Is evo 212 suitable for OC?

[SahajJain]

I have a fx 4100 which is bottlenecking my gtx 960. So I OC it to 4ghz and now there is a vast difference in performance and max temp is 65c on stock cooler. But if I OC it to 4.2ghz I get even more performance but the max temp rises to 82c. If I buy the evo 212 cooler how much OC will it withstand and what will be the max temp?

 

[Quixit]

It's not a great choice for an FX-series processor because they get really hot. If you want to overclock further you will need a bigger cooler. But, saying that, if I were you I'd stay somewhere in the 4.0-4.2 realm because even with a much more expensive cooler you're not going to get massively greater performance.

 

[Spectre694]

I agree. WIth the money you spend to get a huge air cooler like noctura's You would be better served getting a better FX (6xxx or 8xxx) CPU and something like the cryorig H7. It would be a bit more expensive though and assuming your mobo could handle one of those.

It is also an option to switch to an intel build as well

 

[lakimens]

The thing about that CPU is, even if you bring it to 5Ghz, an i3-6100 would still outperform it.
That said, I don't think you should be buying a new cooler for that, rather saving for a new build, a haswell one will do and you can reuse your RAM.

 

[SahajJain]

Is there any other way I can bring down the temp at 4.2ghz like undervolting or a high quality thermal paste. I am currently using Cooler master v1 IC value. I'm not in any position to upgrade my PC or even buy an expensive cooler. If there is no option I will stick to 4ghz OC since 65c is pretty good for a stock cooler I think.

 

[lakimens]

Stick to 4Ghz, better safe than sorry.

 

[Quixit]

Is there any other way I can bring down the temp at 4.2ghz like undervolting or a high quality thermal paste. I am currently using Cooler master v1 IC value. I'm not in any position to upgrade my PC or even buy an expensive cooler. If there is no option I will stick to 4ghz OC since 65c is pretty good for a stock cooler I think.

No, to overclock past about where you are you'd have to start overvolting. You might get 1-2C lower with the best possible paste, but that's not going to make a big difference.

 

[SahajJain]

I undervolted the CPU from BIOS to 1.388v and now the CPU goes to 65 degrees Celsius at full load at 4.2Ghz