Want to cool an i7 4970K OC'ed at 4.4 GHZ with this, currently have a H60 (75 degrees tops with Prime), do you think I'll experience way higher temps?
388536
I had this on my i5-4690k running at stock speeds and it was hitting mid 60s under max load. Unless you are trying to make an ITX build I would highly recommend you just stick with liquid cooling.
388537
I think the answer to this is pretty obvious. This cooler is just barely better than the stock one. Only meant to cool 40Watts or so.
388538
This cooler is designed for TDPs of 95W max. The 4790K has a TDP of 88W, so technically this fan should work as long as you leave the speeds at stock, but overclocking is going to put the CPU beyond what this heatsink is designed to handle.
388539
I think you mean 4790K, right? I don't recommend this cooler for "K" type processors and overclocking. It's fine for the non-K versions of these high-end processors--see other reviews including mine--but you'd find it to be an inadequate solution as soon as you put any kind of a decent load on the processor.
495459
For reference I have a core i7-950 @ 4.0 GHz and my H70 keeps it at 70C running LinX. You temps seem a bit high. I would add another fan for a push/pull set-up. This will help a lot! Just note that the stock fans are not up to the task. I'm running Scythe Gentle Typhoon AP-29s. The deal is that the fin density on both the H70 and the H50 is fairly high (24 fins per inch) so fans with high static pressure are a must. The very least I would use are Gentle Typhoon AP-15s. These fans are MUCH quieter than stock and cool better at the same time.
723956
I de-lided my cpu 4770k and put this on it to drop temps I have corsair h105 make sure you do your research before you attempt
2281755
Honestly with my thermal take case I kept the stock fan for my CPU because I have 3 200 mm fans, and 1 140 mm fan, it stays at a cool state and performs well with the i5 but if you have the i7 I would recommend the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus - CPU Cooler with 4 Direct Contact Heat Pipes (RR-B10-212P-G1).
2186764
I have it installed on my i7 4790k. I absolutely love it! it will benefit the noise in your PC (runs quiet) and will keep your CPU cool very efficiently. Definitely worth it
1398463
Not that great for overclocking. I'm using it with a 65w I5 CPU and it runs plenty cool. Overclocking would go beyond it's thermal rating pretty quick. I recommend one of their larger CPU coolers.
418293
I stuck with the stock fans and they've worked for me - quiet, no overheating. That said, I should mention that I'm not overclocking anything in this build and did the best I could to keep wires out of the airflow channels (cable management is still a challenge in this form factor, but if you're doing it for cooling and don't care what things look like once the case is closed, you're fine). I'm running an i5 4670K with stock heat sink/fan, Corsair Vengeance RAM, 2 x 2TB hard drives.
937447
I haven't OCed my rig yet and I don't plan to until I get a decent cooler. From what I've gathered, it doesn't look like the stock cooler can handle an overclocked CPU. So, I suggest you wait until you get your cooler. Plus, this CPU is plenty powerful out of the box.
241119
I use a Cool Master with heat conductors on top of my CPU. I use this CPU for gaming and I never see it above 61 degrees. (Variable: On top of desk in a well air current room.)
345575
That will depend on many variables, such as how hard you push you machine, the clock speed you run it at, the amount of air circulation, as well as the ambient air temperature in the location you are pulling the air from. That being said, my H60 does an excellent job of cooling my AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (Thuban) cool even while gaming and overclocked to 3.6+GHz, never exceeding 120F while playing BF3 or ARMA3 and just a few degrees F over ambient when idle.
479564
I've overclocked 2 of these processors the first would do 4.6 and the second will do 4.7 with vcore at a max of 1.4 under full load. Your results might be better or worse, I'm using custom watercooling to keep temps under 70c and an Asus Rampage IV Black.
1747150
yes, absolutely! i know because my second computer has this combo on it. specifically, i have the 965 black edition cpu, model # HDZ965FBGMBOX. in case you're interested in overclocking, i have been running at a very stable 4.2ghz with reasonable temps since i set this rig up. don't be surprised if you see your motherboard temps higher than other boards. i sit around 42 cel. after having added a couple good case fans. have fun!
1763586
I don't know. I can tell you that my normal clock I-5 when it is worked moderately hard will raise the CPU temperature and call in the aux fans. I would recommend the NH u9s or greater. You might consider liquid cooling.
1019791
Depends on the CPU but I am running an i7-3770k @4.4ghz and mine never gets above 60c (using realtempGT) on full folding load with GPU folding as well. Thats with a corsair h100. A customer loop will likely do better.
1552112
Well I have my 4770k at a solid 4.5 ghz overclock and I own a gtx 780 ti that's also overclocked to about 1.1 Ghz and that is just running fine without even consuming 3/4 of it so I feel you could do it but just depends how comfortable you are running your system almost reaching its Maxs on the psu
155628
No. the stock heat sink has pre-installed thermal paste on it. (so good for a first timer). and if you are looking for a non OE heatsink i used the Arttic Freezer 7 Pro 2 (also has pre-installed thermal paste). it keeps my temps down quite a bit (average is around 40-50 Degrees C, which is pretty good). if you are going to be gaming with this CPU i suggest getting a non OE heatsink.
1468239
Idle temperatures are around 45-55C on mine. Maxing it out on Prime95 brings it up to about 80C, which is kind of hot, but not "OMG the CPU is going to overheat" hot.