Should i buy a heatsink

Nearly all of Iuppiter Zeus's answer is on the money except for the fact that your processor will include a heat sink and fan. It will not unless specified by the seller. The Hyper outclasses all others in its price range. I would also clarify that nearly all heat sinks will include thermal interfacing material TIM; or "thermal paste". What comes in the box is perfectly fine unless you plan to tinker with your overclock for max performance.

Use about a grain of rice. To me this looks like a "boxed CPU" which means that there is a cooler included. This so called "stock cooler" works fine but is very low quality and loud. I personally don't recommend using it. Especially if you overclock your CPU which I suppose because you bought the K version I would invest into a tower cooler. But make sure it fits into your case usually the case manufacturer mentions info like a "max. About thermal paste: There might be some already on the heatsink.

I'm not sure if intel does that. But I don't recommend using that either probably you can't even use it because it's on the stock heatsink. There are good ones available on the internet, just search a little while I guess you know linustechtips , he recommended some.

Just one little tip for that: Don't buy more because it's cheaper per gram. You need so little amounts of it, like 3 grams is enough. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top.

Aug 3, 27, 1, , 5, The stock heat sink will be sufficient for normal usage and perhaps a slight overclock. However, if you intend to overclock more than a few Mhz, then you should probably get a third party heat sink. Mar 24, 4, 28 26, The bundled one is fine unless you're going to overclock it. You need an aftermarket cooler if you want to OC Though if the budget is tight but you want the option of OCing in future, you can stick with the K and spend your money on a cooler later on.

Whtwolf Honorable. Dec 23, 0 10, The OEM heatsink will work if you are not going to overclock or stress your system for long periods of time, if you are, it would be best to buy a better cooling solution.

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