How bad is using stock cooler on i7-7700K? (I won't overclock)

[MasterRaceMcqueen]

How bad is using stock cooler on i7-7700K? (I won't overclock)
 

[genexis_x]

For normal use like web browsing, it should work fine

[johnt]

2 minutes ago, MasterRaceMcqueen said:

How bad is using stock cooler on i7-7700K? (I won't overclock)
 

The 7700k doesn't come with a stock cooler. You will need to purchase one separately.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, MasterRaceMcqueen said:

How bad is using stock cooler on i7-7700K? (I won't overclock)
 

Nah, it's fine if you won't overclock, but it doesn't look the best...

[MasterRaceMcqueen]

Just now, ZM Fong said:

For normal use like web browsing, it should work fine

and for gaming?

[Rekted]

2 minutes ago, MasterRaceMcqueen said:

and for gaming?

It'll hover around 70*C but the 7700k doesnt come with a stock cooler anyway

[genexis_x]

2 minutes ago, MasterRaceMcqueen said:

and for gaming?

I wouldn't recommend you to try that since it's still a high TDP CPU even when not OCed

[Froody129]

Terrible, since it doesn't come with one

[rip]

2 minutes ago, Rekted said:

It'll hover around 70*C but the 7700k doesnt come with a stock cooler anyway

How do you know its temp if it doesn't come with one?

[Rekted]

1 minute ago, rip said:

How do you know its temp if it doesn't come with one?

by using the cooler from other cpus with the same socket

[iRileyx]

It'll be hot, and loud, but it would work.

 

Unless you already have an intel stock cooler laying around though(as the K series dont include one) you'd be better buying one.

[wzrd]

12 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

For normal use like web browsing, it should work fine

 

8 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

I wouldn't recommend you to try that since it's still a high TDP CPU even when not OCed

As @JohnT pointed out there is no stock cooler at all with a 7700k, and stock coolers shouldn't be used, even for moderate use - there is a reason Intel don't include them. Please don't mislead the OP.

[genexis_x]

1 minute ago, wzrd said:

 

As @JohnT pointed out there is no stock cooler at all with a 7700k, and stock coolers shouldn't be used, even for moderate use - there is a reason Intel don't include them. Please don't mislead the OP.

I assume OP has a spare stock cooler, I didn't mislead him, please listen to my explanation first before making any conclusion

[wzrd]

@MasterRaceMcqueen To expand on my earlier post, even a completely stock 7700K will clime into the 50s and 60s quickly just in the BIOS.

 

I often use a stock cooler to test the 7700Ks I order in, but this is as far as I would take it. If you try to use a 7700K with a stock cooler, it will overheat to the point that it throttles very quickly, and end up behaving like a lower end CPU, not to mention you won't be able to overclock it, defeating the point of buying a K CPU with an unlocked multiplier anyway.

 

As everyone who actually owns one will tell you, it really won't fly - the 7700K is a very hot chip.

[Turtlesaurusrex25]

14 minutes ago, MasterRaceMcqueen said:

How bad is using stock cooler on i7-7700K? (I won't overclock)
 

The i7-7700 would be better if you definitely won't overclock your CPU.  The i7-7700 comes with a stock cooler whereas the i7-7700K does not come with a stock cooler. If you use a stock cooler you will almost certainly see thermal throttling unless you underclock and undervolt your CPU. Even then the TDP of the i7-7700K is pretty high so you really should throw on a cooler like the hyper 212 EVO. Cooling is not somewhere to take shortcuts.