Can a Corsair H60 handle an overclocked 6600k?

[Davin Schmitt]

I'm planning on overclocking my 6600k to 4.6GHz soon, and I was curious if a Corsair H60 120mm is enough to handle such a mighty overclock

 

[Dulith1118]

if ur planning to get H60 id say get a decent cooler like noctua NH-D14/15

 

[Shaun o]

I could not tell you exactly how a Corsair H60 water setup would perform with an Intel 6600k clocked to 4.6GHz.


I can tell you how the H60 performs with a FX 4350 four core cpu though if it gives you any insight.

I currently run the Fx 4350 at about 1.4v for the core speed, and it is overclocked to 4.8GHz Davin.

Idle at windows desktop 40c.
Under load the cpu temps hit about 48c to 50c.

The fan on the radiator is set to 40% power and spins at 1200 rpm at 40c and a max power fan limit of 65%.
The pump of the H60 is spinning at 4500 rpm.

Intel cpu's require less core voltage I think, from what I remember.
So it may be cooler at Idle with a H60 and when its overclocked.

Anyway i`m happy with the H60, even if it is the baby of the corsair range of cpu water cooling loops.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Not to rain on Shaun o's parade but the H60 is twice as expensive as the lower end air coolers it competes with and adds a mechanical pump to fail. The only closed loop cooling I would ever consider would be at the top end where the best coolers beat high end air by a few degrees.

Skylake hits it's overclock wall well before temps become an issue in most cases. I can't get my 6700K to 70C unless I run Prime 95 and Intel Burn Test at the same time and even then only one core breaks 70C. Using a Phanteks PH TC-14 PE and overclocked to 4.6Ghz at 1.35v. The i5 without Hyperthreading will run cooler than my i7. Even a Hyper 212 Evo is fine and it costs half of the H60 and performs similarly.

 

[Davin Schmitt]

Not to rain on Shaun o's parade but the H60 is twice as expensive as the lower end air coolers it competes with and adds a mechanical pump to fail. The only closed loop cooling I would ever consider would be at the top end where the best coolers beat high end air by a few degrees.

Skylake hits it's overclock wall well before temps become an issue in most cases. I can't get my 6700K to 70C unless I run Prime 95 and Intel Burn Test at the same time and even then only one core breaks 70C. Using a Phanteks PH TC-14 PE and overclocked to 4.6Ghz at 1.35v. The i5 without Hyperthreading will run cooler than my i7. Even a Hyper 212 Evo is fine and it costs half of the H60 and performs similarly.

I previously owned the T12 Evo, and I was impressed by the performance with my 4690k. The only gripe is that it was a pain to install and the whole time I owned it, it wasn't properly installed into the motherboard, bad memories lol

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Most aftermarket cooling is a pain to mount. Or can be at least. You usually need 3 hands and an extra set of eyes. I even have a special screwdriver I bought specifically for heatsinks. It sits in my tool box until it's time to upgrade the computer and then it gets broken out. It was the only thing I could find that was long enough for every cooler I've used it on. :lol:

 

[Tradesman1]

+1 to Anort3, the EVO or an H7 is far more cost effective than an H60 and often cool better, the difference in price could get you a better GPU or more/faster DRAM 😉

 

[Shaun o]

Wow, a beast of an air cooler there Anort3.
Was it very fiddly to fit on the mobo ?

How much does it weigh ?

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Actually it was very easy to mount. That hasn't always been true of the big air coolers I've used in the past. It weighs 1250 grams with both fans attached.

http://www.phanteks.com/ph-tc14pe.html