Hi guys,
This is my first post but I have been lurking on this forum for a few weeks reading about the amazing world of improving fps by overclocking and aftermarket cooling
I got 2500k and I've read that OC'ing it to 4.5 is not hard and requires a few changes in BIOS and an aftermarket cooler, I will probably use this guide today or tomorrow to OC my cpu.
I've always wanted to do it and finally I decided to do it a few days ago when I ordered my Antec KÜHLER H2O 920. I know that I could probably get a EVO 212 or Noctua or any other high quality cooler but the idea of having more than 1kg of cooper, aluminium and plastic attached to the motherboard above my GTX 460 Ti would make it harder for me to sleep at night
I plugged my 920 yesterday and it is working however I have a few questions:
1)On my stock 3.3 2500k on idle with silent mode I have an average of 35-40 temp. When I've run Prime95 for 20 minutes the highest I got was 54. I would like to know if the temps are what they should be for 3.3 on silent mode?
2)When I attached the fans and radiator the tubes are on the top and go down to the pump/cpu. I have seen on most photos that the tubes are on the same level as the pump (bottom) should I turn the radiator around? Will it improve the cooling performance???
3)Should I take off the stock thermal paste and apply some MX-4?
4)On my P8Z68-V/GEN3 I got cpu fan plug and cpu q fan (I don't remember the nam now and I can't check it as I'm in work) connector as well, can I plug both fans from my 920 and set the speed in BIOS or by fan software. I want to avoid using the extreme mode but make it a bit faster than silent mode. Between 1200 to 1600 RPM would be fine, but I can't set the speed using the Antec software, I know I can set the temp after which the fan speeds up but there is little control over it.
Sorry for writing such a long post but I really want to set up my first proper cooler to get the most out of it
Kind regards
This is my first post but I have been lurking on this forum for a few weeks reading about the amazing world of improving fps by overclocking and aftermarket cooling
I got 2500k and I've read that OC'ing it to 4.5 is not hard and requires a few changes in BIOS and an aftermarket cooler, I will probably use this guide today or tomorrow to OC my cpu.
I've always wanted to do it and finally I decided to do it a few days ago when I ordered my Antec KÜHLER H2O 920. I know that I could probably get a EVO 212 or Noctua or any other high quality cooler but the idea of having more than 1kg of cooper, aluminium and plastic attached to the motherboard above my GTX 460 Ti would make it harder for me to sleep at night
I plugged my 920 yesterday and it is working however I have a few questions:
1)On my stock 3.3 2500k on idle with silent mode I have an average of 35-40 temp. When I've run Prime95 for 20 minutes the highest I got was 54. I would like to know if the temps are what they should be for 3.3 on silent mode?
2)When I attached the fans and radiator the tubes are on the top and go down to the pump/cpu. I have seen on most photos that the tubes are on the same level as the pump (bottom) should I turn the radiator around? Will it improve the cooling performance???
3)Should I take off the stock thermal paste and apply some MX-4?
4)On my P8Z68-V/GEN3 I got cpu fan plug and cpu q fan (I don't remember the nam now and I can't check it as I'm in work) connector as well, can I plug both fans from my 920 and set the speed in BIOS or by fan software. I want to avoid using the extreme mode but make it a bit faster than silent mode. Between 1200 to 1600 RPM would be fine, but I can't set the speed using the Antec software, I know I can set the temp after which the fan speeds up but there is little control over it.
Sorry for writing such a long post but I really want to set up my first proper cooler to get the most out of it
Kind regards