i7 8700k Question

[Vek1313]

The 8700k doesn’t come with a stock cooler. I have an AIO to pair with it. Would I be able to cycle through to make sure the system posts without putting the cooler on, or do I need to have that on in order to post?

 

Would it be detrimental if I didn’t do it?

[Enderman]

Don't.

Always put a cooler on it.

[Princess Luna]

Never force a boot without any cooling method being used for the CPU specially an i7 8700k that heats up real quick, you will be putting yourself at the risk of frying it.

[Canada EH]

8 minutes ago, UnleashedPride said:

The 8700k doesn’t come with a stock cooler. I have an AIO to pair with it. Would I be able to cycle through to make sure the system posts without putting the cooler on, or do I need to have that on in order to post?

 

Would it be detrimental if I didn’t do it?

 

6 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Don't.

Always put a cooler on it.

 

 

Yup, def dont do it, put a cooler on it.

I would go find the video of Lman holding the heatsinks on the cpu. He did do that, check it out! Soaring with the eagles all week long

[Lord Nicoll]

16 minutes ago, UnleashedPride said:

The 8700k doesn’t come with a stock cooler. I have an AIO to pair with it. Would I be able to cycle through to make sure the system posts without putting the cooler on, or do I need to have that on in order to post?

 

Would it be detrimental if I didn’t do it?

I've done it a lot of times on CPUs, depends on your level of experience and how big your balls are, I've killed a hell of a lot of hardware (recently an i7 7700K, Foxconn Blackops and GTX 980) but if you just wanna see if it posts, stick your hand on the IHS and boot it up, you'll feel the IHS get warm, but it shouldn't burn you, if it does hit the power switch on the PSU, you should move your hand onto that powerswitch as soon as you pressed the button to boot the system. However there really is no need, it's not like TIM is that expensive

[Streetguru]

25 minutes ago, UnleashedPride said:

The 8700k doesn’t come with a stock cooler. I have an AIO to pair with it. Would I be able to cycle through to make sure the system posts without putting the cooler on, or do I need to have that on in order to post?

 

Would it be detrimental if I didn’t do it?

Just get an R7 2700/X?

[AskTJ]

Put the AIO first.

 

Never boot up without a cooler, especially an 8700k.

 

They get extremely hot with air coolers, so having it open will be horrible.

 

You will break your chip in 5 minutes.

[Phentos]

Never run a CPU without any kind of cooler mounted. Especially a power-hungry one like a 8700K.

[DocSwag]

It might post, but temps are gonna climb pretty quick unless you live in Antarctica. Definitely put a cooler on.

[LogicalDrm]

Another one of threads where I have to ask. WHY would you pay $300 for CPU and then gamble by being stupid?

[Vek1313]

29 minutes ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

Another one of threads where I have to ask. WHY would you pay $300 for CPU and then gamble by being stupid?

Another one of those replies where I have to ask. WHY would you reply to a genuine question that has already been answered truthfully multiple times hours later with something completely irrelevant and unhelpful?

[wildgg]

20 hours ago, UnleashedPride said:

The 8700k doesn’t come with a stock cooler. I have an AIO to pair with it. Would I be able to cycle through to make sure the system posts without putting the cooler on, or do I need to have that on in order to post?

 

Would it be detrimental if I didn’t do it?

i would not risk it but i've done it before with a little metal can with very cold water in it.

long story short i needed to test a CPU and didn't have a cooler in house and i found a metal can, filled it up with cold water put some thermal paste on the CPU with the can on top, booted into the bios, bios showed around 50/60C and that was it really. ( ran it for 30 seconds to test if it booted and it was fine )

 

but i wouldn't do it without a cooler no..

41 minutes ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

Another one of threads where I have to ask. WHY would you pay $300 for CPU and then gamble by being stupid?

Why do people buy super cars and then gamble racing it with no experience?

 

clearly OP didn't know the answer and that's why he asked, that's why the forum is here to help people.

[Vek1313]

1 hour ago, wildthing said:

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Alright thanks! I didn’t have an air cooler so I wanted to see if I’d get by without having to put the AIO all together and mess with thermal paste. Would the AIO come with more thermal paste to reapply after POSTing? It’s my first build so I’m just trying to figure things out.

[wildgg]

10 minutes ago, UnleashedPride said:

Alright thanks! I didn’t have an air cooler so I wanted to see if I’d get by without having to put the AIO all together and mess with thermal paste. Would the AIO come with more thermal paste to reapply after POSTing? It’s my first build so I’m just trying to figure things out.

only thing you have to put together with a AIO is putting fans on it.

 

well you don't need extra paste if you leave the cooler on, i would say put in the CPU and mount the AIO and leave it on and don't remove it again, you can just install the motherboard with the cooler attached at once in your case.