Fx 6300 Stock heatsink good enough?

[TheEscapist]

Hey guys

So the fx 6300 has dropped in price to $120 so im gonna buy it. But before i do i want to know if the stock heatsink that comes with it is good enough. Its just a junky piece of aluminum with a fan stuck on top. I definetly wont be overclocking and the most intensive thing done with this cpu would be gaming (more cpu intensive games like bf3/4 and gta 4/5). I want to know if the stock cooler is capable enough to keep it at accemptable temps. Spund whIle gaming isnt too much of a problem becuase i wear heapdphones. But is the stock heatsink really loud when doing nothing intensive (youtubing, some work with excel and word and multitasking with multpile browsers and and word docs open)? Can anyone give the expected temp and sound range when doing such task? And if someone owns one and can tell me their experiences with a stock cooler that would be awesome.

Thanks.

 

[chromic]

you could buy an hyper 212 evo, set it to lowest rpm and keep the noise & themps in control, and if you choose, you can overclock it later.

 

[Tradesman1]

If going to OC, and can afford a decent heat sink, get one...sort of plain and simple, stock heat sinks in general stink (good for stock cooling) but in my experience once folks start OCing 'just a little', they get the bug and want to take it higher and see what it will really do. This way you already have a decent one and can move on and not worry later

 

[TheEscapist]

Well i was hoping not to have to spend $20 or more on a heat sink. I wont be planning to overclock because when i leave for college in 2 years i will be leaving this for my brother. So can anyone tell me how good the stock hsf is?

 

[Tradesman1]

If running at stock, as said should be fine

 

[TheEscapist]

Ok thank you. Will it be loud though at non intensive tasks or will it be barely audible?

 

[TheEscapist]

And what would temp ranges be on intensive tasks?

 

[Tradesman1]

Depends on the one you have (they can differ, just like CPUs, DRAM etc can differ) all the model model, but still some better than others. Sound is a personal thing you have to decide on

 

[PlowMe]

I own an FX-6300 and from personal experience if nothing else was running on my PC and just the heatsink and fan were running then this thing is pretty quiet. It hardly makes any noise at all. All the noise on my PC comes from my case fans i can't hear the heatsink and fan over them. As far as temperatures go I have my PC in my room in the basement and i never go above 40 degrees Celsius even during intense gaming and streaming over long periods of time. My basement is always a cool 55 degrees Fahrenheit at any given time though. So, the temperatures may run higher if you have your PC in a room with higher temperatures. Hope this helps!

 

[TheEscapist]

Thanks PlowMe! Its always good hearing from someone who has experience. I'll stick with the stock then. My comp room is aroun 80 F but i guess i will see. I can always buy a better cooler if needed. Thanks!

 

[burtaverde]

Thanks PlowMe! Its always good hearing from someone who has experience. I'll stick with the stock then. My comp room is aroun 80 F but i guess i will see. I can always buy a better cooler if needed. Thanks!

you can probably take it to 4ghz on the stock cooler, all you have to do is test and make sure it doesn't go over 65 degrees. Somme motherboards come with OC programs (like asus) but those aren't that good, i managed to OC mine a lot better and get it down in temperature. now it's nice at 55 for 15-20 mins while stress testing (it just stays there). This thing can go quite fast so if u don't want to hear the noise that it makes at 6000 rpm you might want to buy something else, if not there's no problem with it. It's actually a good match for the cpu