Is the stock cooler/ heat sink good enough since there is no overclocking? (high air-flow case)
241119
I use a Cool Master with heat conductors on top of my CPU. I use this CPU for gaming and I never see it above 61 degrees. (Variable: On top of desk in a well air current room.)
241120
It worked great for me. And I'm not overclocking. Under heavy load mine goes to 54c.
1695922
None, only at 100% fans speed (force set by after market software). You won't hear it under your CPU cooler - be it air or water cooling.
418293
I stuck with the stock fans and they've worked for me - quiet, no overheating. That said, I should mention that I'm not overclocking anything in this build and did the best I could to keep wires out of the airflow channels (cable management is still a challenge in this form factor, but if you're doing it for cooling and don't care what things look like once the case is closed, you're fine). I'm running an i5 4670K with stock heat sink/fan, Corsair Vengeance RAM, 2 x 2TB hard drives.
440116
I think you will be fine using the stock fan with the usage that you laid out. It's a really impressive little chip, enjoy.
145209
The fan it comes with is adequate. It depends on your case and airflow as well.
585529
Yeah, but an after market heatsink is recommended. I bought the Cooler Master Seidon 120v for it.
1366828
I would use another case fan over leaving the case open. I doubt stock cooler would cover full overclocking without instability.
1885003
Yes i would say with the stock fans you can get adequate airflow any standard system. IT however has a very tight fit with the cool-master 120m water cooling system and don't recommend using the cooler if you plan to force air out of the back. The top mount were good but for my configuration those were blocked.
1398464
It does very well. The increased air flow over the cpu is significant. It should work well unless you are going to really, really overclock.
1781026
The case comes with a power supply which has a fan and a small case fan on the side/top of the unit. There are no places to install additional fans. One nice thing though is that the CPU fan has a vent directly above it. So in a way the CPU fan acts as a case fan because the case is so small and the side vent is so close to the CPU. I'm running an A10-5800K APU and I haven't had overheating issues. I did have overheating issues when I attempted to overclock it. It's not exactly an overclocking case. You're most likely going to be fine with up to 100W TDP CPU or APU in this case. I highly recommend looking into AMDs line of APUs. With an APU in this thing you can make a mighty fine SteamBox. One thing worth mentioning is that this case is TIGHT! My CD drive is touching my ram. There is no extra clearance. If you get ram that has huge cooling fins you may have a bad day depending on the layout of your motherboard.
336739
The standard cooler is good enough. You can't over clock this CPU anyways so an aftermarket cooler would just be a waste.
105336
The stock fan is sufficient, the only problem is that it is Loud. Temps will be about identical to pretty much any air cooler $45 and under. 45º is probably the max you would see on stock settings.
2173970
When you say quieter, I would agree to that, but you need to consider the fan you use, you can use whichever fan you want, the stock cooler is junk, always get an aftermarket cooler unless you're using an i5 or i3 and never plan on pushing your CPU with anything, the 92mm cooler is one of the biggest coolers you're going to fit in this case and you can comfortably game with it if you have a solid gpu
1366826
Stock cooler is pretty weak but you could probably manage it. Why not go for something a little more substantial for ~$25-30 to be safe?
1398465
I'm not overclocking because i'm using it in a very small case, with almost no space to breath... but i'm pretty sure that in a standard itx case it can handle a little OC. Not anything crazy, as you just pointed.
2265510
If it's a stock system yes if it's a aftermarket system you might have to re arrange it. Personally I go air cooling but yes the liquid cooling holes are on the case! Your welcome!!
45363
yes.the stock cooler is not enough for the job. and the CPU wull shut down due to over heating.better to get an after market cooler