i7 8700 on stock cooler, Can it turbo?

[DeadlyTitan]

So initially i wanted to use my salvaged Hyper 212 Evo on my i7 8700, but one of my nephews lost the mounting screws and other little stuff that come with the box, making the cooler useless since i cannot mount it. I tried buying them on but they seem to cost as much as new cooler

so i was thinking how good is the stock cooler? i know its not very good but i just want to make sure that if its enough for the CPU to reach its turbo clock. My case have a rather good positive air flow if it helps,

 

[wilds]

The stock cooler will sustain 4.3 GHz easily.

 

[fastamdman]

I don't like people using stock coolers on K processors. They are meant to be overclocked. Can I just sell you the right mounting hardware please lol. I have a spare 212 that I always keep on hand just in case my pump fails or my loop suddenly gets a hole in it etc. I would be more than happy to sell you the screws for it so you can have a proper heatsink. The 8700k begs to be overclocked.

 

[DeadlyTitan]

The stock cooler will sustain 4.3 GHz easily.

Well people keep saying it'll throttle down and Stock cooler is not really good.

I don't like people using stock coolers on K processors. They are meant to be overclocked. Can I just sell you the right mounting hardware please lol. I have a spare 212 that I always keep on hand just in case my pump fails or my loop suddenly gets a hole in it etc. I would be more than happy to sell you the screws for it so you can have a proper heatsink. The 8700k begs to be overclocked.

Its a Non K chip, not a K Chip 🙂

 

[fastamdman]

Well people keep saying it'll throttle down and Stock cooler is not really good.



Its a Non K chip, not a K Chip 🙂

Sorry I was reading your post right after I read another post and I thought it was the K version. In that case, stick with the stock cooler, you will be just fine. If you want to upgrade later on down the line, you are more than welcome to 🙂

 

[monkeydelmagico]

Good case air flow should allow the stock cooler to manage the heat. Why don't you just install it, run some CPU heavy loads, and report back?

 

[DeadlyTitan]

Good case air flow should allow the stock cooler to manage the heat. Why don't you just install it, run some CPU heavy loads, and report back?

Too lazy to refit all that stuff again to tear it down and refit an another cooler lol..

Sorry I was reading your post right after I read another post and I thought it was the K version. In that case, stick with the stock cooler, you will be just fine. If you want to upgrade later on down the line, you are more than welcome to 🙂

its okay 🙂 , people keep saying that with stock cooler the CPU will thermal throttle.

 

[fastamdman]

Too lazy to refit all that stuff again to tear it down and refit an another cooler lol..




its okay 🙂 , people keep saying that with stock cooler the CPU will thermal throttle.

It won't throttle, not by a long shot. Especially if you aren't running MCE. I would suggest manually setting voltage though, don't leave it on auto. You will be perfectly fine as long as you do that 🙂

 

[DeadlyTitan]

It won't throttle, not by a long shot. Especially if you aren't running MCE. I would suggest manually setting voltage though, don't leave it on auto. You will be perfectly fine as long as you do that 🙂

I am not sure my board have MCE, i thought only Asus boards have MCE. i am on an MSI board.

 

[fastamdman]

I am not sure my board have MCE, i thought only Asus boards have MCE. i am on an MSI board.

I was pretty sure a lot of boards came with MCE, but asus had MCE on by default with xmp or something. Regardless, just make sure it's off 🙂