Cooling the I5 8600k

[Benliam12]

So I'm planning on buying one of these nice little CPU. I'll have the i5 8600k witht a z370 Mobo from gigabyte. (Aorus Gaming 3) So at the moment, I'm using a Air cooler (Can't remember the correct model but I think it's a T3 from cooler Master) with a i5 6400. So my question is, if I don't OC this i5 8600k am I fine with this cooler or should I go with Liquid cool ? (I mean, eventually I'll get there but right now I'm just trying to save some money  :D)

 

Thanks

[Bananasplit_00]

you can keep that cooler if you are just running stock, id get a large air tower over an AIO though unless you plan on getting something big like a 280

[jiyeon]

Cooler Master budget coolers and the 8600K only mesh well on stock. If you're going to overclock to 4.5GHz and above, go get a different cooler.

You don't need to buy a liquid cooler at all, you can get just as low temps with an air cooler, see my Arctic 33 Freezer 33 eSports, 30°C idle and 45-55°C while gaming.

[itsTrickAF]

Shouldn’t be a problem at all ??

[Guest]

I am running the 8600k with a H212 Evo from cooler master. It's a 120mm single tower air cooler. My temps at stock never went over 65C and oc'd to 4.5 at 1.2v the are around 73C. While your heatsink is probably fine for stock I would not try overclocking on it.