Do I need a heatsink?

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whmeltonjr

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I am about to put everything together, and I have one friend telling me I absolutely have to have a heatsink, and another that says I don't. I'll be gaming, and editing big photo files on it.

Here is what I have:
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ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Socket LGA 1155 mobo
Asus GTX 660 Ti
16GB Corsair Ram
750w Thermaltake
and a CM Storm Trooper full tower

I don't know if I'm going to overclock or not. I am leaning towards not doing so, but I may down the line. I guess my concern is do I need a heatsink, or is what I have adequate?
 
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Kelthar
You definitely NEED a heatsink (CPUs burn, or get permanent damage, in about 3-4 seconds if you run a computer without a heatsink). I assume your question is whether you'll be using stock cooler or not.

If you plan any overclocking at all, you will require a heatsink other than stock one. If you don't, stock cooler will handle it. You can always build the PC with the stock cooler and when you decide to overclock, you get another one.

You'll need a cooler if the temperature at your gaming room gets over 35ºC, by the way. I'm saying this from personal experience.

Also, consider looking at a different graphics card. The GTX 760 costs the same (at least when I looked) as the GTX 660 Ti and offers better performance, not to mention you...
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You definitely NEED a heatsink (CPUs burn, or get permanent damage, in about 3-4 seconds if you run a computer without a heatsink). I assume your question is whether you'll be using stock cooler or not.

If you plan any overclocking at all, you will require a heatsink other than stock one. If you don't, stock cooler will handle it. You can always build the PC with the stock cooler and when you decide to overclock, you get another one.

You'll need a cooler if the temperature at your gaming room gets over 35ºC, by the way. I'm saying this from personal experience.

Also, consider looking at a different graphics card. The GTX 760 costs the same (at least when I looked) as the GTX 660 Ti and offers better performance, not to mention you can expand with SLI later on, whereas GTX 660 will be discontinued sooner.
 
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You absolutely have to have a heat sink, but one will come with your processor. It's going to be loud, annoying, and not do a very great job. You can get a replacement that does so much better for very little cost in the grand scheme of things, and if you get the itch to overclock at some point in the future you'll already be set.
 
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