Stock air coolers

[Johnny-Boi]

is it ok to use a stock AMD air cooler or buy a cheap air cooler instead 

[Oshino Shinobu]

If you're not overclocking, it's fine. It's probably better than most of the cheapo coolers. 

[Origami Cactus]

On the 3950x, probably not, but on all others it works fine, unless you have a really restricting case.

 

If you are not satisfied with the temps, THEN buy a new cooler, otherwise just use the stock cooler.

[Mateyyy]

It works for stock speeds for the CPU it came with - if it wouldn't have worked even for that then it wouldn't have been included in the box in the first place. Well, unless we're talking about Intel, of course.

[Statik]

This completely depends on the CPU you're buying IMHO.

[Johnny-Boi]

Just now, Statik said:

This completely depends on the CPU you're buying IMHO.

Ryzen 5 3600

[MrBrightSyde]

2 minutes ago, Johnny-Boi said:

Ryzen 5 3600

Stock air cooler is more than enough.

[zeusthemoose]

Should be enough. You can always try it and if you find that it isn’t or you want quieter get a different one.

[Statik]

10 minutes ago, Johnny-Boi said:

Ryzen 5 3600

I think the 3600 is totally fine with a stock cooler. IMO once you hit 3700x and up, you should probably invest in an aftermarket cooler.

[Guest]

22 minutes ago, Origami Cactus said:

On the 3950x, probably not, but on all others it works fine, unless you have a really restricting case.

 

If you are not satisfied with the temps, THEN buy a new cooler, otherwise just use the stock cooler.

The 3950X doesn't include a cooler with it, AMD knows that you'll want a better cooler for something so powerful.