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Building a pc and want to know if I need a CPU cooler.
Will be a gaming pc and wont be overclocking. thanks
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M-8 wrote Building a pc and want to know if I need a CPU cooler.
Will be a gaming pc and wont be overclocking. thanks


Since you will not be overclocking, no. You will be fine with the stock cooler.
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Depends what CPU you have. With an FX-9590, yes. In fact, you'll want a decent cooler for any of AMD's CPU's, they get pretty hot even when not overclocked. For Intel, stock cooler is perfectly fine until you begin to overclock.
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