Water Cooler with H81 Board Worth It?

[Alexdiaz]

So earlier today, I posted a new thread asking what I should upgrade on my current PC. I think the best respond I got was spending $60 and getting a Pentium G3258 since really only my CPU is falling behind right now. I've seen plenty of people able to overclock this chip to 4.0-4.2Ghz on my Asrock H81m-HDS board with a stock cooler. I would like a bit higher overclock, to be able to achieve this, I can get either a Z97 motherboard or a better cooler. Z97 boards have come down in price about $10 and coolers as well. For the cooler that I have in mind is a Corsair H55 or a Hyper 212 Evo. Note that I LOVE aesthetics but I don't want it to cost me too much. The 212 is about $15-$20 cheaper but i'm not sure about the performance of the two. Or instead of getting a new cooler, I get a Z97 board. Thanks for any help

 

[tiny voices]

No, do not use a water cooler. Get the 212 EVO. A water cooler doe snot cool the motherboard at all. You NEED to keep the VRMs cool on these low end boards. The 212 EVO beats the H55. It is comparable to the H60, and it is MUCH MUCH more quiet than either cooler.

 

[g-unit1111]

No, do not use a water cooler. Get the 212 EVO. A water cooler doe snot cool the motherboard at all. You NEED to keep the VRMs cool on these low end boards. The 212 EVO beats the H55. It is comparable to the H60, and it is MUCH MUCH more quiet than either cooler.

For an H81 and a Pentium G3258? I'd just run off the stock cooler. You don't need a fancy cooler of any kind - air or water - for a mild overclock which is what the Pentium G allows for.