7700k POST without a cooler

[maxxsann]

I am in the process of building a new PC with a full custom loop. Mobo is ASUS Maximus IX Extreme. Can I POST it without a cpu/vram cooler? attaching the included monoblock with an assembled loop would be a hassle just to verify that cup/mobo works. I've done it with an older generation cpu but vram had a heatsink and I had a case fan blowing on the IHS.

[pwnograffik]

You can post with it yes, but I don't recommend going any farther than that without a cooler.

[unknownmiscreant]

I personally wouldn't, but its up to you.

[Cyracus]

it's safety features should kick in and throttle the living hell out of it... not the best idea though

[tp95112]

I wouldnt, but if you really have to do as fast as you can and just shut off immediately as you see the logo. Better to be safe then sorry. 

[maxxsann]

 

2 minutes ago, tp95112 said:

I wouldnt, but if you really have to do as fast as you can and just shut off immediately as you see the logo. Better to be safe then sorry. 

 

3 minutes ago, Cyracus said:

it's safety features should kick in and throttle the living hell out of it... not the best idea though

 

4 minutes ago, unknownmiscreant said:

I personally wouldn't, but its up to you.

 

8 minutes ago, pwnograffik said:

You can post with it yes, but I don't recommend going any farther than that without a cooler.

So far consensus is to get a cheapo heatsink and cooler for the POST...

[unknownmiscreant]

1 minute ago, maxxsann said:

So far consensus is to get a cheapo heatsink and cooler for the POST...

If I was in your position, I would assemble the water block you have to test it. Or just build the system and test then. Thats what I did.

[Cyracus]

if you have an intel stock cooler around, or can find a cheapo $5 cooler on craigslist, literally anything designed to keep a cpu from burning to death, worth the few bucks

[Damascus]

7 minutes ago, maxxsann said:

So far consensus is to get a cheapo heatsink and cooler for the POST...

It's fine, with the Monoblock you will have a small thermal headroom in the 1-3 seconds it takes to POST.  I do it with nothing at all occasionally, modern software has sooo many safety measures it's  not an issue

[PianoPlayer88Key]

If this person can run Prime95 on a Haswell i3 without a cooler, I'm sure a Kaby Lake i7 would POST without a cooler.  (Start at 19:35 if your platform doesn't auto cue.)

 

 

That gets me thinking .. I wonder how much throttling there'd be if someone ran Prime95 small FFT on a 7980XE with its heatspreader removed (but not replaced), at a location where the ambient temp is 50°C ....

[wildgg]

i can't believe i'm telling this but i did this before with a i7 4790k.. i found a small tin pot and i filled it up with water and some ice kubes put that on the cpu(with paste on the cpu) and i could fix some bios issues.

 

it lasted for about 20min before throttling.

 

so there's that..

[Se7en]

I wouldn't have a system POST without a CPU Cooler. Ever. Up to you though.

[NelizMastr]

A modern CPU hits 100C in a matter of seconds, so no. If you want to know if it POSTs, by all means, put something on it. Even if it's some generic metal AMD heatsink from 2003 if you happen to have such a thing. It'll keep the CPU from overheating for at least another minute or so. 

[maxxsann]

19 hours ago, PianoPlayer88Key said:

That gets me thinking .. I wonder how much throttling there'd be if someone ran Prime95 small FFT on a 7980XE with its heatspreader removed (but not replaced), at a location where the ambient temp is 50°C ....

I think that the system would become unstable... So after watching this video, I'm just gonna install the heatsink but not connect it to the loop and try to POST - will give me a bit more thermal headroom prior to throttling