Newbie, Did I just destroy my I7 7700k?

[Erich-2]

I am building my first PC and wanted to test my Mobo, ram and cpu connections. I fired up the board with no heat sink or thermal paste on the CPU just to see if it was wired correctly. (it was) It was on for about 2 mins max. The computer did not shut off or anything. However after thinking about it, I decided to check and make sure I didn't do anything rash. Well, I did and know better now. I got a water block on the way and am hoping my CPU is ok. What do you guys think? Am I safe or did I just make an awesome mistake? Thanks!

 

[Seanie280672]

I am building my first PC and wanted to test my Mobo, ram and cpu connections. I fired up the board with no heat sink or thermal paste on the CPU just to see if it was wired correctly. (it was) It was on for about 2 mins max. The computer did not shut off or anything. However after thinking about it, I decided to check and make sure I didn't do anything rash. Well, I did and know better now. I got a water block on the way and am hoping my CPU is ok. What do you guys think? Am I safe or did I just make an awesome mistake? Thanks!

That was a very silly thing to do, thankfully, CPU have a thermal cut off, so you may be ok, only way to find out for sure is to try it, this time with some sort of heatsink on.

 

[Erich-2]

yes, yes it was. Im really hoping its ok. The MOBO had a red led lit up to signal a fault with the cpu but again no shut down. so fingers crossed.