I'm here with another question. So at this point I'm in the process of moving from AMD to intel, going from my Athlon II x4 640 to a 3570K. The board I'll be using is the MSI Z77 M-power, PSU will be the Corsair AX-850, and the case will soon be the Corsair Graphite 600t White. I'm aware both coolers will fit in the case, but I just can't decide if the H100 is worth the extra money. Overclocking will be happening, so I want my CPU running nice and cool. Note: I am currently using a Coolermaster V8 CPU cooler on the AMD chip - with a little OC of .4ghz.
Honestly, the price:performance ratio isn't really worth it between the 3570K and the 3770K -- well, not for me anyway. The 3770K will give me a few more FPS in-game and hyperthreading. I don't need hyperthreading, so I would prefer spending the extra money on a cooler. Thanks for the reply, though.
I asume hyperthreading is not important because the rig is for gaming in that case the performance gain from overclocking wont make a big diffrence ither. I would spend the extra money on gfx an ssd a nice mouse something else.
If you really want to overclock then the h80 will do 4ghz
The video card I'm not going to upgrade until the next generation of cards. I currently have a Sapphire 2gb 6950 dirt 3 edition. Already have a Crucial M4 128gb that I'm super happy with, and have a razer deathadder v2 -- which I adore. The soul reason for this upgrade is so my ram can actually run at it's full speed, and to stop the CPU bottlenecking my video card. Plus, Intel just has a better upgrade path at this point. Thanks for the suggestion :)
V8 is a pretty good cooler. I would just keep it (if you can get a bracket for a 1155 chipset). You most likely can get a 4ghz OC with it no problem. Save the money.
He is using an Athlon II, like hell it isn't a bottleneck.
Part 2 is mostly true intel sockets and CPUs are pretty locked in
His GPU is only one generation behind and plenty powerful.
Also H100 is a great cooler and IB does tend to run a bit hot, you could probably get away with less but your temps are far more likely to hit uncomfortable temps
I have one and I'm nothing but happy with it. They are pricey, but if you can grab one on a sale they're gold. Got mine for $60 I think from ncix a while back.
That's twice what you can get a H100 for and also requires maintainance. The pipes cracking is incredibly rare, like .001% and even if they do Corsair will replace every part.
If I were going to stick with air, I would most probably just stay with the Coolermaster V8 I currently have. But the IB chips do get fairly toasty, so I want a bit better cooling.
Commissar everyday all I have to do it browse the thread for five mintues and I can find you making a fool of yourself. Do you do drunk posting, because it's probably just like drunk texting, a mistake...