Is the stock cooler on i3-12100 enough?

[HawkEye1998]

I recently bought a i3-12100 paired with an RTX 2060. I have been using the stock cooler and haven't faced any performance issues yet. My cpu and gpu temp is about 50-55 degree celsius on idle and reaches up to 76-79 degree celsius while gaming. Is this okay or should I get a Deepcool Ak400 cpu cooler? If this is ok then I would use the money to get a headphone and a mouse instead.

[DoctorNick]

9 minutes ago, HawkEye1998 said:

I recently bought a i3-12100 paired with an RTX 2060. I have been using the stock cooler and haven't faced any performance issues yet. My cpu and gpu temp is about 50-55 degree celsius on idle and reaches up to 76-79 degree celsius while gaming. Is this okay or should I get a Deepcool Ak400 cpu cooler? If this is ok then I would use the money to get a headphone and a mouse instead.

It's fine for that CPU. You can test with HWinfo64, at startup mark: run sensors only, and then run it while gaming and let it run for a few hours or how long you are gaming. Then check after. HWinfo64 will report throttling with red text. You could get the Deepcool Ak400, just checked it, great value/performance.

 

Example:

[Dogzilla07]

@HawkEye1998 stock cooler for 12100 is good enough to cool it without the human element in mix. As soon as you add yourself, whether or not you can continue using it will depend on whether you can tolerate the noise it makes (most can't if the PC is too close to the ears).

[HawkEye1998]

@Dogzilla07 I was worried about the noise too. Specially after seeing countless youtubers saying stock coolers r very noisy. However my stock cooler doesn't make any noise whatsoever. You couldn't even tell there is a computer running without seeing with your eyes.

 

[Dogzilla07]

1 hour ago, HawkEye1998 said:

Specially after seeing countless youtubers saying stock coolers r very noisy. However my stock cooler doesn't make any noise whatsoever. You couldn't even tell there is a computer running without seeing with your eyes.

Lucky you, your PC is far enough (or under the table), or u have a full metal side panel. + not sensitive hearing.

[HawkEye1998]

13 hours ago, DoctorNick said:

It's fine for that CPU. You can test with HWinfo64, at startup mark: run sensors only, and then run it while gaming and let it run for a few hours or how long you are gaming. Then check after. HWinfo64 will report throttling with red text. You could get the Deepcool Ak400, just checked it, great value/performance.

 

Example:

@DoctorNick could you help me out? These are the hwinfo64 stats after about 3 hours of playing valorant. Is this acceptable?

[DoctorNick]

11 hours ago, HawkEye1998 said:

@DoctorNick could you help me out? These are the hwinfo64 stats after about 3 hours of playing valorant. Is this acceptable?

It's perfectly fine! You don't need another cooler

[manyones]

On 8/12/2022 at 4:25 PM, HawkEye1998 said:

@Dogzilla07 I was worried about the noise too. Specially after seeing countless youtubers saying stock coolers r very noisy. However my stock cooler doesn't make any noise whatsoever. You couldn't even tell there is a computer running without seeing with your eyes.

 

What kind of case are you using? With holes in the top and in the front or a more closed one? I ask because I'm interested in this cpu (and its cooler) as well.

[DoctorNick]

On 2/24/2024 at 12:44 PM, manyones said:

What kind of case are you using? With holes in the top and in the front or a more closed one? I ask because I'm interested in this cpu (and its cooler) as well.

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