New build

[scubes]

Hi all I'm think of gettin this bundle to replace my 5 year old bundle. Which I got back in 2010 is it worth while me upgrading to this new bundle I'll be gettin 16 gig of ram with this and. Megahalem red cpu cooler as I don'tike water cooling that much. Now will the overclock this be the same with this new cooler and the extra ram effect the overclock?

Regards scubes

 

[ScottiB]

what bundle?

 

[scubes]

Oops sorry it's the defcon 1-s sorry about that lol.

 

[ScottiB]

we might need to reduce the OC a little if you opt for an air cooler rather than a water cooler.

The memory shouldn't have much impact as long as you go from 2x4GB to 2x8GB. The IMC load increases a lot more when adding more sticks over more capacity.

 

[scubes]

How much of the overclock do you reckon? Are these water coolers safe lol.

 

[scubes]

how much will the overclock have to be Adjusted from 4.60?.

 

[ScottiB]

The watercoolers are very safe. You are much more likely to have a faulty memory stick than a faulty cooler. We use hundreds of units every month and the failure rate is less than half a percent.

Without the watercooler, we'd probably have to reduce the OC by 100-200MHz.