Stock cooler for 2600x enough? If not, what cooler?

[crispy4u]

I am going to be buying a Ryzen 5 2600x AMD CPU. My friends tell me that the stock cooler is enough for if I am not overclocking, but I am also going for looks. I may want to overclock in the future. If so, what cooler would I need, air or AIO? And is it necessary to buy one?

Thanks.

Thanks!

 

[InvalidError]

There would be no point in having a stock cooler if it wasn't adequate for stock operation. Yes, it gets the job done.

 

[zyh1987]

no, it's not, the stock cooler will do stock and light oc.

it doesn't hurt if you have extra budget for a better cooler, but i don't think you will encounter performance penalty (thermal throttling) with just stock cooler at stock setting.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Regarding the 2600X, the stock xfr boost of 4.25ghz is higher than the all core oc you can achieve (which would be in the 4.1 ghz ballpark)

and to get that 4.25ghz xfr boost(sustained), a good mobo with 8 phase power delivery is recommended.

Since the xfr boost will be only on 2 cores (or is it 1c/2t? I forgot) which is enough for most games, the thermal envelope is well within the stock cooler design.