i7 4770k + H55

[Avocade]

Just curious if the H55 is plenty of cooling for Overclocking an i7 4770k only to 4.2Ghz. Also can anyone verify that 1.2V sound right for that clock?
If necessary i will go up to and h60.

 

[HEXiT]

its barely better than a stock cooler mate. although it will cope with fast temperature fluctuation better than an air cooler its not really designed for over clocking.
the fan that ships with it only pushes 57cfm, the radiator itself doesnt have a very big surface area so while it will handle the cpu temps well enough there wont be much in the way of headroom for overclocking.
yes it will get you to 4.2 but you will be very close to your max temps at 100% cpu usage.

 

[Avocade]

Would the h60 be a better choice?

 

[sunder25]

Honestly a normal air 12cm fan heatsink will work like the cm hyper 212 evo or what have you.
That should be able to handle a 4.2 gig oc okay.

 

[Avocade]

I just never have liked air cooling for personal reason I'm pretty set on a close loop cooling solution although i really appreciate your response.

 

[Avocade]

I've gone to the h80i so hopefully that will be plenty.

 

[HEXiT]

that should be.