Best CPU cooler to OC my FX 8320 with?

F1reW4ll

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I'm wanting to OC my FX 8320 but I don't know what cooler to buy for it.
I'm currently using the stock one and I'm not going to OC until I get an aftermarket cooler.

I have a Mid Sized Thermal Take case and a Sabertooth 990FX Mobo.

Thanks.
 

Enderegg

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Just upgraded from that chip this weekend.

I got an H110, and my mobo was an M5A97 EVO R2.0, so even with the radiator the socket temps would go sky high (over 65C) when stressing. If you have a good mobo try getting the best cooling solution you can. If your motherboard is, well, not very good, maybe a evo 212 or something like that since the temps will stop you either way
 

neieus

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The Evo 212 is decent if you're not planning to OC very far and it's far superior to the stock cooler. Since you're using a mid tower case i would assume that you won't be able to fit a big air cooler so that only leaves water. I've been looking through newegg and noticed they have a lot of AIO's on sale right now mostly corsair's. I'm not sure where you leave but I recently moved from Big air Phanteks TC14PE to the H100i GTX and it only cost me $83 US.