Good air cooling for i5 2500k?
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Mr.Moose
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What care are you currently using?
If your face can fit it I'd recommend either the
Hyper 212+
Or
Hyper 212+ Evo
As the price difference is only $4 between those two, I'd personally go with the Evo. I currently have the Hyper 212+ (non-evo) on my 2500k with a 4.3 Ghz overclock, and my max load temps are between 49-51 which is very safe. 4.5 Ghz should involve little -> no voltage tweaking so your temperatures assuming you have decent airflow in your case should be around mine.
EDIT: I completely forgot you said that you had a Arctic Freezer 13, that should be fine for a 4.5 Ghz overclock in my opinion, the design is fairly similar to the Cooler Masters listed above.
Have fun with you 2500k, great CPU!
If your face can fit it I'd recommend either the
Hyper 212+
Or
Hyper 212+ Evo
As the price difference is only $4 between those two, I'd personally go with the Evo. I currently have the Hyper 212+ (non-evo) on my 2500k with a 4.3 Ghz overclock, and my max load temps are between 49-51 which is very safe. 4.5 Ghz should involve little -> no voltage tweaking so your temperatures assuming you have decent airflow in your case should be around mine.
EDIT: I completely forgot you said that you had a Arctic Freezer 13, that should be fine for a 4.5 Ghz overclock in my opinion, the design is fairly similar to the Cooler Masters listed above.
Have fun with you 2500k, great CPU!
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claptonman
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No, they will not. But you can use slots 2 and 4, and get the same performance.
Mr.Moose
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If you haven't already bought them you could go with the low profile version of the Vengeance. Same voltage, timings, clocks, and price.
Or, yes you could put them in your second and fourth slots and it would work fine.
claptonman
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If you plug them into slots 2 and 4, it'd be the same as putting them in the 1st and 3rd slot. I have my Ripjaws in the 2nd and 4th slots, and there's no performance decrease.