Corsair H50 worth it for me?

vilenjan

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Hi, I am currently running a Phenom 955 proc in a semi budget build.

Since I was trying to save money, I am using the stock heat sink (i know, I know) with AS5 replacing stock thermal pad.

Currently I have the CPU undervolted by -0.05v and have it at 3.4GHZ. With this and my Raid max Smilodon case, I typically run 33-34 idle and 45-50C while gaming.

Keeping my CPU undervolted and only slightly OCed seems like a waste of a black edition cpu, so I was thinking of going water for cooling (to also reduce the noise from the banshee that the stock cooler is).

How much more performance am I looking at gaining if I dont want my thermal going past what I have atm if I install the H50?
 
Solution
the h50 is a waste of money, there are better performing air cooler out there.

For around 30 USD you can get a hyper 212. That will give you plenty of cooling for a moderate (around 25 to 30 percent) overclock.