Does the stock heatsink serve it's purpose?
1870621
Most definitely. The Rosewill Ranger M case with duel fans also helps keep the air moving. Also be sure your wires do not obstruct airflow. I love the 7850k. Never need a graphics card. But if you want more power, crossfire is possible.
1870622
It depends on how you are going to use your pc. If it's just a simple built for office and home use. Yes it ok. But if your going for gaming and planning to OC. Go for a water cooled one. Enjoy your build. Www.twitch.tv/jbgabrie
1870623
Yes but don't expect to have it on in a warm environment with out throttling also lots of people report high temps you would be best off getting any aftermarket cooler.
1870624
Yes it does but if ur doing a build I recommend getting a better heat sink or even water cooling
1874744
Yes, This does have a heat-sink included but depending on your usage case and enclosure (case) I would consider an aftermarket heat-sink dependent again on your usage case / physical case. If your case has low airflow or you will be pushing the APU hard for long periods of time as a media center or under other workloads look toward other heat-sink options. This APU does run warm when under a good load. Hope this helps but remember this is just my opinion / suggestion.
595075
It comes with a heatsink and fan with thermal paste already applied.Depending on how much you want to push your processor, I would recommend finding a better heatsink since the one included is merely 'adequate' for normal uses. Mine has pretty high temps with even small overclocking with the stock cooler.
1854990
Some come pre applied to the heatsink so its not needed to buy anymore. unless you wish to of course
961967
The motherboard isn't what runs hot, that's the CPU. And if not used for intense gaming you can definitely use the stock CPU heatsink. Great motherboard!
1421492
Ya, seems to be standard for this chip I purchased a larger heatsink for it as well as changed fan speeds to keep it a little lower. Doesn't change the temp much but works well for extended use.
1141440
Yes! Be sure to use cpu thermal heatsink grease! "Caution" when using a lower grade cooler failure is at a higher risk!
119246
the drive in the heatsink apears to be an SAS (SCSI Attached Serial), however, as it is mentioned, the drive does run hot, so I would not use it without the heatsink, as the drive WILL overheat, causing catastrophic failure..
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.
350626
The heat sinks are not much bigger than the ram itself.On every installation of these I have made, the heat sink does not overlap the socket and does not add much to the height.
353016
Due to the clearance height, the heatsink does prevent tall RAM sticks (e.g. Crucial Ballistix Sport XT) from being used in the RAM slot closest to the APU socket. The same issue may also occur for the second RAM slot, though this had not been verified.
388537
I think the answer to this is pretty obvious. This cooler is just barely better than the stock one. Only meant to cool 40Watts or so.
1198410
Heat sinks dont really mater as long as it is compatible with your mother board and you can mount it to your mother board
1416479
Should as long as it's the same interface and you have the room for it. The heatsink is thick.
937444
I wouldn't suggest overclocking with the stock heatsink I've always read that it is unsafe. You void warranty by overclocking so I personally wouldn't risk it.
419054
Yes, this comes with a small heatsink and an OEM cooling fan. You have to move it out of the way to get the chip out of the package.
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.