Do I need heatsink for fx-8320? No plans on overclocking

Ohburn

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Hi I'm planning on building a gaming Pc I was wondering if this build won't need a heatsink
Also I wont overclock :)



PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/yzXdP6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/yzXdP6/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($174.99 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($86.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($78.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($164.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.27 @ shopRBC)
Total: $722.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Amd coolers aren't the greatest so i would opt for a different cooler.The stock should work fine though.

Agree about the gpu,there are better option for the money.I don't think two extra cores are going to matter that much so why not go for something like this?
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/mFDKQ7
if you insist on an 8 core could you go for this lesser priced one,
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd832ewmhkbox
the psu seems to be a bit much for this build and it is,but for the price a good choice.
Other decent cooler,
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/enermax-cpu-cooler-etsn30he
might be easier to install,is i think a bit noisier.Mostly the reason for another cooler along with the better cooling.