cooling solutions

[Orion]

sorry for the newbish post everyone, but im about to become the owner of an e8500, and i really like to speed it up a bit. was initially thinking i would water cool the thing, but i was wondering how big of a difference it would make between water and air. also, any specific type of cooler you would recommend (water or air), would be greatly appreciated. thanks all.

 

[Orion]

oh, and a case. im looking at an aerocool xt3 extreem, but ill listen to recommendations for that, as well.

 

[duktayp]

single fan radiator, and just cpu loop would be good i think? not so much palaver.

 

[Carel]

Asus Arctic Square

The Asus Arctic Square is an excelent fan cooler & it's inexpensive, low noise & can connect to your Motherboard using a 4-pin fan connector. The fan supports automatic PWM controlling, so no external switches & other junk are neede, since this cooler is able to adjust the fan speeds itself & it's very silent & cools like a bomb.

 

[SwaleSmith]

single fan radiator, and just cpu loop would be good i think? not so much palaver.

Yes I would go with this the difference is well worth it if you will overclock!!!!