Hi guys, I’ve been looking at high end i7 and i9 CPUs for a new build, I’m a relative novice when it comes to this sort of thing.

I’m aware that these CPUs can heat up quite a bit, I was going with fans for cooling, but I’ve been wondering if fans will be enough to keep things cool?

I’m going to have a frostflow 200 series for cpu cooling, with 4 corsair fans on the front.

I’m aware liquid cooling might be more ideal, but I’ve always been intimidated by maintaining a liquid cooled system, so I’m just wondering if I’ll get by with fans?

Thanks!

  • ImpliedCrush@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I wouldn’t recommend it; however, you can always “try”. Pop on the CPU fan, run your system and keep an eye on temps. If you’re good after hammering it on games or whatever, call it good.

    If it gets too hot, yeah, liquid cooling. Look for AIO cooling solution. It’s as easy as installing the CPU fan.