Is water cooling a good idea for my AMD Athlon X4...

[Benmccardle]

Is water cooling a good idea for an AMD Athlon X4 760K (FM2) 4MB 100W Black box edition to have a water cooling system, if I use the air cooling it comes with will it get extremely hot? If you recommend water cooling how often will I need to replace the liquid with in the radiator? Note: The radiator is the Corsair H80i. Yet another semi-useful NOTE: the processor is 3.80 Ghz.

 

[Gam3r01]

The stock cooler is good for stock speeds, thats why its there.
You dont have to replace the liquid as its a closed loop.
I wouldnt recommend it though, an expensive cooler on a midrange CPU isnt the best, and there are air coolers that perform better cheaper. (Something like the 212 EVO or Noctua Nh-D14)

 

[wh3resmycar]

if you can afford it why not? the h80i will prove useful once you start to overlock.

 

[okcnaline]

If you're over clocking, it's basically required to get a water cooling system, as 4.2Ghz is regularly over clocking speeds.

I recommend Cooler Master Seidon 120V. It's quite quiet and has a nice RPM.