Joined
·
189 Posts
So i am trying to decide whether i should watercool my i5 750 or Q6600. I have been watercooling the i5 for a while now (few months) and i noticed that i can't push higher than 4.2Ghz no matter what i do. I believe my motherboard has an FSBish wall at 215 blk. So my air cooling solution worked fine to cool the i5 at 4ghz which I'm going to leave the cpu at. As for the Q6600, i have had it running at 3.2ghz for almost a year. I really love this chip, and the performance is on par with my i5 when i5 is not overclocked. As you should all know the Q6600 puts out a lot of heat, and mine is no different.
The real reason i think watercooling my i5 was a bad idea is because i have it in a micro case with tubing out the PCI slot. I want to upgrade my graphics but don't have enough slots D: soo now i would have to get a bigger case (i got a small one because i take it with me a lot), and i don't like big cases. The Q6600 is in an Antec P182 and that case has plenty of room to throw my watercooling into it.
So what do you all think? Should i go for it and watercool that old processor, or should i stick with i5 because its faster?
The real reason i think watercooling my i5 was a bad idea is because i have it in a micro case with tubing out the PCI slot. I want to upgrade my graphics but don't have enough slots D: soo now i would have to get a bigger case (i got a small one because i take it with me a lot), and i don't like big cases. The Q6600 is in an Antec P182 and that case has plenty of room to throw my watercooling into it.
So what do you all think? Should i go for it and watercool that old processor, or should i stick with i5 because its faster?