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I am building a PC for the first time and have a couple of questions. Firstly, what is the difference between the stock CPU heat sink fan and an after market heat sink fan, and would you recommend the stock or after market fan?
This pertains more to the motherboard, but my second question is that my hands are rather sweaty. So, should I use latex gloves when dealing with all the hardware to avoid getting oils onto them or not?
Any and all other tips for the building process would also be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 
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well aftermarket fans are much better as they are generally have more mass and better fans. Naturally more copper costs more money, so Intel just gives you a cheap aluminum one. but the stock heat sink will work if you do not intend to overclock, and the Intel ones at least are pretty quiet. As you can always upgrade the cooler later on, unless you see yourself needing one ( plan to OC or live in a very hot area with no AC) I would go stock for now unless you can add the cost of a decent aftermarket cooler which is around $ 35 or so. ( look into the hyper 212 evo.)
When I build systems, I do not want my fingerprints over them especially for client builds. I wear nitrile Gloves but that is only because I have access to them. Latex...
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Stock heatsink and fans ship with the cpu and are meant to be the bare minimum of cooling for the chip. I would advise strongly to get an after market cooler to get lower temps yeilding more overclock potential, and less noise. Depending on your cpu and budget, there are many options, however as a general recommendation I always say go with the cooler master hyper 212. About your hands, no its fine dont worry about it man lol. As long as your not running the treadmill while building and dripping droplets of sweat, its nothing to worry about.
 
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well aftermarket fans are much better as they are generally have more mass and better fans. Naturally more copper costs more money, so Intel just gives you a cheap aluminum one. but the stock heat sink will work if you do not intend to overclock, and the Intel ones at least are pretty quiet. As you can always upgrade the cooler later on, unless you see yourself needing one ( plan to OC or live in a very hot area with no AC) I would go stock for now unless you can add the cost of a decent aftermarket cooler which is around $ 35 or so. ( look into the hyper 212 evo.)
When I build systems, I do not want my fingerprints over them especially for client builds. I wear nitrile Gloves but that is only because I have access to them. Latex gloves are much cheaper and should work well too. But just remember, you really do not want to touch the CPU socket or CPU heat spreader much or any other components, so if you do not touch everything you might not even need gloves.

 
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Lol compents are really not as delicate as it may come off, not that you should practice being extra safe but im just saying. my water cooling loop leaked and got all in my socket. 2 says later it was fine.
 
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well I'll admit to being paranoid with electronics, especially as I cannot afford many. but hey safety first is not the worst... or some great slogan...
 
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