CPU Temps with a Stock cooler in warm country (Need aftermarket cooler?)

[Michael54345]

I am building a new PC soon, and as I am in Australia I am worried that during summer my CPU temps will be too hot to game and so on. Just want an opinion on if I would need a aftermarket cooler. Specs are i5 4690 (Non K), Corsair 250D case, two corsair fans on the case for cooling, stock cpu cooler. In my room I keep my windows open but during the summer it can still get to 35-40° C

[tp95112]

It could be fine with a stock. Intel cpu throttle at 105c.

[Silyy097]

I live in Singapore and temps can get up to 32-33 Deg C. My idle temp is around 40-45, and im running a Hyper 212x with my cpu at stock speeds. With a stock cooler you might be expecting maybe 45-50 at stock. Anyways since you are getting an unlocked chip, you might as well get a aftermarket cooler.

[Rayhaan Jiwani]

I am building a new PC soon, and as I am in Australia I am worried that during summer my CPU temps will be too hot to game and so on. Just want an opinion on if I would need a aftermarket cooler. Specs are i5 4690 (Non K), Corsair 250D case, two corsair fans on the case for cooling, stock cpu cooler. In my room I keep my windows open but during the summer it can still get to 35-40° C

Well, even I have an Obsidian 250D with a 4690K and my temps have never exceeded 61^C even while gaming and here in Mumbai it's like 35-40^C now since it's summer. Only while rendering it hit 74^C but otherwise it's ok. So the stock cooler is good enough but if you have the money, get a Corsair H100i because there isn't much space for an air cooler in this case.

[tp95112]

Well, even I have an Obsidian 250D with a 4690K and my temps have never exceeded 61^C even while gaming and here in Mumbai it's like 35-40^C now since it's summer. Only while rendering it hit 74^C but otherwise it's ok. So the stock cooler is good enough but if you have the money, get a Corsair H100i because there isn't much space for an air cooler in this case.

Not worth getting a h100i since it is a locked chip

[Johannes_Lazor]

40 degrees C.. Thats mental.. I cant deal with temperatures higher than 25 degrees C without drowning myself.. I use short sleeved shirts when it is below freezing though.

It should be fine with the stock cooler as long as your case airflow is decent.

[Rayhaan Jiwani]

40 degrees C.. Thats mental.. I cant deal with temperatures higher than 25 degrees C without drowning myself.. I use short sleeved shirts when it is below freezing though.

It should be fine with the stock cooler as long as your case airflow is decent.

I keep my AC on though. Even I can't bear the heat here. No one can.

[Titan_XXX]

You shouldn't have a problem with stock cooler if your not overclocking. If it's running hot go into your bios and manually lower the voltage. This might take some tinkering to find out what your lowest stable voltage is for stock speeds. Sometimes if you leave it (VCore) set on auto the motherboard will overvolt your chip resulting in excess heat with no performance gain. For instance my 4790k was using 1.31 volts at 4.4 GHZ when set on Auto. Now I have it using less than that even with a 400 MHZ overclock.

 

On a side note though: You can get a supercheap aftermarket CPU cooler that will perform much better. It's worth it in my opinion but to each their own.