Is my CPU cooler overkill?

jimmygongers · Jul 10, 2016

Is a Corsair h115i overkill for an i5-6600k? If it is overkill I will prob go with a corsair h60?Also I will be trying to overclock the cpu by the way.

jtk2515 · Jul 10, 2016

Depends how much Vcore you want to push in your CPU. What GHZ you looking at hitting?

jimmygongers · Jul 10, 2016

jtk2515 :

@jtk2515 I would like to oc it to atleast 4.5 but can I go for 4.6/4.7? Also what's the max ghz the 6600k can go up to?

Hlsgsz · Jul 10, 2016

Get a good air cooler instead like the be quiet dark rock pro 3.
Liquid AIOs are prone to failure adn only a few(h115i included, h60 not) can match or surpass good air coolers.

jimmygongers · Jul 10, 2016

Hlsgsz :

I want my cpu liquid cooled though. lol

burgessanthony · Jul 10, 2016

It's still.cooled by air...just has water as a median. They don't fail that often, and save space on the cpu. But they also don't cool the surrounding vrms like a big air cooler does. Maybe look at a h100?

jtk2515 · Jul 10, 2016

no that cooler is not overkill for 4.6GHZ. Your looking at 1.30-1.425vcore. The h60 will not be enough. So ether get a high quality Air cooler or a 240-280mm rad

jimmygongers · Jul 10, 2016

jtk2515 :

So back to my question, the h155i is good for overclocking to that speed? And if I had a h60 and I wanted to overclock it it could not handle it?

jtk2515 · Jul 10, 2016

h60 is a 120mm rad. a 40$ aircooler is better then that. Yes the h115i can handle it ;-)

jimmygongers · Jul 10, 2016

jtk2515 :

Out of curiousity, what about the 110i gtx? Also whats the maximum ghz I can get on the 6600k?

Hlsgsz · Jul 10, 2016

jimmygongers :

That would be good aswell.

EDIT: The 6600k can hit 4.6 easily.

Deleted member 217926 · Jul 10, 2016

My 6700K takes 1.35v for 4.6Ghz and my Phanteks PH TC14PE keeps the cores under 70C unless I run Prime 95 small FFTs and Intel Burn Test at the same time. Then one core breaks 70-71c. The H115i is overkill. Skylake chips hit an overclock wall well before temps become an issue even with air cooling.

jtk2515 · Jul 10, 2016

jimmygongers :

Depends on your luck. I got 5ghz out of my 6700k at 1.45vcore. I have a swiftech 220x2 and i hit 75C 78C spike

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