Aio cooler any point?

[trueJH]

Hi I have an intel 6400 sky lake processor is there any point in installing an aio water cooler. Pretty sure you can't overclock this cpu but if you can I will not. I am looking at a £40 one so is it worth it or am I wasting my money. I have a stock cooler for reference

[rn8686]

No, no need to. 

[trueJH]

1 minute ago, rn8686 said:

No, no need to. 

Oh ok thanks

[GDRRiley]

no. 

[Himommies]

9 minutes ago, rn8686 said:

No, no need to. 

You can still buy one right now if your one of those pepole who care about every decibel or if your planning to get a K cpu within the next 3 months

[trueJH]

1 minute ago, Himommies said:

You can still buy one right now if your one of those pepole who care about every decibel or if your planning to get a K cpu within the next 3 months

Would getting an overclockable cpu be worth the money to upgrade? Also don't you need a special mobo to actually overclock 

[Himommies]

Just now, trueJH said:

Would getting an overclockable cpu be worth the money to upgrade? Also don't you need a special mobo to actually overclock 

Yeah you need a z170 mobo to overclock.It kinda depends on what overclocking cpu your getting I wound't really get a i5 6600K instead I would get a i7 at least and a X99 or Z170 Mobo then a AIO for it to make sense.Any i7 would be a great upgrade

[trueJH]

10 minutes ago, Himommies said:

Yeah you need a z170 mobo to overclock.It kinda depends on what overclocking cpu your getting I wound't really get a i5 6600K instead I would get a i7 at least and a X99 or Z170 Mobo then a AIO for it to make sense.Any i7 would be a great upgrade

I have read that an i7 would be overkill for gaming though (which is what I want to use this pc for) but would a z170 or x99 chipset be a worthwhile upgrade from a h110 chipset

[Zyndo]

28 minutes ago, trueJH said:

Hi I have an intel 6400 sky lake processor is there any point in installing an aio water cooler. Pretty sure you can't overclock this cpu but if you can I will not. I am looking at a £40 one so is it worth it or am I wasting my money. I have a stock cooler for reference

I wouldn't go so far to say as there is "no point".... the more thermal headroom you have, the more your CPU will turbo boost itself to its 3.3 GHz clock. It would also result in a quieter system. However to both of these ends I would probably recommend an air cooler like a CM Hyper 212 EVO, a Cryorig M9i/C7, or some similarly priced small-medium air cooler. It would be a big step above your stock cooler, would only be 10-20 Pounds (depending on exactly what you buy), and would result also in a much quieter system under load. You're not necessarily going to see a ton of performance boost, but there are other tangible benefits to having an aftermarket cooler on even a mid-range non-overclockable CPU.

[atomicus]

2 hours ago, Zyndo said:

I wouldn't go so far to say as there is "no point".... the more thermal headroom you have, the more your CPU will turbo boost itself to its 3.3 GHz clock. It would also result in a quieter system. However to both of these ends I would probably recommend an air cooler like a CM Hyper 212 EVO, a Cryorig M9i/C7, or some similarly priced small-medium air cooler. It would be a big step above your stock cooler, would only be 10-20 Pounds (depending on exactly what you buy), and would result also in a much quieter system under load. You're not necessarily going to see a ton of performance boost, but there are other tangible benefits to having an aftermarket cooler on even a mid-range non-overclockable CPU.

 

Only there is MORE than enough thermal headroom in a top end air cooler, rendering an AIO pointless unless aesthetics are a concern. Most aren't even that quiet when you factor in pump noise. I would never advise sticking with a stock cooler as you say, they're ugly and just perform awful compared to any third party option. If you're keeping a CPU at stock, there is no need to spend very much, but if you want a bit of extra headroom than a top end Noctua or Cryorig would be the way to go.