No, stick with the stock cooler. It's got a locked multiplier and therefore does not support overclocking. Neither will the board you buy for it.

It will not be possible to overclock, although I highly recommend upgrading to a after market cooler, r00t doesn't know what hes talking about

XiX_Eb0y_XiX wrote It will not be possible to overclock, although I highly recommend upgrading to a after market cooler, r00t doesn't know what hes talking about

Give me one reason you should buy an aftermarket heatsink for this CPU.

You don't need aftermarket coolers for CPUs at stock clocks because it is a waste of money.

XiX_Eb0y_XiX wrote It will not be possible to overclock, although I highly recommend upgrading to a after market cooler, r00t doesn't know what hes talking about

You went full retard. Never go full retard.

The whole job of the heatsink is to get the heat away from the CPU, by upgrading to a better heatsink, not spending too much money you can bring the heat away with copper in the middle and then cheaper steal on the outside, this is more heat conductive.

Heat is a problem and his harmful to the CPU, yeah it'll shut down at 105 degrees, but I aim to keep my CPU at 45 degrees on 100% load.

Keeping the CPU at a optimal temp may increase product life.

But hey, the stock cooler will be able to handle the CPU it came with.

XiX_Eb0y_XiX wrote The whole job of the heatsink is to get the heat away from the CPU, by upgrading to a better heatsink, not spending too much money you can bring the heat away with copper in the middle and then cheaper steal on the outside, this is more heat conductive.

Heat is a problem and his harmful to the CPU, yeah it'll shut down at 105 degrees, but I aim to keep my CPU at 45 degrees on 100% load.

Keeping the CPU at a optimal temp may increase product life.

Yeah, heat's bad for computer components and you don't need to explain to me how heatsinks work. What's worse than constant "high" temps is heat cycles. You can run your hardware 24/7 under heavy load at 70C (A very comfortable temperature, realistic for stock cooling under good conditions) and do less "damage" than you would turning on and off a few times a day. Spending $30 to cool a $70 CPU for no performance or tangible reliability gains is nothing short of ridiculous. But you know, if you want to be that guy running a locked Pentium under a comparatively expensive heatsink, it's your money. I'm not going to recommend people throw money away and I'm going to call you out for giving bad advice, which is apparently not limited to just this topic.

And that's an interesting change of heart you had. I thought I didn't know what I was talking about?

The metal made for the heat sink isn't as good as cooper, that's why I recommend after market heat sinks, you can run your computer from the stock heat sink with no problems unless you can prove to me that I will get better performance life from both heat sinks I'll stick with my decision, I can't find a thread I was looking for to show you but if I do I will hit it down your way.

XiX_Eb0y_XiX wrote The metal made for the heat sink isn't as good as cooper, that's why I recommend after market heat sinks, you can run your computer from the stock heat sink with no problems unless you can prove to me that I will get better performance life from both heat sinks I'll stick with my decision, I can't find a thread I was looking for to show you but if I do I will hit it down your way.

Do you really think Intel would include a heat sink that isn't up to the job?

As long as its up to the job (which it is) what does it matter what it's made from?

XiX_Eb0y_XiX wrote The metal made for the heat sink isn't as good as cooper, that's why I recommend after market heat sinks, you can run your computer from the stock heat sink with no problems unless you can prove to me that I will get better performance life from both heat sinks I'll stick with my decision, I can't find a thread I was looking for to show you but if I do I will hit it down your way.

I'm well-aware that copper is a good conductor. I'm also aware that Intel does use some copper in their stock heatsinks, considering I'm looking at one right now. There's a copper slug in the middle and steel fins protruding from it. For any stock-clocked CPU that these coolers are included with, the stock cooler is plenty adequate for any usage within reason.