Water loop

[random_matt]

Should i custom loop the FX 9370 or buy the OcUK Tech Labs Fathom All in One Custom Cooler 240mm?

Going for 5GHz.

 

[alex_123_fra]

Fathom 240mm is good but expensive. You can get almost the same cooling power using an H100/H100i or H110 at a lot less cost.

 

[random_matt]

I may do a custom loop, although, the maintenance is a pain in the ass.

 

[alex_123_fra]

Not too bad. Just make sure you fit a drain port. I drain every 6 months, flush with distilled water and refill. The biggest ballache is not being able to just drop in a GPU without adding blocks/dismantling the SLI hose setup. In a way that helps though as makes one stick to the same components a bit longer.

 

[random_matt]

Not too bad. Just make sure you fit a drain port. I drain every 6 months, flush with distilled water and refill. The biggest ballache is not being able to just drop in a GPU without adding blocks/dismantling the SLI hose setup. In a way that helps though as makes one stick to the same components a bit longer.

Thanks.

Do you know if this Koolance CPU-370SA (CPU), AMD Waterblock is good? Cannot find anything on it, must be better than the rasa.

 

[Avenged7Fold]

Can recommend the Supremacy for a CPU block, currently have three running in different loops.

Dont bother with any fx9xxx CPUs, they are jsut clocked up 8320/50 and from what i have seen in the fx 8320/50 thread and from my own experience (currently own 3 but have overclocked dozens) you can clock pretty much any new batches of 8320/50 to 4.8 with little trouble and with a decent cooler, 5 Ghz should be reachable with the vast majority of them, though a bad batch will require a bit more tweaking. TBH i don't even believe that recent batches are speed binned and the newer production process has such better yields that they can just throw the same CPUs at different price brackets.

 

[random_matt]

Can recommend the Supremacy for a CPU block, currently have three running in different loops.

Dont bother with any fx9xxx CPUs, they are jsut clocked up 8320/50 and from what i have seen in the fx 8320/50 thread and from my own experience (currently own 3 but have overclocked dozens) you can clock pretty much any new batches of 8320/50 to 4.8 with little trouble and with a decent cooler, 5 Ghz should be reachable with the vast majority of them, though a bad batch will require a bit more tweaking. TBH i don't even believe that recent batches are speed binned and the newer production process has such better yields that they can just throw the same CPUs at different price brackets.

Already have a board, replacing the 6350. The 9000 cpu's have a L3 cache.

 

[Avenged7Fold]

The 8320/50 are the same as the 9000s. They have the same cache, its just their default clock is different. Oh and the EK supremacy is a high end CPU block for a reasonable price, was suggesting it as a block option, since they are universal and perform great!

 

[alex_123_fra]

Thanks.

Do you know if this Koolance CPU-370SA (CPU), AMD Waterblock is good? Cannot find anything on it, must be better than the rasa.

Don't know about that particular block. My Koolance 380i which I have on my 3930k is probably the best performing and best made block I have seen on that platform though.

I use an EK supremacy on my 8320. It performs superbly.

 

[Doomedspeed]

The 8320/50 are the same as the 9000s. They have the same cache, its just their default clock is different. Oh and the EK supremacy is a high end CPU block for a reasonable price, was suggesting it as a block option, since they are universal and perform great!

What he said,

Get a 8320/8350 and a Supremacy block .

 

[gpuerrilla]

Can recommend the Supremacy for a CPU block, currently have three running in different loops.

Dont bother with any fx9xxx CPUs, they are jsut clocked up 8320/50 and from what i have seen in the fx 8320/50 thread and from my own experience (currently own 3 but have overclocked dozens) you can clock pretty much any new batches of 8320/50 to 4.8 with little trouble and with a decent cooler, 5 Ghz should be reachable with the vast majority of them, though a bad batch will require a bit more tweaking. TBH i don't even believe that recent batches are speed binned and the newer production process has such better yields that they can just throw the same CPUs at different price brackets.

This is dead on. Get the 8320 spend savings on other parts!