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stock intel cpu cooler for gaming ?

Optimusgrime
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building a ok tier gaming rig with a g4560,maybe a rx480.

would the stock cooler be enough if i included case fans in a intake fans in front and exit fans for the rear and top ? looking to have a budget build but upgrade within 6months. 

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It will work, but it is not the most efficient or the most silent cooler there.

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6 minutes ago, Optimusgrime said:

building a ok tier gaming rig with a g4560,maybe a rx480.

would the stock cooler be enough if i included case fans in a intake fans in front and exit fans for the rear and top ? looking to have a budget build but upgrade within 6months. 

Yes it will be just fine.

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18 minutes ago, Optimusgrime said:

building a ok tier gaming rig with a g4560,maybe a rx480.

would the stock cooler be enough if i included case fans in a intake fans in front and exit fans for the rear and top ? looking to have a budget build but upgrade within 6months. 

Its suprisingly qiuet too.

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it will almost always do fine unless you are overclocking.

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31 minutes ago, Optimusgrime said:

building a ok tier gaming rig with a g4560,maybe a rx480.

would the stock cooler be enough if i included case fans in a intake fans in front and exit fans for the rear and top ? looking to have a budget build but upgrade within 6months. 

Yes the stock cooler is perfectly fine if you're not overclocking

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ah excellent people thankyou very much , will it make a difference if i get a slightly different case ? @Tomr @Epic_Nex @Christopher_ 

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15 hours ago, Optimusgrime said:

ah excellent people thankyou very much , will it make a difference if i get a slightly different case ?

Depends what changes. Bigger case means more air moving around. More fans means more air going in and out. From experience, moving from really badly cooled case to pretty open case gave almost 10C improvement to GPU and 7C to CPU. Though this was with C2D E8400 and 8800GT. So I don't think change from mid tier case to different mid tier case does much (which is backed by my recent change from NZXT Hades to FD R4).

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