Do you have to have a water cooler for the 256S?
1655036
The one I purchased CAME WITH A WATER COOLED TORCH. When I use the water cooled torch I must have a water flow through it. You could just use an air cooled torch. As soon as I go the unit I tried out everything. I cut 3/4" plate with the plasma, welded Full power DC TIG, and then tried it out on 0.030 6061 aluminum. It worked great...so far I've had no trouble with it.
1117057
one more think, if you can, buy the Cooler Master Hyper N520. I assure, you are not regret.
2186763
No, Technically-short of cryogenic cooling there's no such thing as cooling overkill for the type of plug-and play water cooling solution you are considering. However you may want to explore the 140mm dual fan models since new cases, including many from Corsair provide mounting for the larger fan models which run slower and therefore quieter. The 120mm version is also quiet at normal loads, but cannot move as much air and stay as quiet when the cpu is amped.
2013921
No. If you plan to overclock, get other product that has better cooling system.
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.
211814
No, it is only the processor. But a good cooler is easy to find. But it is until now an exellent processor for Am3 boards.
2227826
Yes! I use a CM seidon 120m which isn't the best liquid cooler. Currently I have it overclocked to 4.6 ghz, but could go higher. Its such a great cpu, eespecially for the price.
1709401
I considered both the NH-U12S and the h100i to cool an i7-4790k @ 4.7GHz. The difference on paper was 8-10 degrees, but the cost was another $40 for the water rig. My PC runs 24/7 and I have yet to see the CPU over 40C, whether gaming or doing digital forensic work on it. Other than being able to say "it's water-cooled." I really see no reason to spend the extra money. The NH-U12S does an excellent job cooling and runs very quietly, even on one fan.
1394577
No it did not have any water cooling setup in the case. Its the same case as the higher end one that comes with water cooling, but this case is bare.
1275287
Its an alright choice. I have a custom water cooling set up in mine. Hold a 360 rad just fine though you lose the top 5.5 slot.
1689508
Not an exact answer, but I'm running Kingston Hyper X Red which has Large aluminum Heat-sinks. No worries
1143778
P.S. If you are running liquid cooling you can do away with the fancy heat sink on the RAM sticks and use liquid cooling accessories for them.
2092012
Hi there,Yes Sir, no problem at all.Alot of people will tell you that this processor is a beast of a CPU (true), but also that beadt will run smoothly with any liquid cooler (open or closed loop) in case of normal clocking. However, if you would like to unleash the full capacity of the beast then you should need a beast of a cooler to cool ot down.I hope i was useful.Regards, Ahmed E
617295
install the memory first, be careful when tightening the cooler's base plate screws as the threads can be damaged easily, just don't over tighten.
846726
If you purchase the boxed version then yes it will come with a heatsink/fan. However, the included heatsink is totally inadequate for cooling the 6800k. You will definitely need a decent aftermarket cooler for this apu. I own two 6800k's and I wouldn't dare put a wimpy cooler on either of them.
1528652
No, you shouldn't have to. The is incredibly easy to remove from the heatsync, so IF the fan is over existing ram sticks or an empty ram slot you plan on adding to, you can just take off the fan, install the ram and you'd be good. Hope this helps!
393195
Yes, but I would buy an aftermarket cooler. the Included heat sink doesn't move enough air and the CPU will commonly exceed 100*C