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Hi there

First time post, long time lurker :)

Anyway I'm looking a bit of advice around cooling for a new pc I've just bought prebuilt on ebay, taking a wee bit of a chance but the seller has a good rep and a genuine reason for sale.

The spec is as below

Intel i7-4790 3.60GHz LGA1150 'Haswell Refresh' CPU (Quad Core/8 Thread/22nm build process)

MSI GEForce GTX 770 OC 2GB GDDR5 PCie 3.0 Graphics Card
Intel 530 120GB High Perfomance SSD
8GB RAM (Kingston 2 x 4GB DDR3-1600 (11-11-11 timing) DRAM)
MSI B85I Gen 4 LGA1150 Mini ITX motherboard
Antec ISK600 Mini ITX Shuttle Case (http://www.antec.com/product.php?id=706714&fid=5022033&lan=nz)
Antec Earthwatts EA-550 Platinum low noise PSU

So stock CPU cooler, itx case with stock 120mm Fan. Apparently this machine was used to demo virtual reality demos at a trade fair over a few weeks, so pretty intensive workload and no issues but I'm a bit worried about the heat still.

There'll be no overclock on the cpu, and I need to add a 7200rpm HDD, so what are your thoughts - is a liquid cpu cooler or a case mod entirely necessary or will I get away with not doing it, considering I dont want to pull it apart :)

Cheers!
 
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There are plenty of low-profile CPU coolers out there better then the stock Intel heatsink. Liquid cooling isn't a bad idea in small form factor cases, just have to make sure it is supported and will fit.

Since it can't be overclocked a small 120mm AIO cooler would work. Or something short will work.

Here is a template you can use, select edit and it will list the compatible coolers for that you can select from:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FwfLbv
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FwfLbv/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($289.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI B85I Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($83.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Antec ISK600 Mini ITX Tower Case ($43.99...
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There are plenty of low-profile CPU coolers out there better then the stock Intel heatsink. Liquid cooling isn't a bad idea in small form factor cases, just have to make sure it is supported and will fit.

Since it can't be overclocked a small 120mm AIO cooler would work. Or something short will work.

Here is a template you can use, select edit and it will list the compatible coolers for that you can select from:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FwfLbv
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FwfLbv/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($289.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI B85I Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($83.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Antec ISK600 Mini ITX Tower Case ($43.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $417.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-22 11:04 EDT-0400
 
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Stock cooler is still undersized for Intel's processors. With better thermals it will stay at it's maximum clock speed for greater lengths, or all the time.
 
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Thanks for the advice!
 
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I'll have a look at the wiring inside when I'm putting in the HDD and see how scary it looks :) Might just monitor the temps initially, see how things go!

 
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