considering overclocking i7 950

[SHADY16]

so ive been considering trying to overclock my i7 950 to 4ghz or close to it but have a few questions before doing so. first off is the coolermaster D92 enough to accomplish this? second how much of a difference would i see between stock and at 4ghz?
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I7-950/12gbXMS3ram/ASUS sabertooth X58/EVGA-980-SC-ACX/120gbsamsung840EVO

 

[Jer45]

23 minutes ago, SHADY16 said:

first off is the coolermaster D92 enough to accomplish this?

what are your load temps before overclocking? you can get this information by doing a 10 minute load test in adia 64

[SHADY16]

54c is what it caps out at at 100% load

[SHADY16]

using intel burn test

[SHADY16]

4 minutes ago, Jer45 said:

what are your load temps before overclocking? you can get this information by doing a 10 minute load test in adia 64

 

2 minutes ago, SHADY16 said:

54c is what it caps out at at 100% load

 

Just now, SHADY16 said:

using intel burn test

 

2 minutes ago, SHADY16 said:

54c is what it caps out at at 100% load

 

4 minutes ago, Jer45 said:

what are your load temps before overclocking? you can get this information by doing a 10 minute load test in adia 64

for about 5-10 mins

[Jer45]

41 minutes ago, SHADY16 said:

 

 

 

 

for about 5-10 mins

tj max on your cpu is 69 C, so just oc until you run out of cooling, you probably won't get to 4.0 GHz without an aio

from experience with a 2500k oc single core performance is changed quite a bit! so overclocking your cpu should be quite noticeable in performance terms, for an aio, the h80i and the h100i are good aios for overclocking and good luck!

[SHADY16]

also would the i7 950 at stock bottleneck 2 980s in sli? and would pcie 2.0 be good enough?

[DunePilot]

You have a really good board. You should REALLY consider spending $80 on an X5650 and OCing that instead. That will basically put you into 4790k and 5820K territory on performance for a cheap $80 upgrade.