Im not going to OC do i need any kind of CPU Cooling?

[xCoHeNx]

Well!?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Ususally, yes.

For A64, I'd give you a big yes. I'm using my stock HS/F and my temps are great (plus it's pretty quiet too).

 

[Jeff7]

If you raise the voltage, the CPU will consume more power, and thus produce more heat. Depends on what your temperatures are though. I use Motherboard Monitor 5 to monitor temps, but it might not support new motherboards anymore, as development stopped some time ago.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
If you raise the voltage, the CPU will consume more power, and thus produce more heat. Depends on what your temperatures are though. I use Motherboard Monitor 5 to monitor temps, but it might not support new motherboards anymore, as development stopped some time ago.

Why would he raise the voltage?

 

[mettleh3d]

ofc you need cooling.

 

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: xCoHeNx
Well!?

Buy a retail boxed CPU.

Use the Heatsink/Fan combo that it comes with.

Use your PC in a normal fashion and dispose of any excess packaging in an environmentally friendly way.

 

[biostud]

if you're interested in a silent computer you might want to buy another one that the makes less noise than the stock. But otherwise the stock hsf is fine.

 

[xCoHeNx]

Ii didnt buy the computer but its going to be probably in a closed place, and im not interested in a silent computer i just dont want to spend money on things that i dont need.

 

[mdchesne]

Originally posted by: xCoHeNx
Well!?

other than stock, no

 

[imported_rod]

Stock cooling is fine. Heaps of people overclock with stock cooling, so if you're not overclocking it will definately be enough.

RoD

 

[FlyingPenguin]

Athlon stock cooling is more than adequate, and pretty quiet as well. Not to mention that you must use the stock HSF if it's a retail CPU in order to keep from violating the warranty on the CPU.

 

[Mavrick007]

On any current day machine you need active cooling, ie. hsf.
Stock cooling has to be good enough for a non-overclocked machine otherwise they wouldn't warranty the cpu, so just go with that

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

Yeah, unless you want pretty high overclocks (600+ mhz on an A64), stock cooling should be fine.