upgrade cpu waterblock

[m_fighter]

Hello All,

I have a heatkiller 3.0 cpu waterblock and i had it about 5 years now. i'm always looking to upgrade parts in my rig what's the best cpu water block to upgrade ?

thanks mike

 

[jamesriley94]

What are the rest of your specs?

You'll only see a couple of degrees difference between that and something else, and for the £50 or so it'll cost, it isn't really worth it IMO.

 

[m_fighter]

thanks for fast reply james.

i done some overclock and got it to 4.5ghz and my temps are round 65c at full load and when i try oc it any higher temp goes very high in 80c at 4.8ghz i was ganna upgrade cpu waterblock but i dont think it worth it for a couple of degrees lower. so heatkiller 3.0 still a good cpu block ?. should i replace faster fans help lower temps alot ?. thaNK YOU FOR YOUR HELP

my spec
i7 2600k
8 gb 1600 ram
asrock z68 extreme4
msi 7970
silverstone 1100 watts

 

[jamesriley94]

Yeah, the blocks still fine really.
From your spec, there isn't anything I'd really be thinking of upgrading.

What case and rads do you use?

If you're wanting to overclock further, I think adding more/better rads would show you a better performance increase than changing the block. Hell, even changing the fans on the rads could give you a better temperature difference.

 

[m_fighter]

i got silverstone RV02 + radiator sr1 560 with bitfenix 140mm Fans. my 7970 being cooled my water and i noticed my temp program I use shows 3nd core 10C hotter than the other 3 at Idle is that normal?. thanks