Which cooler for FX 6300 overclock?

[Nick Powell]

I am so confused over which cooler is the best to buy with a combination of price and quality. It seems a lot of people are split between different coolers so any advice for this build on which cooler I should buy (max $120) would be much appreciated!

AMD FX 6300 (going to overclock)
ASRock Extreme 3 Motherboard
Sapphire R9 280x Vapor GPU
Kingston 8GB RAM
2x 500GB WD HDD's
550W Thermaltake PSU

Thanks in advance!

 

[Ezo Legendz]

h100i or h100i gtx - - M8 why dont you sell ur cpu and put whatever you get into the 120 and get the fx 8320 or 8350

 

[madmatt30]

You'll be limited by that mb as much as the cooler IMO.
Pointless spending big money for that reason.
A 212 evo or raijintek themis will have no trouble around the 4.5ghz mark which imo is the sensible max limit in your case.

 

[Nick Powell]

h100i or h100i gtx - - M8 why dont you sell ur cpu and put whatever you get into the 120 and get the fx 8320 or 8350

From almost all of the forums I have read there simply isn't that much of a performance boost which justifies the price of an 8320 or 8350. People I have talked to recommend I just OC my current cpu with a good quality cooler which will almost (or will) match those cpu's. Feel free to tell me if it is different!

 

[madmatt30]

^ id agree with them - 4.2ghz on the 6300 does the job for most people.