what about megahalem, megashadow, or even venomous X?
i believe these 3 are the top coolers right? how far can they go for 24/7 usage

hmmm.... im thinking if i should change the cooler? Using Tuniq Tower Extreme at the moment. On stock, the temp is excellent; 34C idle and load will be less than 60C

But its a totally different story when OC. bumped to 1.26vcore at 3.5ghz, temp shoots up close to 80C. Even disabling Intel Turbo and HT, temp still hovering at mid 70s on load. 1 thing i've noticed is that temp will drop back to 30s in a couple of seconds after i've stopped the stress test.

ive also noticed that vcore will be automaticaaly increased even when i set the memory divider to 6 (auto was 5). could this be becoz the memory controller is embedded in the cpu?

using megahalems which is basically the same as megashadow,can push for years if u can afford the bills
my 4.0Ghz last time run for about 3 month 24/7.

your bill hiked up alot when you hit 4.0ghz for 3months?

Using Core i5 750 (1156) want to overclock further.
Need a quick opinion.
From the following, which would be your choice:
1)Xigmatek Balder
2)Xigmatek Dark Knight <-----not sure about socket. Some sites say they have a 1156 version now.
3)CM Hyper212+
4)CM Hyper TX3
5)another cooler within this price range

This post has been edited by hydrogen: Mar 11 2010, 11:54 AM

CM Hyper212+ is d best due to d price...

the hyper 212+ can get till 4ghz but its gonna be hot bro... 3.6ghz to be safe 247.
save a bit and get at least the TRUE 120. i tink can get at 180 iinm

wow so high ur vcore im doing 3.68ghz at 1.24v in cpu-z.in bios 1.226v ...no wonder ur temperature so high... mine even worst primed max out at 81c.... HT ON

here's MSI Tech reply to my or our voltage "issue"



guess we have to live with it then.

mine also same bro...even idle all light up...

just gotten hyper212+, @ 3.6ghz now at idle 40degree celcius load at 62celcius.

is it considered high?

Nope IMO.

-pWs-

That sounds pretty nice. Was installation difficult? Did u have to cabut the motherboard?
And did it come with TIM?

the hyper 212+ did come with some tim and its actually a pretty decent one.

kinda like TX2 in texture and performance is not bad.

need to get cm hyper212+ asap ... my i5 750 with stock hsf hits 71'C at full load. lol ...

spend a bit more and get a better cooler than that.

Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme is a good performer for under RM200.

71C is okay for stock what, mine went up to 82C when i was on stock cooler. lol

82C????? What kind of stressful software were u running man? Got on your air con anot? You OC to 4Ghz isit....

my highest temp on i5 750 on stock cooler was only 75C on high stress load. (even 3.6ghz)

now I insalled one more casing fan and the temp actually drop by 2 degrees.
LOL. I didn't expect that.

This post has been edited by hydrogen: Mar 15 2010, 01:03 PM

yea, its really bang for buck. idle at low 30C and full load not reaching 60C on stock 860.

no air con, stock i5 2.66ghz, maybe it's the dust stuck on the heatsink, but it's not that thick also the dust.