Or, you could go with a watercooling unit in the Corsair range. The H60 or higher are great coolers.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CW-9060007-WW-Series-Pe...

Hope this helps!


Hey,
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I will be looking to overclock. Are the watercoolers from corsair easy to install and are they reliable? I saw some threads saying that temps were extremely high with them.


The temps will be fine if you put the cooler on the right way round, and don't mess up the thermal paste. Apart from that, they are very easy to install.

Is there any tutorials which you could link me to? Last year I was very nervous about putting on the T40, so I want to be confident with this and have a tutorial I can rely on.
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September 28, 2014 9:59:43 AM

harrisoncove said:
Marklamarkle said:
harrisoncove said:
Marklamarkle said:
Unless you're going to be overclocking, the stock CPU cooler will be fine. If you're going to push it further however, the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo is a very popular high performance fan

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-120mm/d...

Or, you could go with a watercooling unit in the Corsair range. The H60 or higher are great coolers.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CW-9060007-WW-Series-Pe...

Hope this helps!


Hey,
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I will be looking to overclock. Are the watercoolers from corsair easy to install and are they reliable? I saw some threads saying that temps were extremely high with them.


The temps will be fine if you put the cooler on the right way round, and don't mess up the thermal paste. Apart from that, they are very easy to install.

Is there any tutorials which you could link me to? Last year I was very nervous about putting on the T40, so I want to be confident with this and have a tutorial I can rely on.


A tutorial made by Corsair themselves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBoCzJrxtBM
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September 28, 2014 10:14:22 AM

Marklamarkle said:
harrisoncove said:
Marklamarkle said:
harrisoncove said:
Marklamarkle said:
Unless you're going to be overclocking, the stock CPU cooler will be fine. If you're going to push it further however, the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo is a very popular high performance fan

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-120mm/d...

Or, you could go with a watercooling unit in the Corsair range. The H60 or higher are great coolers.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CW-9060007-WW-Series-Pe...

Hope this helps!


Hey,
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I will be looking to overclock. Are the watercoolers from corsair easy to install and are they reliable? I saw some threads saying that temps were extremely high with them.


The temps will be fine if you put the cooler on the right way round, and don't mess up the thermal paste. Apart from that, they are very easy to install.

Is there any tutorials which you could link me to? Last year I was very nervous about putting on the T40, so I want to be confident with this and have a tutorial I can rely on.


A tutorial made by Corsair themselves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBoCzJrxtBM


Would a H80i be better?
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September 28, 2014 3:55:03 PM

harrisoncove said:
Marklamarkle said:
harrisoncove said:
Marklamarkle said:
harrisoncove said:
Marklamarkle said:
Unless you're going to be overclocking, the stock CPU cooler will be fine. If you're going to push it further however, the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo is a very popular high performance fan

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-120mm/d...

Or, you could go with a watercooling unit in the Corsair range. The H60 or higher are great coolers.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CW-9060007-WW-Series-Pe...

Hope this helps!


Hey,
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I will be looking to overclock. Are the watercoolers from corsair easy to install and are they reliable? I saw some threads saying that temps were extremely high with them.


The temps will be fine if you put the cooler on the right way round, and don't mess up the thermal paste. Apart from that, they are very easy to install.

Is there any tutorials which you could link me to? Last year I was very nervous about putting on the T40, so I want to be confident with this and have a tutorial I can rely on.


A tutorial made by Corsair themselves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBoCzJrxtBM


Would a H80i be better?


It probably would be better but I would just stick with the water cooling system that you are set on as water cooling is really unnecessary unless you are doing a +1GHz or more overclock.
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