Over clocking 4670k Cooling...

[DeJay126]

I just put together a gaming rig yesterday. I have the gigabyte ud5h z87 and Haswell 4670k. I am looking to overclock it to 4.4 ghz. What cooling system would you recommend I get to keep it cool enough to run at 4.4 without overheating? Also, How reliable is gigabyte easy tune? It automatically sets my 4670k at 4.0,4.2,or 4.4

 

[fatboytyler]

Gigabyte boards are notoriously great for overclocking. As for cooling, are you buying from the US? And what kind of budget do you have on it? They range anywhere from $20 to $180.

 

[Novuake]

With haswell you want to go a decent amount for cooling. Depending on the chassis you have you can go LARGE liquid or large air, depends on your price bracket.

 

[DeJay126]

I have been scouring Newegg for cooling systems. I'm liking the Corsair h50 but I'm not sure if this is enough for a 4.4 overclock. I have 2 120mm fans on top of the case for exhaust, one rear 120mm for exhaust, a side 220 for intake, and a 120mm intake in front for the HDD's. I have a lot of air flow, so I'm not real sure if I NEED a huge liquid system or not.

 

[fatboytyler]

Haswell produces a significant amount more of heat than Ivy Bridge. I would recommend the Swift Tech H220 if you can find someone/place from outside the US to order it from (Since Asetek got pissed that their sales were dropping and filed lawsuit against them in the US). If not then the Corsair H100 would be my suggestion.

 

[Novuake]

No it won't be enough unless you have THE GOLDEN CHIP! 😀

If you are looking to spend about that amount you would be better of with Air cooling.

This for example : http://pcpartpicker.com/mr/amazon/phanteks-cpu-cooler-phtc12dxbk

 

[DeJay126]

I will gladly spend over $100 on liquid cooling to save my processor! I really want liquid vs air. Is the H100 a good set up?

 

[Novuake]

What chassis do you have?
If it supports the H100 then get it and slap some high performance fans on it.

 

[Y0GI]

I suggest that you have a look at the Noctua NH D14. It is the cooler that Tom's uses to compare other systems to:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/LGA-2011-i7-3960X-Air-Overclocking,3130.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/h100i-elc240-seidon-240m-lq320,3380-14.html
Also come out high on AnandTech:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6830/cpu-air-cooler-roundup-six-coolers-from-noctua-silverstone-and-cooler-master

Yogi

 

[DeJay126]

I have a sentence black box v2.2 I'm not sure if it supports the h100 buy I think it does.. It's got a big slot up top for two 120mm fans... I'll verify when I get home.

 

[DeJay126]

As for gigabyte easy tune... Is that a reliable way of overclocking? It has presets for the 4670k to overclock to 4.0,4.2,amd 4.4 but I wanna make sure its reliable before I overclock with it.