Is it just me, or is liquid cooling essential?

[turboface20]

Ever since i got my antec Kuhler for my Phenom x6 1100t and over clocked it with the oc temps at 4Ghz lower than stock cooler at 3.3Ghz i havent looked back.

eyeballing new fx6300 or 8350 still unsure on which to get but im sure i'll be getting at least an h 80i with them. anyone else feel this way?

 

[Supahos]

Nope its not necessary unless you're going for an absolute max OC run, and anything less than $75 in a watercooler doesn't work as well as a pretty good Aircooler.

 

[HEXiT]

the 1100t is a 125w part so the cooler you have will work with the new cpu as there 95w and 125 watt parts respectively. your likely to get the same results temp wise.

 

[turboface20]

Nope its not necessary unless you're going for an absolute max OC run, and anything less than $75 in a watercooler doesn't work as well as a pretty good Aircooler.

WRONG! i got this antec for like 59 on sell and it blows my cpu cooler away i really replaced it bc of how loud my fan was. turbo mode got annoying with that fan

 

[Supahos]

Nope its not necessary unless you're going for an absolute max OC run, and anything less than $75 in a watercooler doesn't work as well as a pretty good Aircooler.

WRONG! i got this antec for like 59 on sell and it blows my cpu cooler away i really replaced it bc of how loud my fan was. turbo mode got annoying with that fan

you replaced the stock cooler, not a good one.

 

[turboface20]

so as long as its after market it really doesnt matter?

 

[Bosaile1]

dont waste on 8300's get the 6300. just because it has 8 cores does not mean its the best out of all of them. the single core perfromance is better in the 6300, i have one in my build and i dont regret getting it. as far as liquid cooling. i ordered the h60 gen 2 and im waiting for it. got 2 day shipping but its been 4 days. 80$ cooler for 60$ i couldnt pass it up. dont get anything under a h60 cause it will suck. if you go air cooling go for the thermaltake frios, hyper 212 evo, nzxt havik 120mm and 140mm, coolermaster geminii s254 and of course the dark knight by xigmatek