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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Cooling Question
DVA5151
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 Posted onPost created on December 17 2013 10:48 ET by Chuck Dreier
I'm putting the final specs together for a new i7 4770K system. My only remaining item is the CPU cooler. Here's the question. If I can achieve 4.3 or 4.4 overclock with a good air cooler, will I be satisfied with FSX performance including the usual addons? I don't really want to go with water, H100i, but will IF the extra .2-3 boost will be worth it. Mainly, I'm concerned about the increased noise. Thoughts? Thanks.


DVA9545
Senior Captain, B777-200
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 Posted onPost created on December 17 2013 15:10 ET by Thiago Braga
H100i a must. I love mine.


AFV744
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 Posted onPost created on December 17 2013 16:28 ET by Bill Gardiner
I have the H100 and installed it almost 2 years ago and the only time I ever think about it is reading posts like this. Totally maintenance free and absolutely no problems.

Bill Gardiner

Senior Captain, B747-400
DVA10131
Captain, MD-11
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 Posted onPost created on December 17 2013 18:44 ET by Robbie Johnson
An air cooler is fine for most overclocking. I have a Hyper 212 Evo on my personal build and even it keeps my 3570k @ 4.6 under 70 running P95. For client builds I almost always go with a closed loop cooler mainly because there are less problems in shipping them; other than that they perform similarly (~5C cooler with an H100) and need about the same amount of maintenance so for the most part you are just fine with an air cooler, especially for OCs under 4.5. For noise I find that the H100 with stock fans is slightly louder under normal operation and especially on startup, but neither are particularly loud under normal conditions.

On a side note, is there any particular reason you are going with a 4770k over an 4670k? Unless you are using heavily threaded applications you won't see any benefit by going with the i7 over an i5.


DVA5151
Captain, B777-200

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Columbia, SC USA

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 Posted onPost created on December 17 2013 19:18 ET by Chuck Dreier
Robbie, I guess I'm a disciple of Nick N. I've never caught up to the performance curve and have been running FS9 on an i7-920 as a result. Rather than lag behind I'm following his recommendations even though it may be overkill. I'm aware of the non h/t for FSX. BTW, I see you're in Charleston; I'm just up the road in Columbia. Are you a computer builder?


DVA10131
Captain, MD-11
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 Posted onPost created on December 18 2013 00:19 ET by Robbie Johnson
It's up to you which one you go with, but for FS/Gaming builds the money can usually be better spent on other areas of the build. And yes, I'm a computer builder.



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