Can this thing be cooled merely by the airflow in a desktop?
>>52089639
maybe
>>52089639
yes
>>52089639
You mean without a heatsink?
No. Don't do that.
Idiot.
I broke the fan while upgrading to 4GB RAM. The stock heatsink is kind of shitty isn't it?
>>52089639
i don't know
>>52089707
Stock heat sink is fine for a non performance cpu. When will this meme die. I ran stock cooler on OC i5 ivy bridge on a gaming machine and never once seen the Cpu go past 66C. And to boot I would run bf4 on high with some ultra using a 660.
>>52089745
More noise for less performance
>>52089745
Yeah but was the cpu fan still working?
Well, depends.
If you have this CPU with the included HSF and unplug the fan in a poorly ventilated case, it will throttle down under load.
However, in a well-ventilated case and a better heatsink, you can absolutely use that without a fan. You can passively cool a 130W solution under the right conditions.
My Xeon E3 1231v3 (80w) is passively cooled with a Hyper 212 heatsink. No issues.
Will report back if I suffer Intel housefire thanks /g/.
