Will my stock cooler be okay for this? Should I buy a new one? Overclocking G3258.

[nicholaslovell]

Here is the complete build:
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/nuuvox/saved/MnZrxr

I will be overclocking the intel g3258 to about 4.2 Ghz. I will mostly be playing minecraft and editing videos. I'm not sure if the stock cooler will be sufficient or if I need to buy a better one.

Thanks!

P.S. - in case you're wondering, the reason I don't have a video card yet is because I don't have the money yet. I will be purchasing a geforce gt 740 gddr5 1GB later.

 

[digitaldoc]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pentium-g3258-b81-cheap-overclocking,3888-8.html

You should be able to get up to at least 4 GHz on the G3258 with a stock cooler and thermal compound.

 

[andy_Man]

Just a heads up that later down the line you might want some thermal paste around. I have run into multiple times when stock coolers will just start heating up. Completely cleaning off the old original thermal paste and applying new paste fixes this.

 

[digitaldoc]

Just a heads up that later down the line you might want some thermal paste around. I have run into multiple times when stock coolers will just start heating up. Completely cleaning off the old original thermal paste and applying new paste fixes this.

Cheap thermal paste does need to be replaced at some point. I spend a few bucks, and go with something better to avoid the issue.