It could, but my piece of shit microfag international won't take my kickass winchester past 2.5 ghz and my temps are very acceptable. Hot temps don't bother me as long as idle is below 49C and load is 57C or below, I tend to use the computer as a heater anyway. I find this stock cooler that came with it to be the best I've seen. If I upgraded, I'd just go with water cause I like my shit quiet. I don't want a 120mm fan with 100kg solid copper hs breaking my motherboard in half too.