Is this any good?

timmyt · 29 Oct 2010 at 23:50

Is this cooler any good.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-010-TI&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=
I currently have an I7 920@stock speeds and would like to overclock.

This will be my first overclock so nothing extreme. The highest I'll probably go is 3.2GHz but probably stay at 3GHz depending on temp.

bifday2k · 29 Oct 2010 at 23:55

Yup that cooler is more then fine for your needs, and will allow you to go far higher then 3/3.2ghz if u so wished to at a later date.

Sayso · 30 Oct 2010 at 00:00

yeh its a good cooler, depending on case cooling/airflow should be able to clock to 3.6ish with running at stock volts, just remember to take voltages off of auto, motherboards have a tendency to overvolt

timmyt · 30 Oct 2010 at 00:23

Thanks for the replies. I've never OC'd something before so I think I'm going to stick to 3 or 3.2 for now. Could you recommend a cooler that might be a bit better in terms of cooling and how loud it is within the same price range as the one posted above?

bifday2k · 30 Oct 2010 at 00:34

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-072-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

Allows you to add a 2nd fan to it if you so wished too later on.

Thermalright silver arrow or Noctua NH-D14 are the 2 best and quitest air coolers on the market, both around the £50-60 region and are very quite even at full speed, but are quite abit above budget.

So the titan you linked to or the akasa i linked too, are probably the best bet in the sub £40 region.

cammy5477 · 30 Oct 2010 at 00:47

you can overclock a 920 to 3.2ghz on stock air cooler cant you?

the titan is better obviously than stock so if your going to spend the money get it up to 3.6ghz or something

brit~XR · 31 Oct 2010 at 01:28

I actually ordered this cooler on wednesday night and got it friday afternoon and installed and managed to get to 4.0ghz which was basiclly my first real overclock. Temp was around 78c on prime 95 using around 1.3v
But prime 95 always pushes the cpu hard and i see nowhere near them temperatures when gaming

But then i came across this thead
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=17332540&postcount=14
So maybe i used to much thermal compound or not enough.

Id say for the money its a decent air cooler, and it looks good to

a lot bigger then i though it be

cammy5477 · 31 Oct 2010 at 10:09

brit~XR said:
So maybe i used to much thermal compound or not enough.

a pea sized amount in the middle of the chip is all you need and a good amount of pressure from the heat sink screws.....without over tightening :eek: