Is a cooling system required???

iEastwood

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Jul 3, 2013
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Do I absolutely have to have a Cooling System to play games on my CPU?
These are all of the components that i have and don't want to build the cpu if i have to have the cooling system.

- ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
- SAPPHIRE 100351SR Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card OC with Boost
- Intel Core i5-4670K Haswell 3.4GHz LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics
- Western Digital WD Black 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
- CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model
- Corsair 800w PSU.

Case - Corsair 600T w/2 x 200mm fans and 1 x 120mm exhaust fan.
Won't be doing any overclocking, just gaming.
 
Solution
Nope, not really an aftermarket cooler, unless the Intel stock cooler is too loud for you, which you will find out soon after building the system..

Overkill power supply by the way. You can save a lot of money there...

iEastwood

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Jul 3, 2013
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will overclock eventually, just had to make sure that i was able to use hook up and run it all without an after market cooling system.

 


Ah, alright. Yup you're good to go.