Help with Mini-ITX Gaming Build

[Biggerboat1]

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Biggerboat1 said:

Ok, I'm definitely coming around to the 2600.

They offer to OC it to 4GHz free of charge - which actually puts it above the 8400 across the board!!

Obviously the issue would be cooling.

From this review of the SilverStone FTZ01 it shows an OC'd i5-4670K (@4GHz) paired with a Noctua NH-L9x65 cooler being 48°C increase over ambient (Delta T) when running Unigine Heaven and Prime 95 v25.11.

Would those results indicate whether an OC'd 2600 (using the same cooler) would be ok? And if so, what would be my starting point for a suitable mobo?

Thanks again for the advice!

I would suggest a NH-L12S instead, as it has much more reserves, or the Shadow Rock TF 2 from Be Quiet!, if it fits into the case, but the L9x65 could possibly do the trick, too.

it alsod epends a bit on Case colling, what fans and how many do you have there in that case?

I did look for the NH-L12S but it's not available on Scan... it's design definitely looks better as the fan is below the fins - blowing air through them, as opposed to all other low profile coolers which I've looked at which have the fan above the fins - sucking air...

The NH-L9x65 does get great reviews though... here & here - they refer to the intel socket version but I'm guessing should be similar.

The case comes with 2 x 120mm fans with space for a 3rd.

I am starting to think that maybe I should wait for the 3000 series though as I'm guessing they'll run cooler due to being on a smaller process? And in the meantime I can buy the RTX 2060 & use in my current build - which should still see some massive gains... (i5-4670K oc'd @ 4.2 & SLI GTX 660s)