cpudoctor Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I finally did it! I was able to OC my 3820 to 4.6 using air only. I had been using water but the cooler gave up the ghost. Rather than replace it, I decided to let air do the job. It's been running like this for 3 weeks now and never gets over 54 c under load. Should I stick with this or move back to water where I never saw over 48 c? Intel I7 3820 processor @ 4.6 Ghz 8Gig Ram, Asus P9X79 Pro MB, 256Gb Primary SSD drive, 2 TB storage drive, NVidia GeForce GTX-650 Boost GPU,Win7 64 Professional, 2x Dell 24" monitors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atoryl Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 I've been OC'ing on air for years. my CM Hyper 212 EVO is about the best value there is and is perfectly able to handle a moderate overclock. Budget closed loop water coolers aren't much better than a good aftermarket heatsink with fans fitted to them. Regards I7 3770K @ 4.5 Ghz, Asus Z77pro, NVIDIA 670FTW, 2 Samsung 840 pro 256 Gb, 8 Gb Corsair Vengeance 1866 Mhz . Corsair 850W modular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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