What's in the box, CPU, fan, thermal grease? Is the fan adequate for standard clocking?
999627
Inside the box are CPU,standard cooler fan for the cpu, the fan does a fine job cooling the cpu and the thermal grease already spread on the CPU.
999628
Hey man! yes you have the CPU, fan and thermal grease to set it up perfectly for standard cocking. Enjoy!
999629
CPU and Fan. The CPU has a thin layer of grease to mount onto the motherboard. I currently have it running in a home-built NAS, Fractal Design Node 304 case, without any problems.
1874746
Yes, it comes with a heatsink that should work for normal usage. If you live in a hot area or plan to overclock the CPU you should consider getting a better heatsink though.
2125061
Yes, it is, but keep in mind this is a pretty weak heatsink so you may have issues with Cool N Quiet if it's struggling to cool a quad core or 95+ watt CPU. It'd be wise to avoid relying on Cool N Quiet until you know what kind of temps you're running on average, max CPU power draw, etc. For HTPC use you can grab a lower end Athlon x2 (under 95w!) or some AM2+ Sempron (If I'm remembering correctly), an ASROCK 780GX-family chipset board with Cool N Quiet enabled, even on the integrated graphics you should be able to expect very little/no noise and satisfactory performance. AM2+ isn't dead.
589677
Do not recommend any kind of overclocking on this motherboard. It is good for basic use.
1355264
It is. It comes with a CPU cooler (heatsink+fan) which has a square of thermal compound pre-applied. I used a third party CPU Cooler though (Hyper 212 Evo) with Arctic Silver 5, though.
775697
Heat sinks and fans are usually sold separately from CPUs. Don't expect either to be included unless the description clearly says so. Mine came as CPU only.
1476221
The Boxed Processor as shown has the stock fan & heatsink. It is fine as long as you don't plan to Overc lock. If you do, then you would need a third party cooler.
2218802
No, you don't need to buy anything, the cpu comes with the stock cooling fan and thermal grease. If you are not overclocking, that should work with any motherboard. If you are overclocking or expect to run the cpu really hot, you can buy a third party cooling fan/system.
1141440
Yes! Be sure to use cpu thermal heatsink grease! "Caution" when using a lower grade cooler failure is at a higher risk!
595073
Comes with Fan and Heatsink, paste is included on the sink. Not the highest quality fan/hs but it'll do the job fine. I bought a new heatsink for this processor.
580280
Yes, it comes with a heat sink and fan but it was too loud under load so I replaced with a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus unit that performs better and is much quieter. If you anticipate the processor will be under load a good amount of the time (gaming or apps that tax the CPU), you might consider an aftermarket cooler as well to keep temps down and not just for the fan noise.
595072
Yes, the fan is pre-attached to the heat-sink and includes pre-applied thermal paste. However, I would recommend an aftermarket cooler for over clocking.
1517201
Yes, a nice heatsink and fan with a 4-pin connector. You will also get a small information page about the processor and a nice sticker to put on your computer with the AMD logo.
1367164
Mine came with the CPU itself and a CPU heat sink/fan assembly that snaps into the motherboard. However I couldn't use the heat sink/fan assembly because I couldn't remove my existing back plate from the motherboard, it was glued on! I had to clean the old thermal paste off my old heat sink, pick up some new thermal paste, apply it to the new CPU I installed and re-use the old heat sink/fan assembly. Not ideal as it's a six year old fan but my temps are fine... for now. I couldn't find a reasonably priced heat sink/fan assembly that would screw into my existing back plate and still make this a cost effective solution! You might want to check yours first. Mine came with the CPU itself and a CPU heat sink/fan assembly that snaps into the motherboard. However I couldn't use the heat sink/fan assembly because I couldn't remove my existing back plate from the motherboard, it was glued on! I had to clean the old thermal paste off my old heat sink, pick up some new thermal paste, apply it to the new CPU I installed and re-use the old heat sink/fan assembly. Not ideal as it's a six year old fan but my temps are fine... for now. I couldn't find a reasonably priced heat sink/fan assembly that would screw into my existing back plate and still make... » Read More Mine came with the CPU itself and a CPU heat sink/fan assembly that snaps into the motherboard. However I couldn't use the heat sink/fan assembly because I couldn't remove my existing back plate from the motherboard, it was glued on! I had to clean the old thermal paste off my old heat sink, pick up some new thermal paste, apply it to the new CPU I installed and re-use the old heat sink/fan assembly. Not ideal as it's a six year old fan but my temps are fine... for now. I couldn't find a reasonably priced heat sink/fan assembly that would screw into my existing back plate and still make this a cost effective solution! You might want to check yours first. « Show Less
1278050
I believe mine was just the CPU, and we used an old fan. We bought thermal paste separately.
1126221
Yes. This processor contains a thermal solution (fan, heat sink and paste).
595074
It comes with a heatsink/fan with thermal paste already on it. Just place the fan assembly on top of the microprocessor and hook the 4 hold owns to your motherboard.