Posted January 26, 2016
My computer that I built in Feb 2013 has been overheating a lot for a number of months if all 8 cores get busy doing something so I've been careful to not run things that really abuse the system in the short term until I can clean the crapload of dust out of it. A few weeks ago I bought an air compressor to clean all the PCs with but still need to buy the hose and other parts before I can use it. I also plan to buy a new high end Lian-Li aluminum case for it with ample cooling fans. These two things should be more than adequate to solve the problems that matter to me personally without any additional expenses so I did not have any intention to buy better heatsink/fan/liquid cooler or similar.
Yesterday, a friend of a friend upgraded their own CPU cooling system with a new liquid cooler and didn't need their fancy high end $115 heatsink/fan anymore so they offered it to me. So I just got a kick ass cooling solution that's about a year old but in mint condition for free which in combination with cleaning out the PC with an air compressor and a new case should completely resolve all overheating problems and then some, and I should be able to max out the CPU and even use Turbocore for some games now or even potentially use overclocking although I'm not particularly big on that.
Here's the new freebie cooler, it's a beast: http://www.ncix.com/detail/noctua-nh-u14s-lga115x-2011-am2-am3-20-82802.htm
Yesterday, a friend of a friend upgraded their own CPU cooling system with a new liquid cooler and didn't need their fancy high end $115 heatsink/fan anymore so they offered it to me. So I just got a kick ass cooling solution that's about a year old but in mint condition for free which in combination with cleaning out the PC with an air compressor and a new case should completely resolve all overheating problems and then some, and I should be able to max out the CPU and even use Turbocore for some games now or even potentially use overclocking although I'm not particularly big on that.
Here's the new freebie cooler, it's a beast: http://www.ncix.com/detail/noctua-nh-u14s-lga115x-2011-am2-am3-20-82802.htm