Is it safe to test a new build without using a fan on the CPU?

[HK_Rage]

I've seen everyone test the parts by just hooking up everything to the motherboard before it's put into and case and everyone installs the cooler for the CPU. Now would it be safe to test to see if everything working without installing a cooler on the CPU?

[Lord Pantaloons]

if by safe you mean catastrophically retarded then yes.

[whatthe_fuzz]

seriously? the thing will shutoff due to heat.........

 

just use the stock cooler? it CLIPS on

[Lil Chillbil]

Are you sure you should be building a pc? 

[airdeano]

I've seen everyone test the parts by just hooking up everything to the motherboard before it's put into and case and everyone installs the cooler for the CPU. Now would it be safe to test to see if everything working without installing a cooler on the CPU?

 

no, it is not safe to power the CPU up without any cooling.

[Glaith]

A cpu without any cooling can hit 120 degrees celcious within 5 seconds of being powered up. So no I wouldnt recomend it. You could get away with just the heatsink for abt 5 mins but I really wouldnt recomend it

[Hawx]

Are you sure you should be building a pc?

[LogicalDrm]

No, please don't do it. With some cpus its possible to go with passive cooling which means using big dual tower heatsink without fans. But if you need to ask such thing, don't start with that kind of setup. Besides you can install mobo inside case with cooler attached. Even if its AIO.

[TechFan@ic]

No it's not safe, the CPU will hit the maximum temperature threshold within seconds, overheat and the system will shutdown.

[Humbug]

You can try without a fan if you're really curious. Without a heatsink is just suicide.

[Hodor]

Just no

[gummiee]

Some mother board won't boot w/o the CPU fan plugged in. It's not a good idea since it's a new build and could void warranty on the components. Just out of curiosity, what kind of test are you doing that requires no CPU cooling?

[aithos]

No, no it isn't safe.  You test a system by putting everything together in a careful, static-free environment and then turn it on after you double check everything.  If it doesn't post you can investigate what is causing it at that point, if you have bought quality components more often than not it will just work.  I've had bad RAM, PSUs that had a conflict with a MB and required a new MB bios, etc, but I've only ever had one system that didn't turn on at all (an Asus MB with an AMD thunderbird 1ghz).  I was so poor I didn't even RMA them because I couldn't afford the return shipping (at that time it wasn't free to RMA).  I never did build a computer with that chip, threw away a couple hundred bucks

[KJaboski]

Just like above please don't do that.... unless you want to turn your cpu into something like this:

[Glaith]

Just out of curiosity why did you want to do this any ways?

[MzCatieB]

[brob]

If you really have to save steps, fully assemble the system (including cpu cooler) inside the case.

[exyia]

jesus you kids making fun of this guy need to get a life. we're all new at some point and we all start somewhere. sheesh

 

anyway, your motherboard will shut everything down on a CPU overheat, and it will happen within seconds. So...yes you could "test" them, but it would turn off after a few seconds making the process pretty useless anyway. to put it in perspective, a 240rad water cooled CPU without spinning fans will still heat up to ~95C+ after booting into windows

[blastedryan]

Yes if you live in Antarctica.

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