Is water cooling needed for this?

[Isaac MM]

I'm buying a Lian Li PC-P80 case and gonna run my system with air cooling, i want to know if air can handle a moderated OC'ed QX9650 at like 4ghz and a GTX 280(gonna get it when it comes out) with high quality coolers or water will be needed?

I'm not a benchmarker but a gamer so i don't plan on doing any heavy OC

 

[mpilchfamily]

With the right coolers anc case you can OC a long way on air. You don't have to have a water loop to OC.

 

[aigomorla]

water is never needed.

its something thats wanted, never needed.


4ghz dependant on the chip. ive seen chips do 4ghz at uber low voltage and others that wouldnt do it.

its in the luck of the draw.

 

[HardWarrior]

Originally posted by: mpilchfamily
With the right coolers anc case you can OC a long way on air. You don't have to have a water loop to OC.

Water, however, does offer a degree of sustained stability at high voltages that even heat-pipe assisted air can't.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: HardWarrior

Originally posted by: mpilchfamily
With the right coolers anc case you can OC a long way on air. You don't have to have a water loop to OC.

Water, however, does offer a degree of sustained stability at high voltages that even heat-pipe assisted air can't.

However HW on a 45nm that will kill the chip in less then 3 months.

I lost mine in less then 1month and loaded temps never past 44C.

 

[HardWarrior]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: HardWarrior

Originally posted by: mpilchfamily
With the right coolers anc case you can OC a long way on air. You don't have to have a water loop to OC.

Water, however, does offer a degree of sustained stability at high voltages that even heat-pipe assisted air can't.

However HW on a 45nm that will kill the chip in less then 3 months.

I lost mine in less then 1month and loaded temps never past 44C.

So 45nm chips don't deal with higher voltages than spec very well? That's a hell of a limitation. Could it have been the chip?

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: HardWarrior

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: HardWarrior

Originally posted by: mpilchfamily
With the right coolers anc case you can OC a long way on air. You don't have to have a water loop to OC.

Water, however, does offer a degree of sustained stability at high voltages that even heat-pipe assisted air can't.

However HW on a 45nm that will kill the chip in less then 3 months.

I lost mine in less then 1month and loaded temps never past 44C.

So 45nm chips don't deal with higher voltages than spec very well? That's a hell of a limitation. Could it have been the chip?

nah its 45nm in general.

im just glad it was a E8400 i lost. ive heard people losing QX9650's.

 

[RallyMaster]

The dangers of overclocking are apparent in this thread!

 

[HardWarrior]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: HardWarrior

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: HardWarrior

Originally posted by: mpilchfamily
With the right coolers anc case you can OC a long way on air. You don't have to have a water loop to OC.

Water, however, does offer a degree of sustained stability at high voltages that even heat-pipe assisted air can't.

However HW on a 45nm that will kill the chip in less then 3 months.

I lost mine in less then 1month and loaded temps never past 44C.

So 45nm chips don't deal with higher voltages than spec very well? That's a hell of a limitation. Could it have been the chip?

nah its 45nm in general.

im just glad it was a E8400 i lost. ive heard people losing QX9650's.

Geez, I just barfed in my own mouth a little!

 

[aigomorla]

Motherboard

Evga 780i
Cpu E8400 ES <--- the chip was baby'd by previous owner. Never overclocked. It was used for regular benches and comparisons. And i trust the previous owner.

Cpu was fed 1.6V in bios, after vdroop and pencil mod that came down to 1.57Vcore.

Had the cpu loaded 24/7 WCGing. Never once took a break.

Cooling was under MASSIVE water, it was my torture rack.

Loaded temps never broke 44-45C as i said.

Cpu went DOA 1 month after. The day i was going to down volt it to make it into my HTPC. It died. :[

Yes i was very sad. :T


I take it as God's way of saying, stick with quadcores. :T

havent lost one yet, and i havent gotten one yet that couldnt do 3.6ghz.