Need help with Heatsinks

[>_Raccoon]

So I'm planning on buying my stuff for my first ever build and its not too expensive, and the components are listed below. But I need to know if my heatsink is really necessary with the CPU I'm building with. If there are better alternatives to this I would like to know.

 

My components:

Intel® 7th Generation Core™ i5-7500 Processor

Asus PRIME B250M Plus Gaming Motherboard

Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB DDR4 DRAM 2400MHz

ASUS PH-GTX1050TI-4G 4GB DDR-5 Graphics Card (I might go for a Gigabyte as this is too expensive in my country)

 

COOLER MASTER HYPER 212X CPU COOLER

or

Antec A40 Pro CPU Cooling(cheaper)

 

550 Watt Thermaltake PSU

 

I need to know if the CoolerMaster is really required for my CPU or not. If not, then can I use the Antec A40 Pro instead?

I am very new to building and this is my first build and this is the stuff I've chosen, feel free to express your opinions on the components.

Thanks beforehand!

[genexis_x]

Use the stock cooler.
By the way what's your PSU model?

[Walt]

If you're buying a non -K CPU a aftermarket CPU cooler is not needed. Your CPU is a intel core i5 7500. Without a -K, so you don't need an aftermarket cooler. You can just use the stock cooler that is included with the CPU 

 

BTW:

If you tell me your budget + region I can help you with other components as well

 

This is your pcpartpicker list. On this site you can compare different components and add them to a list. As you can see you miss some components. Do you allready own these or did you forgot them?  (You missed the case, storage and a operating system (probably windows 10)

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/MkFxCy

[Walt]

16 minutes ago, >_Raccoon said:

So I'm planning on buying my stuff for my first ever build and its not too expensive, and the components are listed below. But I need to know if my heatsink is really necessary with the CPU I'm building with. If there are better alternatives to this I would like to know.

 

My components:

Intel® 7th Generation Core™ i5-7500 Processor

Asus PRIME B250M Plus Gaming Motherboard

Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB DDR4 DRAM 2400MHz

ASUS PH-GTX1050TI-4G 4GB DDR-5 Graphics Card (I might go for a Gigabyte as this is too expensive in my country)

 

COOLER MASTER HYPER 212X CPU COOLER

or

Antec A40 Pro CPU Cooling(cheaper)

 

550 Watt Thermaltake PSU

 

I need to know if the CoolerMaster is really required for my CPU or not. If not, then can I use the Antec A40 Pro instead?

I am very new to building and this is my first build and this is the stuff I've chosen, feel free to express your opinions on the components.

Thanks beforehand!

probably the: Thermaltake SMART 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

[>_Raccoon]

42 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Use the stock cooler.
By the way what's your PSU model?

Thermaltake Smart SE 530Watt Stabilizing Power Supply

[genexis_x]

5 minutes ago, >_Raccoon said:

Thermaltake Smart SE 530Watt Stabilizing Power Supply

Not a great PSU. Consider a better PSU.

[>_Raccoon]

36 minutes ago, Walt said:

If you're buying a non -K CPU a aftermarket CPU cooler is not needed. Your CPU is a intel core i5 7500. Without a -K, so you don't need an aftermarket cooler. You can just use the stock cooler that is included with the CPU 

 

BTW:

If you tell me your budget + region I can help you with other components as well

 

This is your pcpartpicker list. On this site you can compare different components and add them to a list. As you can see you miss some components. Do you allready own these or did you forgot them?  (You missed the case, storage and a operating system (probably windows 10)

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/MkFxCy

My budget is not a penny above 730 USD, this is including the tax in my country, where all components are more expensive than in the USA. And I think I will be choosing Case later

[>_Raccoon]

1 minute ago, ZM Fong said:

Not a great PSU. Consider a better PSU.

Should I go for a 630 Watt?

 

[genexis_x]

3 minutes ago, >_Raccoon said:

Should I go for a 630 Watt?

Remember the golden rule: PSU quality is not judged by wattage.
Get at least tier 3 PSU from the tier list:

 

[>_Raccoon]

2 minutes ago, >_Raccoon said:

My budget is not a penny above 730 USD, this is including the tax in my country, where all components are more expensive than in the USA. And I think I will be choosing Case later

Also I will NOT be running an M.2 or SSD, I know it helps performance a lot but in my country M.2 is extremely expensive and SSD as well. I think I will be running a regular 1 TB HDD

[>_Raccoon]

4 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Remember the golden rule: PSU quality is not judged by wattage.
Get at least tier 3 PSU from the tier list:

 

Ok since the Heatsink is out of the equation, I can spend more on the PSU now. How about a Antec Neo Eco 550M BR 550 Watt Power Supply

[>_Raccoon]

But do you guys think 550 Watt is sufficient to run my rig?

I'm pretty sure it is. I honestly don't know.

Edited March 31, 2017 by >_Raccoon

[genexis_x]

5 minutes ago, >_Raccoon said:

But do you guys think 550 Watt is sufficient to run my rig?

I'm pretty sure it is, but my friend says it won't be OK.

550W perfectly fine.

10 minutes ago, >_Raccoon said:

Ok since the Heatsink is out of the equation, I can spend more on the PSU now. How about a Antec Neo Eco 550M BR 550 Watt Power Supply

According to the tier list it is a tier 3 PSU so it's not bad

[>_Raccoon]

2 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

550W perfectly fine.

According to the tier list it is a tier 3 PSU so it's not bad

Okay then. I will get 5 case fans in total, 2 exhausting, 3 intaking resulting in a positive airflow. Do you think its ok or should I go for 3 exhausting and 2 intaking?

[genexis_x]

3 minutes ago, >_Raccoon said:

Okay then. I will get 5 case fans in total, 2 exhausting, 3 intaking resulting in a positive airflow. Do you think its ok or should I go for 3 exhausting and 2 intaking?

5 case fans? That's overkill

I prefer intake more than exhaust. No dust accumulated.

[>_Raccoon]

3 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

5 case fans? That's overkill

I prefer intake more than exhaust. No dust accumulated.

Yeah I know, but I got around 6 120mm's in store so I wanna make use of it. Should I only get 120mm's or 90mm's(or smaller) as well?

[genexis_x]

120mm better than 90mm in terms of performance and noise.