CPU temperature

[TofuMofu]

Hi guys!

So what is normal CPU temperature while gaming?

Mine goes up to 55 degrees max more or less. Is this too high?

 

[Archer]

Thats fine, max temp for your chip is 100 degrees iirc. Are you testing with prime95 or intelburntest, or only with games?

 

[TofuMofu]

Only with games running at full specs.

So I should be fine? Is it normal for the North- and South Bridge to run at higher temps?

 

[Archer]

Usually yes, though they should also not be going too far over 70 degrees. Do you have sufficient airflow across your motherboard? And games running full tilt is not a good measure of max CPU temps.

 

[TofuMofu]

Yup, got the whole ATX standard airflow setup in my box.

They don't go over 60 degrees.

I know that games aren't a good measure, but that's what I use it for so no need to push it unnaturally

Thanks for info

 

[nakedpeanut]

Ya dont worry mine hits 70 under burntest. And games it sits about 55 as well..

 

[Juggy]

Run Furmark and Prime95 for an hour and watch the temps. This will give you a decent indication of what max temps your system will reach.

 

[TofuMofu]

Run Furmark and Prime95 for an hour and watch the temps. This will give you a decent indication of what max temps your system will reach.

Cool, I'll try that over the weekend.

Think I should add an additional fan on the side panel for the motherboard anyway. Just to be sure it has decent airflow.

 

[Archer]

Intelburntest gets higher temps than prime95 (and is a better stabilty test), run that with furmark to get max temps

 

[Pox]

I get at most 5 DegC above ambient. gotta love water-cooling
Generally you would want to keep the chip below 70 DegC. It can run higher but it's going to start affecting longevity.

 

[SirFooK'nG]

Intel Stock coolers suck! I lapped my CPU, OC'd it to 3.0ghz (Q6600 = 2.4ghz stock) and popped on a coolermaster V8. I run cooler now than stock speeds with intel cooler. Used to peak at about 70C, now I might get to about 55C.

 

[Archer]

Intel Stock coolers suck! I lapped my CPU, OC'd it to 3.0ghz (Q6600 = 2.4ghz stock) and popped on a coolermaster V8. I run cooler now than stock speeds with intel cooler. Used to peak at about 70C, now I might get to about 55C.

The V8 is quite a strange beast actually. I find that the heatpipes only start conducting around 40°C. So in winter (ambient temp of 18°) my max temp is around 45°, and in summer (ambient temp 25-30°) it maxes out at 47-50°.

 

[UnUnOctium]

anything below the junction temp if you look at it from an engineer's point of view. Nowadays that's anywhere from 90 to 110