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Testing components before a build

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Hello all.

 

I bought my main build components (8700K CPU, mainboard, memory, GFX) abroad and in 3 weeks I will be flying back to home, where I intend to fully build the system (where I have the intended case, PSU and CPU fan). I want to test the components out as early as possible so I can return them if faulty, but I don't want to fully build the system abroad. I have access to a test PSU and an old CPU fan for a different socket.

 

Do I face a significant risk to by testing out the CPU with an incompatible fan and no thermal paste?

My plan is to jerry-rig the fan to the CPU and run the system for 3-4 minutes, just to ensure it POSTS.

 

Looking forward to seeing your opinions and ideas. 

 

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It could be okay considering the CPU wouldn’t have much load, BUT the 8700k is an extremely hot CPU, no thermal paste etc. *could* harm it. 

If you really want to test it out I would buy some thermal paste (it’s cheap...) and a small, compatible fan. It would cost you around $20 for having peace of mind. 

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you are fine, i have done worse things than have a cooler thats just the wrong socket. you should be able to POST just fine as long as the cooler sits on the CPU somewhat OK

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