How long can I last with the stock amd 8350 cooler?

[Agent181]

Ok, so I know the stock coolers are crap for coolers in general but is it ok if I use the stock cooler for school works and minimal game use, like minecraft?  I am going to buy the Swiftech H 240X once its in stock near me, probably in 3 months so is that time frame ok for the stock cooler?

 

Thanks

[AlwaysFSX]

Yes but not really. It'll get really toasty.

[Fate]

It will last for years if you clean it properly every few months.

[Hirad123]

They wouldn't include the stock cooler if it wasn't okay to use it.

[Clyne]

"Stock Cooler" isn't crap, it should be fine as long it's the one with the metal heatpipes. BTW i used the Stock Cooler on my 64 X2 for 7 years and it still runs fine.

[Shroomster]

It is loud. I stood up with it personally for around 23 minutes. Then I shut off my PC and said to myself it is not worth the pain.

[KingDaddyDaniel]

I've been running the 6350 overclocked to 4.2Ghz with the same stock cooler and my temps are 40C idle and 52C full load at 27C room temperature

[rhyseyness]

It'll just be very loud most probably

[Swndlr]

if youre down to hear the sound of lawn mowers goin all day except theyre not mexicans outside, its just the fan in your pc case...

[Agent181]

if youre down to hear the sound of lawn mowers goin all day except theyre not mexicans outside, its just the fan in your pc case...

:angry: ......

[Swndlr]

:angry: ......

i speakith the truth my dear lad.

[Siddhesh]

For 3 months that shouldn't be an issue. But avoid long gaming sessions.

[Guest andyysplash]

I've been running my build since 12th December last year (waiting for the funds to get a Noctua amongst other things) and it's done well for all that time. I'm running at stock speeds and in the winter the temps were ~11-17C idle (room temp ~10-15) and 30-40C maxed out on Prime95. In the summer it was 30+ idle and hit 60+ load, but that was partly due to needing to clean the intake filter. Also, after undervolting (AMD are a little heavy handed with the voltage) to 1.2V (slight issues below that) it ran at 20-24C idle and 35-40C load in the summer with 20-24C room temp.

So, in conclusion, if you undervolt your CPU and clean your intake filters and the cooler, you should be fine, though the 5000+rpm fan noise may drive you crazy

[Guest andyysplash]

For 3 months that shouldn't be an issue. But avoid long gaming sessions.

Apart from the noise, long sessions are fine. I did 5+ hour Skyrim sessions and once I undervolted it was fine

[Agent181]

I've been running my build since 12th December last year (waiting for the funds to get a Noctua amongst other things) and it's done well for all that time. I'm running at stock speeds and in the winter the temps were ~11-17C idle (room temp ~10-15) and 30-40C maxed out on Prime95. In the summer it was 30+ idle and hit 60+ load, but that was partly due to needing to clean the intake filter. Also, after undervolting (AMD are a little heavy handed with the voltage) to 1.2V (slight issues below that) it ran at 20-24C idle and 35-40C load in the summer with 20-24C room temp.

So, in conclusion, if you undervolt your CPU and clean your intake filters and the cooler, you should be fine, though the 5000+rpm fan noise may drive you crazy

It gets really cold up here so I'm sure that will help a little.  Also I'm sure I will not be pushing it hard unless you consider minecraft hard, but besides that I will be only be light gaming on mc and schoolwork that usually lasts 6-8 hours though on the web and doing papers.  Will that be bad or is that fine?

[flibberdipper]

I let my CPU (unlocked Sempron 145, 95 watt TDP at 2.8GHz, 110 at 3.5) fold for months on end at 3.5/1.357 at 50% fan speed on the AMD stock deal with the heatpipes and it was fine.

[Agent181]

I let my CPU (unlocked Sempron 145, 95 watt TDP at 2.8GHz, 110 at 3.5) fold for months on end at 3.5/1.357 at 50% fan speed on the AMD stock deal with the heatpipes and it was fine.

How loud was the cpu cooler?

[Guest andyysplash]

How loud was the cpu cooler?

To me it sounds like someone put a jet engine in a leafblower

[flibberdipper]

How loud was the cpu cooler?

My fan was kinda poopy, but it was tolerable.

[rentaspoon]

Ok, so I know the stock coolers are crap for coolers in general but is it ok if I use the stock cooler for school works and minimal game use, like minecraft? I am going to buy the Swiftech H 240X once its in stock near me, probably in 3 months so is that time frame ok for the stock cooler?Thanks

Stock cooler is fine, either drop it down to 3.5 or adjust the fan curve and it'll be fine, my 8350 never goes over 56c at 55%My only issue was the fan is badly balanced that it caused my enthoo pro to vibrate, luckily I've got to heat sinks and swapped the fan over and it was fine.

....though the 5000+rpm fan noise may drive you crazy

7000rpm, overkill if you ask me

[Guest andyysplash]

Stock cooler is fine, either drop it down to 3.5 or adjust the fan curve and it'll be fine, my 8350 never goes over 56c at 55% My only issue was the fan is badly balanced that it caused my enthoo pro to vibrate, luckily I've got to heat sinks and swapped the fan over and it was fine.

 

7000rpm, overkill if you ask me

 

 

Yup. The 60mm fans found on old GPUs never used to spin that fast yet managed to cool those inefficient chips. Dunno why AMD didn't make a 120mm compatible cooler and put a nice sized fan on there. Or even a good quality 80mm that doesn't spin so fast. Oh well, gonna be mid next year by the time I can get an NH-U12P. Currently sitting at 17C though (was 9C and room's now between 10 and 15)