How necessary is a cooler for the POST test?

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Warcon

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Hey all, I am a computer building noob, so please be patient with me!

I am getting an i7 4770k and a Asus Maximus VI Hero, with a Corsair H100i for cooling.

My question is: For when I am doing the post test, where the computer is only on for a few seconds, is it really necessary to hook up a cooler to it? I would rather not try to install the motherboard in the chassis with the h100i attached, because it seems like that would be rather difficult, and using the stock cooler for those few seconds seems unecessary. Is there a good possibility of the CPU frying during post with no cooler?
 
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Hi Warcon,

I would never attempt it even for a second.
For the cost of an I7 4770k play it safe please.

Even after two or three seconds without any cooler on the chip it will hit over 100c or more and go into meltdown.


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It is not good to boot with no heatsink, i threw the stock cooler on my friends phenom cpu after come cool aid was spilled on the board. We used it to test if it worked as his cooler was still messy. we obviously had the board and stuff clean when we tested and since he had an aftermarket cooler, the amd bracket was off and just stuck the stock cooler on with pre applied thermal paste and barely held it down to test to boot and got quite hot, so no would prob overheat do not do it, just use the stock cooler to test
 
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Never do that, that can burn your cpu, even at stock clock/zero load, any cpu is producing heat... I would use the boxed intel cooler for post test then install the H100 in the case... Anyway why not installing the Intel cooler, that's only 5 sec... and another 5 to remove it...
 
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Warcon

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Thanks! This is what I was looking for. Looks like I will just bite the bullet and attach that cooler temporarily.
 
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it's like starting your engine after a rebuild with no water in the system "just to see if it starts"... it WILL cause you problems you will regret for a long time even if it lives.
 
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