I have an antec 900 case which has 1 200mm top fan, 2 120mm front fan intakes, and 1 120mm rear fan. My CPU is the i5-2500k which has been OCd to 4.4 ghz. My question is if liquid cooling would be worth it, and if so, what system would I need to make a considerable difference. I realize I didntl et prime95 run long here, but I have in the past and those are about the highest the temps get. I've looked around to see what I can about LC and most people say a custom set up is what you'd need for it to be worth it. I've attached a SS of my specs. I have the front 2 fans and top set to mid speed, and the back on full. Temps actually cooled a little after dropping them from high speed. There's no room for a side mounted 120mm fan due to the size of the 212+ cooler master.
Bottom line, will LC make at least a 10 degree difference in my temps now, or allow me to OC up to 4.8 without breaking 70 C? Or should I just keep the 212+ and not OC past 4.4 GHz?
The cpu voltage is set to auto right now, so it may be running high at times increasing my temp. I'm not sure how well the ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 mobo does at controlling that voltage appropriately.
Edited by DCVL - 10/3/12 at 6:30pm
Bottom line, will LC make at least a 10 degree difference in my temps now, or allow me to OC up to 4.8 without breaking 70 C? Or should I just keep the 212+ and not OC past 4.4 GHz?
The cpu voltage is set to auto right now, so it may be running high at times increasing my temp. I'm not sure how well the ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 mobo does at controlling that voltage appropriately.
Edited by DCVL - 10/3/12 at 6:30pm
