Water cooling i5 2500k

Cameron2256 · Sep 10, 2015

Hello all. I'm thinking of watercooling my CPU (i5 2500k) I was just wondering if you guys know about any closed water cooling units for the correct socket. Thanks for your help.

spentshells · Sep 10, 2015

Look here for closed loop coolers, they will all fit that socket.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100008008%208000&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&page=1

Norton72 · Sep 10, 2015

I just bought the Swiftech H240-X, waiting for delivery. These units seem to be well regarded.

danforthewin · Sep 25, 2015

That's a pretty old CPU by now. I wouldn't chuck a bunch of money at it to get a tiny bump in clock speed. Just get a Hyper 212 evo and use it until it's time to upgrade the CPU.

spentshells · Sep 25, 2015

danforthewin :

This is wrong on so many levels, The 2500k is a monster overclocker, while not common on a closed loop cooler they can sometimes hit 4.8Ghz. Even at stock speeds the 2500k is a wonderful gaming cpu.

danforthewin · Sep 25, 2015

spentshells :

All of what you just said was completely obvious. I know it can be overclocked to the extreme (i have owned one), but what you fail to understand is that a cpu overclock has very little real world effect. Especially negligible in gaming. Its just not worth the time, money, or effort to overclock an old processor. Watercooling should be used for new builds to maximize the performance at the time. Overclocking a cpu that is even one generation old will still not compare to a newer architecture.

Norton72 · Sep 25, 2015

All that being said, the Swiftech unit I have comes with all the adaptation you need for various platforms, including the OP's. I got the 2011v3 and that's fairly new.;

spentshells · Sep 25, 2015

danforthewin :

spentshells :

All of what you just said was completely obvious. I know it can be overclocked to the extreme (i have owned one), but what you fail to understand is that a cpu overclock has very little real world effect. Especially negligible in gaming. Its just not worth the time, money, or effort to overclock an old processor. Watercooling should be used for new builds to maximize the performance at the time. Overclocking a cpu that is even one generation old will still not compare to a newer architecture.

Yeah im afraid clock speed is king overclocking to 4.5 from 3.5 is going to put forward huge gains providing that the gpu is strong.

danforthewin · Sep 25, 2015

Norton72 :

Very good point. If it supports newer sockets, then you're totally right.
To add to that, XSPC makes a very good do-it-yourself kit that could get you started on a custom loop, if that interests you at all.

madchemist83 · Sep 25, 2015

What is ur current cpu cooler ? I have mine oced to 4.8 on air. It'll depend on ur chip too. And it does give u performance boost in gaming

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