Help me with CPU fan please

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Okay so I don't know anything about these fans if I'm honest but I do want to do some overclocking but no crazy stuff. I am currently clocked at 3.5GHz and I don't know if I am crazy when I say that I want to bump that up to 4.0GHz or 4.5GHz. Thing is I don't even know what overclocking will do. Increase FPS? Well shit, that's the GPUs job isn't it? I suppose it will help in games like Arma 3 and GTA 5 but I'm not too sure.

My budget is £60/$80. Prices are cut in half on Amazon.com so I will only be buying from the USA.

Here is my build
* CPU: Intel i5 4690k
* GPU: Sapphire Radeon R9 270x Dual-X OC 2GB
* RAM: 8GB Hynix RAM @ 1600MHz
* HDD: Western Digital Caviar blue 1TB @ 7200RPM
* HDD 2: Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB @ 7200RPM
* MOBO: ASUS Z97-K
* PSU: EVGA 500B 500W

I have an ATX case but I still don't like how air coolers are huge and may not fit in my case, it's a Zalman Z9
 
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If you are looking for a CPU cooler recommendation, we would have to know your budget. But for the narrow Z9 case, any Corsair 120mm AIO water cooler would be a good choice. I have this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181015
Others: http://www.corsair.com/en-us/cooling/hydro-series

With the R9-270X you probably won't benefit from OC'ing too much in gaming. The i5 has no trouble keeping up with the 270X even at stock. But a good OC can be beneficial in all tasks the processor does.
If you are looking for a CPU cooler recommendation, we would have to know your budget. But for the narrow Z9 case, any Corsair 120mm AIO water cooler would be a good choice. I have this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181015
Others: http://www.corsair.com/en-us/cooling/hydro-series

With the R9-270X you probably won't benefit from OC'ing too much in gaming. The i5 has no trouble keeping up with the 270X even at stock. But a good OC can be beneficial in all tasks the processor does.
 
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Wow so I don't need a cooler then... If I could see you IRL right now I would give you a big hug lol. What makes it better is that the H60 is the only cooler I really wanted to get. Thank you so much. You have just saved me a lot of money :)
 


I am not female, but there's nothing wrong with hugging right? :)

I haven't tried to overclock anything yet because my PSU isn't sufficient for it but I don't think I will do anyway. Thank you so much for the help