Are CPU Coolers A Waste Of Money?

do you think a PC build looks woefully incomplete without a fancy aftermarket cooling solution if so you're probably going to run out and buy an all-in-one cooler with tons of RGB on it no matter what we tell you but do you really need to upgrade from your stock CPU Cooler at all if you're just worried about cooling performance unsurprisingly many enthusiasts simply go out and buy an aftermarket cooler because they're planning to overclock their chips since stock coolers are only designed with well stock frequencies in mind they tend to have fairly limited capacity to absorb the extra heat caused by overclocking this isn't to say you can't overclock at all with a stock cooler but it's likely that anything more than a modest overclock will result in your CPU thermal throttling basically slowing down when it's underload exactly how much you can overclock on a stock cooler depends on factors like CPU model how good the individual piece of silicon in your processor is and ambient temperature but if you're planning to overclock to any significant degree do yourself a favor and spend a few bucks on a better cooler but should you buy one if you're not overclocking a good way to think about more advanced cooling solutions is to understand that the whole point of them is to give your CPU more thermal Headroom to operate this is important even if you're not overclocking as more thermal headro can mean your CPU can boost to higher speeds for longer periods of time now of course this doesn't necessarily mean you have to buy an aftermarket cooler to get that Headroom stock coolers usually do allow your CPU to reach their maximum manufacturer specified frequency for long periods as long as the rest of your system has adequate air flow and isn't in some kind of unusually hot environment but let's say you are typically using your PC in a warm room you have a small form factor case that doesn't give your components lots of room to breathe or your system just tends to accumulate dust very quickly in these situations an aftermarket cooler might be worth worth it especially if you notice your CPU frequency throttling down under load that said you can get a CPU that throttles on a stock cooler even in a clean system Intel's core i7 12700 is known for doing this sometimes likely because it can exceed Intel stock cooler ratings when it turbos and if your CPU didn't come with a stock cooler which you do see sometimes with some higher end chips you should also take a pause if you're thinking about slapping a stock cooler from your old system into your new one as there's a good chance that old cooler might not be designed for the amount of heat your new CPU can put out but besides thermal performance there's another aspect that's important to consider given that it might annoy the people you live with we'll tell you what that is right after we thank hostinger for sponsoring this video building a website can be daunting but hostinger can make things easy 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AMD wraith stock coolers are much improved in this regard but they along with their Intel counterparts still generally can't run as quietly as aftermarket coolers which tend to be larger than stock however noise is subjective and if you're not often pushing your processor too hard you may find you're perfectly satisfied with the noise level of the stock cooler making this a try it and see kind of situation but even if your stock cooler satisfies you in terms of thermal performance and noise level can you extend the life of your CPU by getting an aftermarket cooler the answer is probably no modern CPUs are extremely reliable and will likely outlive many of your other components as long as you don't do something dumb like put too much voltage through it and if it starts getting too hot for Comfort they'll either just throttle or shut down completely before any real damage can be done bottom line buy an aftermarket cooler if you're overclocking hitting thermal limits or have a stock cooler that's putting out way too much noise otherwise you're probably okay sticking with what came in the box and if you do go aftermarket remember that you don't have to get something topof the line to significantly improve upon your stock cooler those super fancy custom water Loops may look really cool but you might feel a little silly when you realize you spent more on water blocks and pumps than you did on your processor embarrassing but you shouldn't be embarrassed at all for watching all the way to the end of this video because you made me happy hey like the video if you liked it dislike it if you disliked it check out our other videos comment below with video suggestions and don't forget to subscribe and follow Tech quickie that's this channel bam wow

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Published: Tue Jan 30 2024