Safe temps

[SanchoP]

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[11masoodt]

What are safe temps for an ATI 850XT and P4 3ghz?

i also got a P4 3.0ghz, should be running at about 26-28 degrees celsius on stock cooler. thats how much mine runs on.

 

[The_Techie]

Have a look at CoreTemp

I'd say a safe temp for that CPU would be around 70.

 

[iDenTiTy]

My CPU (I think it's my CPU, SpeedFan doesn't specify) reached about 65 running SuperPI. And about 50 when under no load.

If it's a prescott, then that perfectly normal and safe. However, 26? Either he doesn't have a prescott, or his temp readings are "crazy low"

My prescott 3,4 64bit ran at 51 when idling. My core2 now runs at 31 at stock and 34 at load

 

[The_Techie]

Iirc coretemp only works with C2D CPUs.

Worked with my old AMD 3800+ and 3200+ as well

 

[cryptic1]

What's the safe temp for my mobo please? I'm playing COD4 and the mobo is recording between 50-55 degrees, when idle it's @ 48-49 degrees. The asus probe has the mobo's default temp set @ 40 degrees !!! Whereas the probe has the Q6600 default @ 65 degrees.

Thanks in advance

 

[QX6700RULZ]

What's the safe temp for my mobo please? I'm playing COD4 and the mobo is recording between 50-55 degrees, when idle it's @ 48-49 degrees. The asus probe has the mobo's default temp set @ 40 degrees !!! Whereas the probe has the Q6600 default @ 65 degrees.

Thanks in advance

Never mind what the mobo says, what does core temp say about your cpu temp ?

 

[SecretCode]

So ... what are unsafe temps and what kind of damage are we talking about? My old hp notebook ran very hot - 70-72 when fully loaded - but would power itself off (in a split second) not far above that. I used speedfan and set it to give me a critical alert at 73deg. That allowed me to avoid data loss ... but does running too hot damage a CPU or the mobo? That machine got hotter (and noisier with its 3 fans) as it got older.

New notebook doesn't have that problem. Yet. How careful should I be to avoid high temps?