Liquid Cooling vs SSD

[iBuprofeno]

Hello guys, today, its my Birthday (yay!) and my dad gives me a 200€ card for buying whatever i want and i was looking for things to upgrade my rig and i realize that i wanted one of those 2 things, a Corsair h100i or one SSD, but i dont know what will improve more my performance i think that, with my i5 4670k the liquid cooling system will do better just because i will be able to overclock my cpu more than the 3.6ghz that its currently running and i dont know if i should go for the liquid cooling or the SSD

(the rig:

• CPU i5 4670K @ 3.6 Ghz
• MOBO Asrock z87 Pro4
• RAM Kingston HyperX 1x8GB 1333Mhz DDR3
• HD Caviar Green 2Tb
• GPU Nvidia GTX 660 OC 2gb
• Case Zalman Z11

)

 

TLDR;Liquid coling or one SSD, wich one will improve more my performance?

[Godlygamer23]

I vote for SSD.

 

@iBuprofeno. Depending on how much you wanted to spend on liquid cooling or an SSD, what about a new video card if your power supply can handle it?

[pokechat8978]

Hello guys, today, its my Birthday (yay!) and my dad gives me a 200€ card for buying whatever i want and i was looking for things to upgrade my rig and i realize that i wanted one of those 2 things, a Corsair h100i or one SSD, but i dont know what will improve more my performance i think that, with my i5 4670k the liquid cooling system will do better just because i will be able to overclock my cpu more than the 3.6ghz that its currently running and i dont know if i should go for the liquid cooling or the SSD

(the rig:

• CPU i5 4670K @ 3.6 Ghz
• MOBO Asrock z87 Pro4
• RAM Kingston HyperX 1x8GB 1333Mhz DDR3
• HD Caviar Green 2Tb
• GPU Nvidia GTX 660 OC 2gb
• Case Zalman Z11

)

 

TLDR;Liquid coling or one SSD, wich one will improve more my performance?

Out of the 2, SSD.

If anything else, possibly the GPU.

[Nonco]

Unless you actually need your CPU to be colder, get the SSD

[Amazingasian]

You could get an SSD and a beefy air cooler.

[Killervolt]

Get an SSD. You will not regret it.

Happy birthday btw.

With that much, you could possibly squeeze in something like a Coolermaster hyper 212 evo.

[AresKrieger]

Unless you're pushing your cpu to 100% usage frequently or your temps are high on average then go with the ssd as boot times are amazing, I was originally a skeptic to ssds now I recommend them frequently.

[Guest]

I picked AIO cooler

Didn't regret it.

I'd say cooler. 

[Tac127]

ssd plus beefy air cooler

[ChasingPluto]

I feel like knowing the current cooling situation would be helpful...maybe?

[iBuprofeno]

Unless you're pushing your cpu to 100% usage frequently or your temps are high on average then go with the ssd as boot times are amazing, I was originally a skeptic to ssds now I recommend them frequently.

in gaming i usually gets like 80%-90% and it runs as hot as like 60º but what i want its push those 3.6ghz to something more, like 4.2 or 4.4ghz that i cannot achieve right now, the pc crash

[Adahop]

SSD definitely. Unless you're also considering a GPU.

EDIT: Also you could have double the RAM (at a faster clock speed, too) for less than 100€.

[AlexStriz]

3.6ghz is .2ghz above stock speeds. I doubt you need an AIO for the temps you're pushing. If you're going from just an HDD, a hard drive will be a SIGNIFICANT upgrade to your rig. You'll definitely feel the effects of that over a slightly cooler CPU. 

[Gofspar]

Hello guys, today, its my Birthday (yay!) and my dad gives me a 200€ card for buying whatever i want and i was looking for things to upgrade my rig and i realize that i wanted one of those 2 things, a Corsair h100i or one SSD, but i dont know what will improve more my performance i think that, with my i5 4670k the liquid cooling system will do better just because i will be able to overclock my cpu more than the 3.6ghz that its currently running and i dont know if i should go for the liquid cooling or the SSD

(the rig:

• CPU i5 4670K @ 3.6 Ghz
• MOBO Asrock z87 Pro4
• RAM Kingston HyperX 1x8GB 1333Mhz DDR3
• HD Caviar Green 2Tb
• GPU Nvidia GTX 660 OC 2gb
• Case Zalman Z11

)

 

TLDR;Liquid coling or one SSD, wich one will improve more my performance?

SSD, that board will cry if you even dare to start pushing VRIN.

[thekeemo]

GPU

ssd is a waste when you have a 660

[SuicideAnomaly]

Happy birthday, first of all. :-)

 

I would definitely go with the SSD. Especially, considering what you're using as your current drive. Those green drives are simply painful to use as a boot drive, in my opinion.

[OddsCrazyStuff]

I'm I missing something?

Its 115-120€ for the H100i, 120GB SSD (more then enough for OS and a few games) goes for around 50-60€, meaning that you even got money left for shipping.

At least based on amazon.de

[Dango]

Ill go for SSD for sure. But 2 things that i don't udnersthand. AIO+128G SSD still less than $200.... And you don't need a AIO to overclock your CPU, specially i5, if you have some good air cooler.

[TheRandomness]

Upgrade GPU. A GTX 660 isn't, well, toooo good nowadays.

[Wishiwasdead]

i realize the H100i looks really cool... but an SSD is a way better upgrade to a PC if you dont already have one

[Senketsu]

SSD!!! An SSD will give you an extreme boost.