Hi everyone. I have recently built a new rig and was hoping for some advise. This is my first complete build and I use it for gaming and work so I wan't to make sure I do the best I can for it. My biggest concern right now is cooling. I don't have any issues currently, I just want to see if there is a way to optimize. I have a Zalman Z11 chasis, an Intel I5-4690k, MSI Z97 Gaming 5 mother board, and a CM Hyper 212 Evo. I currently have just the stock CM fan from the 212 evo installed in push mode. I mounted the heatsink so that it would aim to the back of the chasis at the 120mm case fan that is pushing out.
My few questions are:
Is the Hyper 212 ok for OC? Intel says the I5 can go to 3.9Ghz over the stock 3.5Ghz. The MSI board easily allows OC.
Is the current fan configuration good or should I add a second heatsink fan for Push/pull?
Is there a real benefit to a push/pull in general? Would I see a benefit even though the rear case fan is 3-4 inches away pulling anyway?
Should I upgrade the CM fan to a different brand? If so what brands are better for performance, noise level, and life?
I greatly appreciate any advice and I hope that I provided enough info. My main goal is to stream from this unit to twitch, but I don't play anything like far cry or crysis. I mostly play smite, 7 days to die and TF2.
Also not sure if it matters but I'm using a gt640 card (planning on upgrading at some point) and 12 gb Ram.