Corsair H100

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Overkill for a Q9550 @ 4.0GHz?

Edit: Has Corsair dropped it's support for S775?

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H100 will do 775. H100i will not however

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Thanks Rollergold, Would an H80 be better for my setup?

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What kind of temps are you getting at your current clock speeds. I've never overclocked an LGA 775 CPU so I wouldn't know what to expect. If you want to be on the safe side I would go with the H100 but the H80 should also get you that clockspeed if your temps are low enough atm.

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Well, with Prime95 blend my CPU gets up to 61c And am sure it would approach Tcase (71c) if left unattended. Maybe I'm just paranoid.

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ya but 61c is core temp not your tcase so there some more head room there if your planing on going higher on your overclock then grab a h100 or antec 920 i have owned both and they performance is very close but i like the 920 better cause of the software that comes with the 920.

if your not going any higher then i wouldnt bother if i were you my2cents with 10 years of overclocking every intel chip out there and most of amd's too

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Thanks gingerbee. I do plan to take this chip to 4GHz. Maybe 4.2GHz if it will do that. I assume that Tcase is very close to core as they are attached? Tjunction, I think for this CPU is 95c. I haven't come close to that though. Oddly enough, the "CPU Temp" read by PC Probe is lower than my motherboard temp. Probably case ambient. I don't even look at that sensor though.

I hope the Antec cooler is better quality than the fan they supplied with the P180b case I bought from them.

Edit: Just had a look at the 920. Wow, that is a bit loud don't ya think? Does the H100 do better at lower fan speed?

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Originally Posted by IRQ Conflict

Thanks gingerbee. I do plan to take this chip to 4GHz. Maybe 4.2GHz if it will do that. I assume that Tcase is very close to core as they are attached? Tjunction, I think for this CPU is 95c. I haven't come close to that though. Oddly enough, the "CPU Temp" read by PC Probe is lower than my motherboard temp. Probably case ambient. I don't even look at that sensor though.

I hope the Antec cooler is better quality than the fan they supplied with the P180b case I bought from them.

Edit: Just had a look at the 920. Wow, that is a bit loud don't ya think? Does the H100 do better at lower fan speed?

I would say yes since the H100 is a dual rad cooler. Though I would replace the fans regardless of which cooler you buy. The stock H100/H80 fans produce great pressure but they are sever grade loud. Also as a second opinion Linus did a face off of the H100i VS the H80i and the H100 handily beat the H80i
Best Type of CPU Cooler Final Answer Linus Tech Tips - YouTube

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no there both pretty damn loud but roller said its the fans that they ship with them i didnt care cause i found that with the antec software the cooler runs up when it needs to it never brother me and it was only a few feet away from my bed. but you can always switch out the fans. when it came to noise level i found both to be quite loud at max but through on some silent fans with good pressure and performance is the same if not better and it's quite