Good temperature for an i5?

[David P.]

I am looking at the 6th generation intel i5 6600k and I cant find the running temperature anywhere. I will be using it for gaming mostly (not overclocked) and I was wondering if anyone knew what the general temperature should be at, and if I will need a non stock cpu cooler, I was looking at coolermasters in particular. If anyone knows the general temperature it should be running at I would greatly apperciate it. Thanks!

[Skiiwee29]

I put an i5 6600k OC'd to 4.3ghz at 1.2v with a Hyper 212 evo on it in my friends builds this past week and with both Unigine Heaven running and OCCT AVX Linpack running, the CPU never got above 72c. The general rule of thumb is during synthetic benchmarks, such as OCCT, Intel Burn Test, Aida64 is to keep temps around 75c and your good. 

[Ryoku]

if your not planning on overclocking and just need a cpu cooler since the 6600k doesn't come with one get a CM Hyper 212 evo and you'll be golden, as long as you mount it properly it will be overkill, but for like $30 its a hard price to beat.  I'm not sure what temps you'd be looking at but i'd say less then 50-60 without overclocking for general stuff that doesn't stress your cpu to the max.

[David P.]

Great thanks!