First Time Overclocking

Neph09 · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:58

With the new SSD's out its the perfect time to upgrade my system.

Bought the system with the help of you guys last year in august and have been running it stock since i bought it.

Always planned on overclocking but was going to wait till I was doing a major upgrade on the system. New Hard drive is a good time.

I have been reading a variety of posts and reviews on coolers and wondered if anyone has any advice. As i have read some coolers are far larger than their picture really shows so below is a picture of the inside of my case:

Basically if anyone recommends stuff i want it to fit well especially if I fill all 4 slots of RAM i don't want the fan interfering.

I have seen this recomended:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-010-TI&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=

and this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-072-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=

Any Recommendations?

Current Spec is:

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3
Core i5 760 @2.80Ghz
4GB Ram ( Possible Upgrade Not sure if i need 8 really)
1TB Drive (And SSD soon)

trisp · 5 Apr 2011 at 21:07

I would say akasa as i have it on one of my other pc and its great at cooling, also i would dusting your pc and buy some new fans for your case as i can see a140mm fan gap ^^

Antilo · 5 Apr 2011 at 21:34

I suggest one of these

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-CS

Good price, cools well, although it wont fit with tall ram (with heatsinks etc.)

Neph09 · 5 Apr 2011 at 21:44

trisp said:
I would say akasa as i have it on one of my other pc and its great at cooling, also i would dusting your pc and buy some new fans for your case as i can see a140mm fan gap ^^

The fan gap is that the gap to the right of the top fan? I considered putting in another but wasn't really sure i needed another

yea i plan on cleaning out the PC before i put new components in.

Any recommendation on quiet fans? I think they are a bit more expensive but i don't mind as long as they are quieter. Any particular make for quiet fans?

Antilo said:
I suggest one of these

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-CS

Good price, cools well, although it wont fit with tall ram (with heatsinks etc.)

The RAM i have and would buy if i upgraded does have heat sinks on it.