Ivy Bridge 3770k @ 5.0ghz

[Swolern]

I have a 3570k right now and going exchange for a 3770k. Mobo is Gigabyte G1 Sniper 3. I need to reach 5.0ghz on my gaming PC. I was looking into the H100 but it doesn't look like It will be able to reach the 5.0 mark due to Ivy Bridge OC temperatures and may need a more powerful cooler. This will be my first watercooloing setup so a closed fixed system would be best.

Are there any more watercooloing systems that will get temps down more without going to a custom water setup? My Budget is @ $300.

Any sub ambient systems for @$300?

 

[Swolern]

Best answer selected by Swolern.

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

Agreed with ct1615. Exactly why do you NEED 5Ghz. I can almost guarantee that you DON'T.

And custom water/sub ambient is about it for 5Ghz on Ivy.

 

[Swolern]

the corsair H100 is the top all in one water cooling kit on the market.

out of curiosity, why do you need to reach 5ghz?

Dang iPad. I accidentally put as best answer.

It's because I found my CPU bottlenecking my GTX 670 4-way SLI

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

I have the Corsair H100 for my Intel® Core™ i5-3570K I was able to run it stable at 4.6GHz but under load that pushed the temperatures up to the high 80s. So I would say 5GHz on a Intel Core i7-3770K would be really hard with a closed loop system. There are some higher end custom water cooling solutions that maybe able to do it but they will take a lot of work on your part to build and keep up.

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

Dang iPad. I accidentally put as best answer.

It's because I found my CPU bottlenecking my GTX 670 4-way SLI

Have you tried 4.5 yet? MUCH easier to accomplish, and honestly, if 4.5 doesn't cut it, you may need to just live with it. A 5Ghz 24/7 OC on Ivy would be crazy IMO, without awesome cooling.

 

[Swolern]

Agreed with ct1615. Exactly why do you NEED 5Ghz. I can almost guarantee that you DON'T.

And custom water/sub ambient is about it for 5Ghz on Ivy.

How much would a decent custom water or sub ambient system cost?

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

How much would a decent custom water or sub ambient system cost?

I don't really know much about pricing for things like that, unfortunately.

 

[Swolern]

Have you tried 4.5 yet? MUCH easier to accomplish, and honestly, if 4.5 doesn't cut it, you may need to just live with it. A 5Ghz 24/7 OC on Ivy would be crazy IMO, without awesome cooling.

I took my 3570k up to 4.6ghz with hyper 212 and temp in mid 90s so I didn't leave it at that speed for long. I did do a few benches.

BF3 online 3570@ 3.4ghz average GPU usage of 670s was 50-60%

Bf3 online 3570@ 4.6 70-80% GPU usage.

I saw a guy with CPU up to 5.0ghz and 680 4-way GPU usage was mid 90%

My goal for my system is BF3 online 5760x1080 at120fps.

 

[earl45]

How much would a decent custom water or sub ambient system cost?

Go here http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum-29-380.html and post your questions and they will get answered.

 

[earl45]

I spent about 430.00 for a custom water cooled setup, but it's not install yet I just
can't seem to find the time.
Here's another page for you to check http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/275185-29-exploring-ambient-water-cooling

 

[Swolern]

Will do, thanks Earl.

$430 for CPU and GPU or GPU only?

 

[earl45]

Will do, thanks Earl.

$430 for CPU and GPU or GPU only?

That's just cooling the CPU for now , I will add the cards when I decide
which ones I want.