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No one can answer that question with certainty, as chips OC differently. Likely you'll need to increase voltage to get that OC, which definitely means more heat. You should be able to hit 4.2-4.3 without a voltage increase. In your place, I'd stop there and be content.
 
I would be fine with 4.4 but below that not really, if i have to, ok sure. But overall, which fans should I get? SP120 high or quite?


PS: CPU's OC by changing the core to like 45 for 4.4 and 44 to 4.4 etc and changing the voltage to 1.25v etc?
 
Onus - I will not use the stock fan because , again, my dad might not want to buy again off amazon (I pay him in cash and he uses his card) right after paying to ship the cases WHICH GO to his work which is a pain to get so I dont want to bother him. Plus, the stock fans are ugly 😛

StickG1 - Ok Ok ill get the darn PC first! xD I just want know which FANS i should get, QUITE or High (SPs)
 


DO NOT get the quiet editions for a CPU heatsink or front case intake. They BARELY move air.
 


^This,

Cooler looking fans is one thing, but aesthetics is a game for people with money to blow. With a tight budget I would think your $30 spent on more fans could be better spent elsewhere. Like on a new mouse.


I think I've decided to cheap out a little bit on the PSU. It's still a decent unit though, Hardwaresecrets had nothing but good things to say about it's 550w bigger brother.

ENERMAX NAXN 450W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817194090

Still can't decide on a case. I wanted something super small. I think I need to just find a mini-ITX board for this rig. And until I decide I will hold off on the PSU incase I need a smaller form factor.
 
I saw that it was a CWT. I think I have to shell out the dough for a modular anyway. Small case with a ton of unused cables, too messy. I'll have to spend the $70 for a Super Flower or Seasonic.
 
Ok so i didnt get much response in the overclocking section so i'll ask it here cause im curious/worried. When i run prime highest temps i see on the mobo or processor are 56c with processor at 4.2 ghz. When i play bf4 though for an hour or so and check HWmonitor it shows mobo max temp is 74c. Im confused because prime is putting more load on the mobo yet not causing it to run as hot? Why would bf4 cause it to run hot on only the mobo?

 
Who knows if that's even a relevant temp sensor. If it is getting that hot it would likely be the VRMs. So get a spare fan, if you have one lying around, set it up on top of your GPU blowing directly at the motherboard where the VRM heatsink and NB heatsink is. See if it makes a difference in that temperature. Touch the heatsink to see if it's noticeably hot. If it does, then you will need more airflow if that 74C bothers you. Or a remount with some better thermal pads and/or slightly more tension on the heatsink. If it doesn't change anything, I would probably not worry about it. Not all software gets the temp sensors 100% right 100% of the time. A lot of boards have sensors that report temps being all over the place.
 
azzazel_99, I would have to guess the extra heat from the video card is warming the inside of the system. With the chipset right next to the video card, it may be detecting extra heat in that area. Do you still have that side fan bringing cool air into the video card area?

Mirakledba, Yes, I had posted some images of my SilverStone FT03(smallish) and SG05(small form factor) based systems :)
 
Yes the side fan of my haf x case is bringing in cool air and the gpu stays at like 50c under full load. 2 front intake fans 1 side intake and a back exhaust with 1 top exhaust. Just kind odd it only does it when I play bf4 and not when I run prime95 or stress test the gpu. I will run a gpu stress test tonight and prime95 at the same time and see what that does maybe? Only thing thats changed is the multiplier on the processor and the gpu is running its stock overclock.
 
I think I'm going to do the SG02 in white for this PC. I had an old black one with a FX6300 build in it that I traded to Ry. It's not the prettiest case on the planet, I like the mini-ITX Silverstones more but then I'd have to find a new board. I want a mATX case that's as small as possible.
 
azzazel_99, Let us know how it goes, but watch out as some gpu stress tests will not use all the gpu power unless they have some cpu power left(I think I had to leave one core out of prime when I tried a similar test.). Heat from all parts working together does tend to do things like this. If you have a spare far, you can run case open and use that fan to try to see the location of this sensor. Please note some board have false readings or sensors that are not connected(but most times those do stay at on temp all the time).

stickg1, Looks like a good case, just remember it has limited space for the cpu cooler. If your power supply has no issues with a bit of heat, something that blows air UP may be an option to get the heat out of the case.


 
Although CPU and GPU temps were good (CPU in mid 50's, GPU perhaps 70), I can't help but think that GPU splash heat may have been what killed my original Z77E-ITX board. That was in a Lian Li PC-Q08R with both rear and top fans running. I could feel a decent amount of heat rising from it, so I'm thinking the mobo may have been toasted.
 
The gpu barely pumps out heat in bf4. I can put my hand over the exhaust area on the gpu and there is some heat but the temps arent getting outta the 50's normally. Now my 560ti classified that thing moved some heat and you could tell. It hovered around 67c to 72c
 
It may have more than heat it self. I mean if you move air faster over a cpu cooler or use a larger cooler, the temps go down, but you are still dissipating XXX number of watts into the case. The stock/reference coolers remove the heat right away.

You are feeling by the fan and not the back of the card for heat right?
 
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