smbu2000 said:
Your using an H60 to cool your i7 3970X!?! Wow, the H60 is pretty weak when it comes to cooling. When I was using my i7 2600K I had on an H60 and the system would still get pretty hot. Your i7 3970X produces a lot more heat than my old 2600K, I'm surprised that it's good enough. H100 would be the minimum I'd think for an SB-E cpu. At the moment I'm using a Noctua CH-14 on my lowly Xeon E3-1225 V2, which has low clearance and will allow it to fit inside my micro atx when I move it over later. |
I strongly disagree. A single fan H60 is plenty for 3970X as long as you keep it under 4 Ghz.
If you go push/pull you may be able to do 1.35V 4.4Ghz even.
I've tested all kinds of watercooling (custom loop and AIO) and these single rads are fine for 2011 platform.
