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which is recommended for overclocking? I've never tried it
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Re: Overclocking air vs. water (aio) 2021/10/02 10:33:58 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby papitochampu 2021/10/31 18:17:13
Whatever keeps the CPU core temps from getting unreasonably 'hot' or throttling..Both Air and AIO coolers can do that, but AIO/Water Cooling will generally cool better and recommended when doing any serious overclocking.

If Intel, run a CPU stress test like IntelBurnTest, Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool, or OCCT for AMD or Intel to see if any cores get within 10C of Tjunction Max which is an indication regarded by many that better cooling or lowering the Overclock/Vcore is necessary.
 
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Re: Overclocking air vs. water (aio) 2021/10/02 11:27:31 (permalink)
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which is recommended for overclocking? I've never tried it



That question is really vague.  Can you be a little more specific?
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Re: Overclocking air vs. water (aio) 2021/10/02 12:21:56 (permalink)
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That question is really vague.  Can you be a little more specific?



OP has posted a lot of nonsensical questions the last 24 hours.


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Re: Overclocking air vs. water (aio) 2021/10/03 14:00:43 (permalink)
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OP has posted a lot of nonsensical questions the last 24 hours.



I guess they are trying to get their post count up for Elite membership?
 
They ask questions and give very little detail about their system or how they are using it or what they are using it for, so its hard to be helpful.
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Re: Overclocking air vs. water (aio) 2021/10/18 10:28:36 (permalink)
your question is very vague but I will try to give you an answer anyway.
Liquid cooling, in addition to being more powerful, is also more efficient, but you only start to appreciate the difference when you push the gpu temperature with the OC (very likely if you are a miner, unlikely if you are a gamer)
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Re: Overclocking air vs. water (aio) 2021/10/31 18:19:11 (permalink)
Do you perhaps have any specific coolers you could recommend for both air and water cooling? This can include aio’s too. Thank you in advance, I appreciate your time.
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Re: Overclocking air vs. water (aio) 2021/10/31 20:21:54 (permalink)
Personally I have been using AIO and the EVGA CLC 280 and CLC 360. I personally like the fact that AIO keep the system cleaner looking. Back when I started to use them over a decade ago weight of the air coolers was something I started to worry about since they were massive pieces of copper that attached to the socket and I worried about something breaking free. Now that coolers mount behind the motherboard it's not really an issue but still it's far easier to change out RAM if needed with an AIO then a air cooler.
 
As for performance for overclocking between an AIO and air it's pretty much the same limits but the AIO with a big radiator will probably result in less noise.

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