Originally Posted by
chazus
I'm not saying you're wrong, more that I just haven't kept up to date on Haswell benchmarks/reviews. I know it runs hotter, and will be harder to OC to the same levels... But some people are saying that you need better cooling to even reach over 4.0ghz. At the same time, the people saying this are also the people selling the $100-$150 products, the same people saying you needed those $100-$150 products for IB OC. Are there any links you have handy/easy to find showing that getting 4.4 to 4.5 on Haswell -requires- something like a Noctua, or water cooling?