CPU Coolers

Sour Karma · 7 Jul 2013 at 19:33

I am going to be running an AMD FX-6300 and attempt to overclock it to 4.5GHz, the GPU will be a GTX 660ti.
The question is, will i need to buy a CPU cooler and if so how much and any recommendations?

Thanks

mickyflinn · 7 Jul 2013 at 21:26

You will need a decent aftermarket cooler to keep temps down. Below are 2 decent coolers that will do the job but make sure they fit in your case.

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1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £73.48 (includes shipping : £8.75).

Jumper118 · 8 Jul 2013 at 08:45

if you have low profile ram and a lot of space in your case, you could get one of these and go higher than 4.5ghz> http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-099-TR&groupid=701&catid=2330 or http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-020-AL&groupid=701&catid=2330

doyll · 8 Jul 2013 at 14:45

Matterhorn is very good cooler and one of the best values..
Silver Arrow SB-E Extreme is one of the best coolers and one of the best values.