i5-4690K to the limit

Duartico

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I want to overclock my soon mine i5-4690K to a very high level (4/4.5Ghz), and with that, will come a lot of heat. Has anyone got good liquid cooling suggestions that would do well in this stituation. (Note: The case is a Corsair SPEC-02)
 
Depends on the motherboard and RAM you use. If it's low-profile RAM like Corsair Vengeance LP or any heatsink that doesn't really stick out over the DIMM, and you have a motherboard which' top heatsink isn't taller than your RAM, you should be able to fit an H100i in.

Otherwise you'll be limited to 120mm radiators.
 
Depends on the motherboard and RAM you use. If it's low-profile RAM like Corsair Vengeance LP or any heatsink that doesn't really stick out over the DIMM, and you have a motherboard which' top heatsink isn't taller than your RAM, you should be able to fit an H100i in.

Otherwise you'll be limited to 120mm radiators.

Here is my Case, RAM and MOBO:

Corsair SPEC-02
MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150
Kingston Savage 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600

If you can figure out if the cooler you suggested works here, it will be abig pain saver.
 
I can't tell you that it will fit 100% certainly dude.

What you could do is just buy it, then try to fit it in your case before you put the block on the CPU (just leave the plastic protection cover on the cooler). Worst case scenario; it won't fit, you send it back to the shop, get a refund, buy the H80 GT that Tom suggested.

If it does fit, you'll have awesome cooling :)
 
I had mine OC'd to 4.4gHz using the defined profiles in the BIOS and my is under a H60. Temps never reached above 60C under 100% load for about 6-8 hours. Honestly as long as you have a good fan setup just a single 120mm AIO cooler should suffice. But if you want to be safe go for a 240mm or 280mm AIO cooler suchg as the H100i or H105. Just my opinion.
 
Well then,my countries shops don't accept refunding unless the parts are broken. So I can't do any testing or risk at all. Can the liquid cooling gods give me their final word and product name.
 
Afaik your country is part of the EU? Cause there's a EU law that states that customers have the right to return any internet purchase within two without a reason as long as the item is still in the same condition.
 
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