Is this upgrade worth it for gaming purposes?

[Mousemonkey]

is this the same cooler your looking at?:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/253477

if so its £8 less on ebuyer

The Pro version costs a couple of quid more but has a little fan at the bottom to keep the VRM's cool, both seem to be a step up from the Freezer 7 Pro though.

 

[kabeda]

Just upgrade to a GTX 460 if you want a fps boost, but if you want an increase in overall performance then upgrade to the i5 2500k. You can get a GTX 460 SE 1 GB for 130 $ on newegg

 

[johnthesmilers]

try the sapphire 5850 extreme,,it outpermorf the gtx 460 and sell at lower price

 

[michaeld_83]

The artic freezer pro is quieter (apparently) which is good as I sometimes play games in my room when my girlfriend is asleep and I sometimes get kicked out (like last night) when my current stock fan goes nuts (one core is constantly at 69 degrees under load). On the other hand the hyper 212 is apparently a bit better at cooling, it is a toss up.

I also hope they fit into my case, I can't believe how long they are.


I am thinking of getting the cooler, sticking with the Q6600 until a good sale comes along on a more modern CPU and getting a new GPU now. There is alot of talk of the GTX 560ti being an excellent card and with the money of a GTX 260 going towards it it may be a good idea.

 

[king smp]

MS flight sim is famous for being a cpu intensive game
not sure about morrowind

definitley better to deal with it for now until later this year
with ivy bridge,sndy bridge E and bulldozer
too much is going on