Just curious what the ideal operating temp should be for a 4400 chip. I have it slightly overclocked it the moment to 2.6Ghz and under heavy load for long periods (Over 4 hours) it is maxing out at 51c with stock air cooling (and a couple of case fans).
I havent pushed the OC too far as its a new chip and im too scared (+i need to get some decent cooling) but dont know a lot about this chip or what operating temps it has.
Give it a week and i will be looking to push it further. As i have just spent way to much money on my new rig I will probably stick to air cooling to start with and not clock it up much higher then it is now but eventually i will be looking at water cooling. This is where i come completely unstuck though as i have no experience with this at all.
So if you dont mind answering a few very stupid questions?
My concern over water cooling is probably very stupid but i have a big worry about pumping water around my PC. How safe are these units? They dont leak do they?
How much of an improvement can a cheapish watercooling system make over a decent air system (not worried about noise its only cooling power im interested in).
How much would a cheap water cooling system cost. Just looking for CPU as im not going to start pulling my graphics cards apart
How easy are they to set up for someone that hasnt used them before (i was an IT engineer so im not completely stupid, just never had chance to play with them before).
Do they require any sort of maintance?
Realise that this should probably be in the overclocking/cooling section but my orginal question was just about the temp's for the chip and the cooling thing was just a long winded after thought
I havent pushed the OC too far as its a new chip and im too scared (+i need to get some decent cooling) but dont know a lot about this chip or what operating temps it has.
Give it a week and i will be looking to push it further. As i have just spent way to much money on my new rig I will probably stick to air cooling to start with and not clock it up much higher then it is now but eventually i will be looking at water cooling. This is where i come completely unstuck though as i have no experience with this at all.
So if you dont mind answering a few very stupid questions?
My concern over water cooling is probably very stupid but i have a big worry about pumping water around my PC. How safe are these units? They dont leak do they?
How much of an improvement can a cheapish watercooling system make over a decent air system (not worried about noise its only cooling power im interested in).
How much would a cheap water cooling system cost. Just looking for CPU as im not going to start pulling my graphics cards apart
How easy are they to set up for someone that hasnt used them before (i was an IT engineer so im not completely stupid, just never had chance to play with them before).
Do they require any sort of maintance?
Realise that this should probably be in the overclocking/cooling section but my orginal question was just about the temp's for the chip and the cooling thing was just a long winded after thought