knowledge first... you must know about the risk of overclocking...

depends on your cooling system and your motherboard plays too... anyway.. try oc your system little bit first.. then.. look at the temp reading..

with more efficient cooling system.. you will get more oced result... and about cpu cooler.. you don't have to see at hyper 212.. but you can look at CM N520 or CM V8 or V10.. you case still can support it... and you also can add more fan into your casing for more cooling performance...

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Added on February 23, 2010, 5:48 pmfan..

what brand..?? try to get a big size fan with low rpm.. it will make your pc more cool and silent...

This post has been edited by razo007: Feb 23 2010, 05:48 PM

yes.. cpu cooler helps a lot.. in overclocking.. you need to play with voltage to get better result... so it will increase your cpu temp...

if you don't know about playing voltage.. you can set the voltage to auto.. it will more easily and safety... just upping the FSB or cpu multiplier only...

it will work.. or if your CPU have energy saver technology just disable it.. like my CPU.. i'm using AMD that have cool and quite function.. so just disable it to allow oc.. i don't know much about intel CPU.. but you can try to disable any power saver technology...

take out your battery.. and put it back after around 45sec...

it will not supported by your cpu.. it just support core i7 which are used socket 1366 while u are using socket 1156.. but you also can try cooler master hyper tx3..even it does not perform as well as hyper N520.. but it was quite good in performance.. and it also affordable price..

you also can looking at another brand like thermaltake.. they are also good perform brand on cooler system hardware...