I have an Akasa cooler rated for 115W cpus. Will it be sufficiant for an i7 3770k OC'd to 4GHz?

nikomak

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I just purchased a 3770k and I thought I would tweak it up to around the turbo speed of 3.9-4GHz.
I own a better-than-OEM cooler (Akasa 959-CU) which is rated for heat dispersal up to 115 watts.
Will this adequately protect my CPU running at constant turbo speed? Thank you.
 

Arnav01

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It will be fine to run your CPU with this cooler. But I suggest to spare a few bucks and buy a good Liquid Cooling system as most overclockers do!I will decrease the temperature and make your CPU more stable while overclocking! :D