Best cooler for i7 920 OC'ed to 4ghz

Hayleywow · #1 17-02-10, 04:38 AM

Hey Guys

Can anyone tell me what the best cpu cooler is for a i7 920 OC'ed to 4ghz, at present I have the H50 Corsair cooler, but under load its rubbish, under 100% load my cpu is going over 90 degree's

Any help would be ace......

Haven't got round to Watercooling yet, just haven't had the time

Cheers

Hay

vampgto · #2 17-02-10, 05:39 AM

Hi

How do you have the fan(s) installed on your H50, Corsiar recomends that you have them pulling in cool air into the case.

I thought H50 were meant to be quite good. Are you using 2 fans.

I cant reli suggest any air coolers as i have not used them myself but check reveiws.

Ive herd good things about Tuniq Tower 120, Coolermaster v8 and Thermalright Ultra 120 but i would suggest looking up reviews first.

You could lower your clocks till you get round to installing watercooling unit.

Tom said hes gana be doing a big reveiw on all the heatsinks sometime in the future so if u can hold out for that.

hope this helps

tinytomlogan · #3 17-02-10, 10:00 AM

The Vcore is the information we need mainly hayles. Have you got the pump plugged into a 12v line just to make sure the mobo isnt slowing it down?

Hayleywow · #4 17-02-10, 01:38 PM

I haver only 1 fan attached to the H50, as I couldn't fit another as the pump was in the way. the pump is plugged straight into the PSU and so is the fan.

According to CPU-Z the CPU Vcore is 1.34

vampgto · #5 17-02-10, 01:54 PM

You should plug the fan and pump into fan headers on your mobo. Then make sure in your bios that the pump is running at full speed for best performance.

Hayleywow · #6 17-02-10, 08:48 PM

So many people have told me to plug them straight into the PSU, i'm confused now

thestepster · #7 17-02-10, 09:22 PM

i used to have mines plugged to the psu directly hayley

tinytomlogan · #8 17-02-10, 09:45 PM

Plug it into the cpu to test hayles, if the temps drop adjust the bios till that matches the direct method.

I prefer direct tbh you dont have to worry then.

Hayleywow · #9 17-02-10, 09:47 PM

So am thinking of changing the H50 but what to replace it with????

tinytomlogan · #10 17-02-10, 10:52 PM

wait till you have the money for water hayles. dont waste any more money. We all know you dont actualy NEED it at 4ghz either. Drop it back to 3.6 for now and save for a decent water loop.