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alright guys :)

Was checkin out this cooler earlier, what sort of overclocking speeds could I reach using an amd phenom x4 965 BE 3.4ghz with the V10?

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Also how would this compare to the Corsair H50 watercooled cooler?
 
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If you want to get a monolithic CPU cooler, then I would strongly suggest going for the Thermalright Silver Arrow over the V10, it performs better and is quieter.

I would give the H50 a miss as it is about on-par with most high-end air coolers (not as good as the silver arrow), but it costs a lot and is relatively noisy (you have the high-speed fan and the pump to drive).
 
Supposedly ripjaw RAM will indeed just fit with a silver arrow. Also, the Antec 300 is known to fit the Silver Arrow cooler.

You may also want to invest in a cable like this so you don't have to run the 12V CPU power connection over the graphics card (and the CPU cooler).
 
cmndr_andi said:
Supposedly ripjaw RAM will indeed just fit with a silver arrow. Also, the Antec 300 is known to fit the Silver Arrow cooler.

You may also want to invest in a cable like this so you don't have to run the 12V CPU power connection over the graphics card (and the CPU cooler).
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Thanks for mentioning that cable, I didnt think to get one! :(
that picture looks like a bloody tight fit haha! what a beast! also because it has two fans, ive only used cpu coolers with a single fan to plug into the cpu socket on the MB, where do I plug the other 3pin if I dont have another on the board, buy a connector? my other Antec TriCool 120/140mm case fans have the 3pin then another connector (can't remember the name of them, the 4pin female/male adapter)
 
The Corsair H60 is much better than the H50 - cooling performance is slightly better but it's a lot quieter.

You can't beat the Silver Arrow for cooling though, but it is MASSIVE. Unless you want to push an overclock a long way, I'd probably go for the H60.
 
tanner_1988 said:
Thanks for mentioning that cable, I didnt think to get one! :(
that picture looks like a bloody tight fit haha! what a beast! also because it has two fans, ive only used cpu coolers with a single fan to plug into the cpu socket on the MB, where do I plug the other 3pin if I dont have another on the board, buy a connector? my other Antec TriCool 120/140mm case fans have the 3pin then another connector (can't remember the name of them, the 4pin female/male adapter)
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As for the fan connection- use this fan splitter. And connect the "motherboard" end to the CPU_FAN connection. More info here.

I agree the H60 is a nice cooler and it seems to be a nice step up from the H50, also it is much more compact than the Silver arrow. However, if you get past the physical size of the silver arrow, it is a better cooler and it is quieter (under full load the H60's fans spin up to 1700rpm). With the Silver arrow you can set the fan to 500rpm and it still achieves excellent cooling performance with very low noise.
 
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Either the H60 or the Silver arrow will happily cool the Phenom II X4 as far as you can push it. However, these chips kick out a lot of heat when overclocked, so the thermalright would be best for this job.

As for hitting 4GHz, you may well - but with these CPUs it is more to do with the individual chip once you have sufficient cooling. Some will hit 4GHz while others won't.
 
I do like the H60 simply because of it's size, fan noise doesnt really bother me as my pc already sounds like a jet. When overclocking, im guessing I use AMD Overdrive? If it was to mess up or go too far, would the pc just restart back to default settings? or perminantly damage my chip?

Thanks guys, really appreciate all the help :)
 
No, you really want to overclock in the BIOS to do it properly.

When overclocking, the general method you should apply is to slowly overclock in stages, at each point raising the clockspeed and voltages then running stress test applciations to test whether the system is stable. If one of the stages is unstable then either the stress tester will sense the instability and stop the test, the system will crash during the test (BSOD then reset the PC and load optimised defaults), crash on windows load up or crash during POST. You then try the same settings again, but with slightlu higher voltages and see if that allows the system to be stable. If you do it this way then you won't get close to the big worries when overclocking: frying the chip due to excessive heat and frying the chip due to excessive voltage.

That said, if you are using the M4A78LT-M board then you may find your overclocking options somewhat limited - but you may as well try and push it as far as the board will let you.
 
Yeah Ive just looked.. I don't see any option in BIOS for O.C.

On a different note, with regards to overclocking the gtx 480, im gonna order a decent cooler for it, Zalman vf3000 I think it's called. Ive downloaded a program called MSI Afterburner and this seems pretty straight forward to overclock... is it as simple as it seems? :) :)
 
Afterburner is absolutely as easy as it looks. It's great for monitoring GFX temperatures too. Use Unigine Heaven as your test when you are overclocking, and keep a sharp eye out for artifacts as you go.
 
If fan noise doesn't really bother you then I would probably suggest keeping the GTX 480 stock cooler in place and perhaps holding off overclocking the GPU. Even at the best of times installing an aftermarket cooler on a graphics card is a hair-raising experience and it voids the warranty. Personally, I wouldn't do it until the warranty term has run out.
 
With a card such as the 480, the best way to cool it is with a custom fan profile. The stock fan settings are rather poor tbh, on my 470's with stock fan profile, theyll hit 80c before the fan ramps up. I use a custom profile in afterburner which increases fan speed to 60% at 60c. As mentioned, removing a gpu cooler can be pretty daunting.
 
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What are artifacts? :-/ Sorry lol I'm abit of a newbie to this O.C thing.
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Artifacts are graphics errors that occur when you push a GPU too hard. Look out for flickering textures, single pixel spots of bright colours, jagged lines, big solid blocks of colour, or other weirdness. All are signs you need to back off your overclock a bit!
 
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