I live in Brazil and have a 5 year old Athlon X2 system with its stock cooler. I just bought an i5 2500k on amazon, but, since it cannot be shipped straight to Brazil, I had to create an account on a freight forwarding company, which will then send it to me with Fedex.
The problem is that the cooler is quite big and will substantially make both shipping and taxes (with a smaller package I can more easily declare a lower value) more expensive. I've read that Intel's stock coolers aren't a big deal anyway, so I've thought about discarding it before shipping and using my AM2 cooler instead, as it does a quite venerable job and I have no plans of overclocking in the foreseeable future. Would that work, or should I buy a new cooler proper for 1155?
Thanks
The problem is that the cooler is quite big and will substantially make both shipping and taxes (with a smaller package I can more easily declare a lower value) more expensive. I've read that Intel's stock coolers aren't a big deal anyway, so I've thought about discarding it before shipping and using my AM2 cooler instead, as it does a quite venerable job and I have no plans of overclocking in the foreseeable future. Would that work, or should I buy a new cooler proper for 1155?
Thanks
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