Originally Posted by box

Maybe not blatantly wrong but you can vastly lengthen the lifespan of your processor if you have an aftermarket cooler on it. You'll also have a quieter case if the heatsink does most of the work.

I bought the CM Hyper 212 EVO for my FX-8350 (thing is huge, barely fits in my case) because the stock fan would immediately start spinning at around 4200RPM the instant the temperature rose slightly (and it never did an adequate job of cooling anyway, was constantly around 70C under load). Never hear a peep out of my case now. That's just my experience though.