Will this heatsink work?

Enotic

Canada59 Posts

June 05 2013 23:38 GMT

I have an I5 2500k and I want to overclock it to 4.0 ghz. Will the Cosair H40 work? It's on sale for 34 dollars. Thanks.

skyR

Canada13817 Posts

June 05 2013 23:41 GMT

Yes it'd work but anything below an H80 is not worth it.

Cyro

United Kingdom20340 Posts

June 05 2013 23:41 GMT

It's pretty bad for 34 dollars AFAIK. 4ghz on sandy bridge is hardly an overclock too

You probably want a Hyper 212+ for ~$20

Amui

Canada10567 Posts

June 05 2013 23:42 GMT

On June 06 2013 08:38 Enotic wrote:
I have an I5 2500k and I want to overclock it to 4.0 ghz. Will the Cosair H40 work? It's on sale for 34 dollars. Thanks.

You can get it to 4 on stock cooler. If you plan on going to 4.3-4.5, that's when I'd look to a 3rd party cooler.

Enotic

Canada59 Posts

June 05 2013 23:52 GMT

Thanks for the quick reply. Cyro, the hyper 212 is the same price as the Cosair 34 at NCIX and newegg. What's better between the two. I'd love tp get a good one for 20 $

crms

United States11933 Posts

June 05 2013 23:55 GMT

i run my 2500k at 4.5 with a hyper 212 and have no cooling issues. take that for what it's worth.

Cyro

United Kingdom20340 Posts

June 05 2013 23:59 GMT

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

$25 but you might find it for $20 on some random site if $5 matters to you. The "newer version" is the evo, which is more expensive but not really better performance

I'd take the 212 over a h40

Enotic

Canada59 Posts

June 06 2013 00:09 GMT

Thanks a lot. TL always delivers.

Enotic

Canada59 Posts

June 06 2013 03:25 GMT

Purchased the 212 EVO for 29 dollars. Overclocked the cpu to 4.8ghz. Ran prime95 for 30 minutes and averaged 75c. Iam impressed.

Cyro

United Kingdom20340 Posts

June 06 2013 04:40 GMT

#10

What voltage? And you should note max temps; not just averages (:

Enotic

Canada59 Posts

June 06 2013 14:35 GMT

#11

Average max temp was 75. At first one core hit 81 then they cooled Dow n. Voltage 1.32. Was stable all night.

Cyro

United Kingdom20340 Posts

June 06 2013 14:47 GMT

#12

That's really sweet. How did you get to the 1.32 value? I'm suprised by how easily you took this =P

especially considering you said 4ghz before

Enotic

Canada59 Posts

June 06 2013 19:00 GMT

#13

I watched a YouTube video for my mobo and cpu. He did 1.35 but I wanted to try less and it was stable. Thanks for the compliment I guess my first attempt at installing a heatsink with thermal paste went well.

Alryk

United States2718 Posts

June 06 2013 19:03 GMT

#14

We should refer to this thread when people don't want to over clock, haha.

Cyro

United Kingdom20340 Posts

June 07 2013 11:01 GMT

#15

You should probably try lowering further for basic testing, if you can go 1.32 4.8 then you have a better than normal CPU, you might be able to do 1.3 or 1.28 etc. See how low you can make pass 5 mins IBT, if it's not much lower then just stay with that you have, but if it is then you can lower it and get better temps, or go up 100mhz etc. If you were not crashing, you have no idea how good the CPU is

Enotic

Canada59 Posts

June 07 2013 14:15 GMT

#16

Cyro, Do you want me to push it to 5ghz at 1.3? Challenge accepted. I will try tonight when I get back from work. Hospital time!

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