processor question

[Sirrus]

Hey folks.

I've made two recent attempts to make a thread asking a serious question and all I get is half-assed jokes that are not helpful and even less funny, so I'm going to ask another question in hopes that I'll get a different result.

I recently bought my processor. It did not come with a heat sink. Should I order a heat sink, or is it fine with just a bit of thermal paste on top?

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[A.R.C.]

You're better off using steam to message the people who actually know what they're doing when it comes to these things, topics attract stupid people.

[XRobo]

[Snaffle J. Bean]

I don't think thermal paste would be enough to stop a processor from overheating. I suggest you get a heatsink just to be safe

[Visage]

Without a heatsink your CPU will be completely fried in very short amount of time, I've heard 5-10 seconds. I would guess 1 minute.

EDIT: I just watched a video, an intel processor will freeze and shut off immediately, an AMD CPU will reach 300 degrees in a matter of seconds and be completely useless.

[Niliscro]

I would be safe and just order a heatsink.

[Sirrus]

Dammet xrobo, that wasn't even close to on topic.

Anyway, thanks Snaffle. I'll lump one in with my next set of parts.

would something like this work?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233001

Do you have any suggestions?

[Snaffle J. Bean]

Do you have any suggestions?

Not really. I don't know that much about computers, to be honest.

[XRobo]

Dammet

Olol.


On-topic: Heatsinks suck snake. Get a liquid-cooling system. Works best.

[Visage]

Olol.


On-topic: Heatsinks suck snake. Get a liquid-cooling system. Works best.

Liquid-cooling has a heatsink also. the heatsink isn't the fan it is the giant piece of whatever metal it is, like aluminum I think most of them are, that absorbs most of the heat.

[Niliscro]

Olol.


On-topic: Heatsinks suck snake. Get a liquid-cooling system. Works best.

He wouldn't really need liquid cooling unless he has multiple harddrives and processors as well as a hardcore GPU.

[Sirrus]

On-topic: Heatsinks suck snake. Get a liquid-cooling system. Works best.

Oh yeah, because I can definitely rework my entire build, buy a new case and spend exorbitant amounts of money at this stage to get liquid cooling.

[JAW959]

dude you don't need a heatsink, just download some more ram

[Wedge]

A heatsink and fan combo is probably fine for a stock processor and getting liquid cooling would be needlessly expensive.

[Visage]

Just go to newegg and look at reviews and you will probably find one that tons of people love, it isn't going to take a fancy cooler to keep your CPU running smooth unless you plan to overclock it way up. BTW a heatsink with a fan on it is called a cooler.