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I think if your not going to go above a 10-15% overclock then air cooling will suffice. If you want to OC more then that, I believe most people would say that watercooling or better (i.e. phase cooling or other exotic methods), would be the only way to go 
For the record, I have a 10% OC on my FX-60 and under stress it maxes out at 48-49C, using air cooling (Zalman 9500).
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