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!

  • InsideBid4592@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    As long as you have a strong cooler there wont be any problems. You can also lower the powerlimit and/or undervolt. There are many ways to let the CPUs run cooler. Also keep in mind that most people focus on benchmarks, with normale usage you most definitely wont max out your CPU load like benchmarks do.