a AIO liquid cooler will lower the temps if your case has the roomPairs nicely with the z170 chipset , beware though of some heat sinks can bent the cpu with too much tighten on the cooler

Note that, unlike previous Intel retail processors, Skylake CPUs do not include a 'stock' heat sink and fan

It's a CPU, does not include a heat sink or fan

I will say that a basic heat sink works just fine

I've ran this CPU at both 4.4ghz as well as

Wonderful amazing A+++++!

Good as always is Intel

Buy as good as you can.

Delivered on time and works as it is supposed to.

Works as it should but far too expensive when MicroCenter is selling this item for less than $300

Runs a bit hot (I lost in the IHS lottery) but until recently (when Ryzen launched) there wasn't much competition in this space.

the over 5K in pricing is stupid

Even overclocked, the 6700K stays cool and my fans stay silent

Beast of a CPU but runs hot as hell compared to the 6600K at the same clock speeds

Bought this CPU to replace my great 2600K, which is still a great

Not a massive improvement over my old 4790K but nice none the less

Not a massive improvement over my old 4790K but nice none the less

The GPU is doing the real work of course, and 6700K is a little overkill for gaming purposes