Looking to improve your skills? Here are some tips for beating the clock.
Looking to improve your skills? Here are some tips for beating the clock.
I'm planning to boost my PC's clock speed from 3.5ghz to about 3.8 to 4.1ghz after installing a cooler.
Living in Aus means winters are cool (10-16°C), but summers can reach 40°C to 50°C.
I'm concerned about the temperature inside the case during intense gaming sessions, especially with games like FarCry4, GtaV, Sims4, and many CoD titles.
I'm considering an AIO cooler or an air cooler, but most options won't fit my current setup.
My case has a maximum cooler height of 148mm, so I want something compact.
I'm aiming to spend roughly $50 to $80 on the cooler.
Current specs: Msi 970 CPU, Fx-6300 CPU, 8GB RAM, GTX 750ti GPU, 2TB SSD, Antec 750w PSU, Corsair case.
In such conditions, a tower air cooler is the optimal choice as it effectively expels hot air from the CPU and case. Other coolers rely on ambient air, which may not perform well at 50°C. If the space has air conditioning, those factors become less important. The issue lies with most tower coolers being around 160mm tall, whereas the Noctua NH-U9S would be a suitable fit.
In such conditions, a tower air cooler is the optimal choice as it effectively expels hot air from the CPU and case. Other coolers rely on ambient air, which may not perform well at 50°C. If your environment uses air conditioning, those factors become less important. The issue lies with most tower coolers being around 160mm tall, whereas the Noctua NH-U9S would be a suitable fit.
That is a good cooler B_R_M has recommended to you, but since you do live in Australia when you remove the stock cooler that is also cooling the voltage regulators around the CPU socket, I would like to recommend another Noctua alternative. The Noctua NH-L12 will not only cool the CPU very well but also cool the voltage regulators around the CPU Socket too. It is within your price range, and Amazon delivers all over the world, as far as I know. Edit Additionally: No matter which cooler recommendation you decide to go with, in the link below scroll down and read over question 6, which is regarding the correct mounting orientation of your new heat pipe air cooler. There is a right and wrong way to mount them.