Need a water cooler to overclock AMD FX-6300
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unknown101
October 10, 2014 7:06:54 AM
I want to overclock my AMD FX-6300 so it doesn't bottleneck my Nvidia gtx 970. Which water cooler do you recommend and how much will it overclock the 6300 to?
Some coolers I have seen:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-Kuhler-650-Cooling-Temper...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Series-All-In-One-Liqui...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-Kuhler-950-Cooling-Radiat...
Don't really want to spend more than £50/£60
Thanks
Some coolers I have seen:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-Kuhler-650-Cooling-Temper...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Series-All-In-One-Liqui...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-Kuhler-950-Cooling-Radiat...
Don't really want to spend more than £50/£60
Thanks
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At that price, AIO coolers aren't worth it. It's only when you go to £100 that you'll see greater benefits, but even then, the best air coolers (which are also cheaper) still perform very, very well. Also bear in mind that AIO coolers are noisy, and at the end of the day, they still use air.
If you're prepared to spend a little extra, the Noctua NH-D14 is arguably the best air cooler available. Sure, it's been replaced by the NH-D15, but don't expect many tangible gains.
If you're prepared to spend a little extra, the Noctua NH-D14 is arguably the best air cooler available. Sure, it's been replaced by the NH-D15, but don't expect many tangible gains.
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None of them. Those are called AIOs(or LIQUID coolers), they are overpriced and underperform badly, they also are noisy.
This AIR COOLER is much better at 60Quid.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhd14
However what motherboard and chassis do you have, what RAM as well?
This AIR COOLER is much better at 60Quid.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhd14
However what motherboard and chassis do you have, what RAM as well?
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unknown101 said:
I want to overclock my AMD FX-6300 so it doesn't bottleneck my Nvidia gtx 970. Which water cooler do you recommend and how much will it overclock the 6300 to?Some coolers I have seen:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-Kuhler-650-Cooling-Temper...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Series-All-In-One-Liqui...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-Kuhler-950-Cooling-Radiat...
Don't really want to spend more than £50/£60
Thanks
A lot depends on if you have a good 990FX motherboard with 8+2 phase power and nice beefy heatsink on your northbridge and vrm's. Or some crap earlier chipset board with a bolted on bios support for Vishera cpu's.
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unknown101
October 10, 2014 7:28:47 AM
Novuake said:
None of them. Those are called AIOs(or LIQUID coolers), they are overpriced and underperform badly, they also are noisy.This AIR COOLER is much better at 60Quid.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhd14
However what motherboard and chassis do you have, what RAM as well?
I have the MSI Gaming 970 AM3 Motherboard;: http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/970_GAMING.html#hero-overv...
I have the Corsair SPEC-03 Case.
and my RAM is 2x 4GB Corsair Venegence Blue 1600MHz
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October 10, 2014 7:31:48 AM
bicycle_repair_man said:
At that price, AIO coolers aren't worth it. It's only when you go to £100 that you'll see greater benefits, but even then, the best air coolers (which are also cheaper) still perform very, very well. Also bear in mind that AIO coolers are noisy, and at the end of the day, they still use air.If you're prepared to spend a little extra, the Noctua NH-D14 is arguably the best air cooler available. Sure, it's been replaced by the NH-D15, but don't expect many tangible gains.
So is the Noctua better than the Corsair H100i?
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unknown101
October 10, 2014 7:32:39 AM
bmacsys said:
unknown101 said:
I want to overclock my AMD FX-6300 so it doesn't bottleneck my Nvidia gtx 970. Which water cooler do you recommend and how much will it overclock the 6300 to?Some coolers I have seen:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-Kuhler-650-Cooling-Temper...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Series-All-In-One-Liqui...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-Kuhler-950-Cooling-Radiat...
Don't really want to spend more than £50/£60
Thanks
A lot depends on if you have a good 990FX motherboard with 8+2 phase power and nice beefy heatsink on your northbridge and vrm's. Or some crap earlier chipset board with a bolted on bios support for Vishera cpu's.
It isn't 990fx
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unknown101
October 10, 2014 7:39:12 AM
bicycle_repair_man said:
At very high overclocks, close to 5Ghz, the H100i will probably be the better performer. That said, in terms of value for money and the still excellent performance, the Noctua would get my vote.I don't think my motherboard could handle 5GHz because it is 970
But I want to get it to at least 4GHz but I also want it to be nice and quiet.
At the moment I have the stock cooler and it is very loud when gaming.
Which one of these would be quieter?
In terms of appearance I really like the H100i, but if the Noctua is quieter and better value for money I would go for that one
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unknown101
October 10, 2014 7:40:25 AM
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unknown101 said:
bicycle_repair_man said:
At very high overclocks, close to 5Ghz, the H100i will probably be the better performer. That said, in terms of value for money and the still excellent performance, the Noctua would get my vote.I don't think my motherboard could handle 5GHz because it is 970
But I want to get it to at least 4GHz but I also want it to be nice and quiet.
At the moment I have the stock cooler and it is very loud when gaming.
Which one of these would be quieter?
In terms of appearance I really like the H100i, but if the Noctua is quieter and better value for money I would go for that one
4 GHz should not be an issue for the board or an even low end cooler like a Hyper 212 EVO.
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unknown101
October 10, 2014 7:47:36 AM
Novuake said:
Well Ill be damned, MSI released a decent MSI motherboard with the 970 chipset. Almost can not believe it.Good VRM cooling.
6+2 power phasing.
Looks nice too.
Yeah, go ahead and get the NH-D14 or D15 if its not too much more, worth it.
Yay
So I didn't waste my money. Thanks. I will probably go for the D14 I think.
Just to confirm, this is the right one?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/NH-D14-Processor-LGA1366-LGA115...
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unknown101
October 10, 2014 7:52:31 AM
bmacsys said:
unknown101 said:
bicycle_repair_man said:
At very high overclocks, close to 5Ghz, the H100i will probably be the better performer. That said, in terms of value for money and the still excellent performance, the Noctua would get my vote.I don't think my motherboard could handle 5GHz because it is 970
But I want to get it to at least 4GHz but I also want it to be nice and quiet.
At the moment I have the stock cooler and it is very loud when gaming.
Which one of these would be quieter?
In terms of appearance I really like the H100i, but if the Noctua is quieter and better value for money I would go for that one
4 GHz should not be an issue for the board or an even low end cooler like a Hyper 212 EVO.
Oh that's good
I will probably still go for the Noctua just because it will probably be quieter.Thanks for all your help
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October 10, 2014 7:56:22 AM
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October 10, 2014 8:00:13 AM
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unknown101
October 10, 2014 8:01:29 AM
Novuake said:
unknown101 said:
Thankyou very much.
I was very close to buying the Antec watercooler. Very glad I asked here.Also 1 more question (sorry) How easy is the Noctua to install?
Honestly, not very easy.
But if your chassis has a backpanel cutout its a lot easier.:0 Oh okay. Yeah it does have a cutout. I guess i'll watch a video on YT for help on installation.
Does it have thermal paste pre-applied?
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