Which cooling method?

[weezerguy187]

I plan on OC'n my future Q6700 g0 stepping well above 3ghz. So, what type of cooling should i use AIR or LIQUID?

 

[b1gapl]

Depends on how much you want to overclock, and your budget. A good watercooling kit will set you back, $250-300+. The best air cooler, is supposedly the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme (no fan included), which sells for about $60. Both methods can easily go above 3GHz.

 

[MaV II DARK II]

If you're on a budget AIR is the way to go...

 

[phucng_10]

ThermalRight Ultra-120 Extreme with a 140mm AeroCool fan would probably get your Q6700 pass the 3GHz mark. Might want to read a lot about water-cooling if this is your first time using it.

 

[b1gapl]

ThermalRight Ultra-120 Extreme with a 140mm AeroCool fan would probably get your Q6700 pass the 3GHz mark. Might want to read a lot about water-cooling if this is your first time using it.

Not "would probably". More like definitely. That's what I used on my Q6600, and I comfortably went to 3.4-3.6GHz, with the temperatures still good.

 

[weezerguy187]

I'd like to liquid cool. Which is the best to cool my cpu?

 

[b1gapl]

I would suggest you take a look at Petra's watercooling kits. They are great quality for the money:
Petra's Tech Shop

Or have a talk with aspire.comptech. Who is very knowledgeable, in the water cooling area.

 

[weezerguy187]

How high from the 2.66ghz stock of q6700 do you think I would be able to OC with liquid cooling compared to the max speeds you got of 3.4-3.6ghz with air cooling?

 

[lancec2c30]

I say TEC. If you can do water, just read a little more and move up to that.

 

[aspire]

I say TEC. If you can do water, just read a little more and move up to that.

meh, overated

itll run your power bill up and put a lot of heat into your system while keeping only one part relatively cold.