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Do I need a better cooler?

Julio Navarro
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The stock cooler is plenty for what it's designed to do--cooling the cpu at stock settings. 

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Should I buy a heatpipe cooler (Cooler Master Hyper TX3) for the Intel i3-4150 (54w) or it'd work fine under heavy loads with the stock cooler? Considering that I use my PC mostly for gaming and that the temperatures in my city during summer are on average 97°F.

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As long as your temps don't get too close to 90C I think you're good. If you can spare a few bucks I'd get one of those Cooler Master coolers anyways though.

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Are your temps going above 80c or so?

 

I'd highly suggest the hyper 212 evo.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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The stock cooler is plenty for what it's designed to do--cooling the cpu at stock settings. 

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Stock cooler is good, only it's louder than a TX3....if you go with an aftermarket cooler with a core i3 it would be mostly for quieter operation, not temps related.

| CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v  |  Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING  |  CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 |
| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
| Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 2 VR

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