water cooling setup

[bennyben1979]

hi guys thinking of going onto water cooling to hopefully get over 4.5ghz out of my e8400 i was going to buy a e8600 but i think if i can overclock my e8400 to the max and keep low temps then it will be better than a e8600

wanting to spend around £130 that around $260 i will buy second hand used items

any help

thanks

 

[Arcygenical]

If you're just cooling the CPU, I'd purchase the Swiftech Apex H20 220 kit... I assume you're somwhere in the UK?

http://www.tekheads.co.uk/s/product?product=604805

 

[bennyben1979]

what sort of temps would i be getting with my e8400 as say 1.5 volts

 

[bennyben1979]

what do you think guys get a E8600 or go for a water setup and max the E8400 out ?

 

[That Linux Guy]

what sort of temps would i be getting with my e8400 as say 1.5 volts

1.5v is the maximum spec'd voltage that it can handle. Mine is bone-stock and sitting at 1.15v. Most only give a modest voltage bump to get past 3.6 or 3.8 on an E8400. Pushing 1.5v to it and I hope you have LN2 to cool it.

 

[Zero82z]

Depends on the stepping of your CPU. If you've got a C0 or C1 chip, I doubt you'd be able to get 4.5GHz out of it even under water. In that case, an E8600 would be a better overclocker. However, if you've got an E0 chip, chances are you'll be able to overclock it just as far as you would an E8600 providing your motherboard can handle the high FSB speeds.

 

[bennyben1979]

if i got a E8600 and overclocked it to say 4.5ghz would i notice a difference in gaming than 4ghz with my E8400 ?

 

[silent-circuit]

if i got a E8600 and overclocked it to say 4.5ghz would i notice a difference in gaming than 4ghz with my E8400 ?

Not really, unless you're running very low resolutions and are one of those people obsessed with keeping over 200FPS in Counterstrike or something.

a 3.2Ghz dual core is still more than enough for pretty much all games. A GPU upgrade is going to give you a far bigger jump in performance after that point. Since your're already at 4Ghz, I would /not/ spend a ton of cash on getting to 4.5.... because you won't notice. Ever.

What game/games are you having trouble with what that setup anyway? Assuming 1920x1200 or less, there's really... nothing a 4870X2 won't do. I think you may be looking for problems where there are none.

 

[bennyben1979]

Not really, unless you're running very low resolutions and are one of those people obsessed with keeping over 200FPS in Counterstrike or something.

a 3.2Ghz dual core is still more than enough for pretty much all games. A GPU upgrade is going to give you a far bigger jump in performance after that point. Since your're already at 4Ghz, I would /not/ spend a ton of cash on getting to 4.5.... because you won't notice. Ever.

What game/games are you having trouble with what that setup anyway? Assuming 1920x1200 or less, there's really... nothing a 4870X2 won't do. I think you may be looking for problems where there are none.

your right lol

i just got the itch again to upgrade

 

[silent-circuit]

your right lol

i just got the itch again to upgrade

A high clocked quad and a second 4870X2 is the only way to go up from where you are in the current generation, requiring a new board as well, so that's $700 or so minimum assuming you sell the dual and current board to offset costs.

Beyond that? Core i7, an X58 board, and a second 4870X2. That'd be.... ~$500 for board, ~$300 for 4GB DDR3, ~$500 for second 4870X2, $500+ (I have no idea of starting prices for i7...) for the chip itself... Don't think you want to spend that much cash, especially since the current setup is doing everything you need/want.