I was gonna get the unlocked version but nah I am too scared too overclock it so yh are you sure my pc won't run hot on stock coolers if i do gaming. I think I will go with Noctua NH U9S which is £49 just to be on the safe side. What do you say?
Unwarranted on a locked Intel cpu. The difference between the locked and unlocked is that the locked cpu will run within Intel's thermal specifications, so it shouldn't run over 80C.
Give the stock cooler a chance before you go and waste money on a 50-80pound cooler, only to see a few degrees difference.
But I want to overclock gpu aswell and also enable XMP profile for RAM speed. So I hope it keeps the system cool.
1)You're too scared to overclock the cpu, but for whatever reason, the gpu and ram(XMP is an overclock, by the way) are fair game? What's with that logic?
2)Unlike Ryzen cpus, Intel's chips do not have 20-30% of their performance gated behind memory speed, so enabling XMP so you can run 3000mhz instead of the 9700's 2666 will show next to no benefit.
The whole point of getting a Z motherboard is to overclock the cpu. If you don't even want to do that, don't waste more money getting a Z board, and get B365 model instead.
3)Memory doesn't run that hot to begin with, even with an overclock, so the stock cooler is fine.
4)The GTX 1080 doesn't necessarily need your intervention to overclock either. As long as you have good case cooling, with Gpu Boost, it will automatically boost as high as it can as if it were already overclocked.
5)CASE: Sahara P35 RGB
Case has poor airflow and no filtered front intake... Nothing will fix temps better than a case with proper airflow. An NH-D15S nor the NH-U12S can improve temps by much when the case airflow is already bad.
Get a more airflow friendly case, otherwise...
6)You're just throwing money away.