Corsair H80i vs H100i GTX Extreme

AngelChuz

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Is a dual radiator necessary? Its a $20 price difference, I plan on overlclocking my i5 6600k to about 4.3ghz the dual radiator will obviously keep it at a lower temp but will it be significantly lower?
 

AngelChuz

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Are you able to get 4.8 just by using that noctua air cooler?
 


Yes, but you must realize that my particular chip is better than average.
How high you can go is determined by your chip quality, not by your cooler.
If you want a guaranteed overclock, visit silicon lottery.

FWIW:
My games are sims/strategy which tend to be single threaded, so a single fast core was important to me.
I changed from a 4790K to the 6600K and feel I did better.
I had planned on using a noctua NH-D14, a huge cooler.
I tested with a NH-l12 downdraft cooler which did the job and was much smaller.