My CPU and its temperature
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I was just wondering what this forum thought about cpu's and their temperature. My ambient computer temperature flattens out at about 28 C. During higher loads it usually peaks about 34.8 C. Is that a good temperature or should I worry about getting more circulation to my case?
I think you're safe until 50°C (at which most PCs just shut down to protect themselves).
I've been having some heat troubles lately on my personal laptop. When playing Civ5 (rather resource heavy, even though it's not that graphically-focussed) I've had a few shutdowns lately. I'm not entirely sure what to do about it.
(P.S.: There's no such thing as 28C. It's 28°C! Only Kelvin is degree-less.)
I've been having some heat troubles lately on my personal laptop. When playing Civ5 (rather resource heavy, even though it's not that graphically-focussed) I've had a few shutdowns lately. I'm not entirely sure what to do about it.
(P.S.: There's no such thing as 28C. It's 28°C! Only Kelvin is degree-less.)
The ideal operating temperature is on the data sheet for your processor and is available online, or tell us what you are running and maybe someone will be nice enough to post a link. As far as air circulation goes you want to make sure that all of the fans are oriented in the same direction, that is if your front case fan is taking air in and your rear case fan blowing air out, or the opposite is true, then you're OK. You want to have an actual air flow, if all of your fans are all pulling air in, or pushing air out at the same time then the air inside of the case isn't moving.
Are you overclocking? Why are you concerned about temperature?
Are you overclocking? Why are you concerned about temperature?
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My CPU (AMD Phenom II X4, 955 Black Edition @3.5GHz) sits around 23-25°C, and under heavy load, springs up to about 38-45°C. Though, my room is always cold. I wouldn't worry about the temperature. According to Core Temp, my maximum temperature is 70°C.
Wazzak
Wazzak
Well I AM overclocking my computer. Let me put some stats.
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-2600K 3.40 GHz 8M Intel Smart Cache LGA1155( overclocked by 20~%)
Motherboard : [CrossFireX] Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard LucidLogix Virtu and Intel Smart Response Technology & 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, 2x SATA-III RAID,2 3 PCIe Gen2, 2 PCIe X1 & 2 3CI
Memory : 8GB (2GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Vengeance)
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 2GB 16X PCIe
I think thats all the juicy stuff.
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-2600K 3.40 GHz 8M Intel Smart Cache LGA1155( overclocked by 20~%)
Motherboard : [CrossFireX] Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard LucidLogix Virtu and Intel Smart Response Technology & 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, 2x SATA-III RAID,2 3 PCIe Gen2, 2 PCIe X1 & 2 3CI
Memory : 8GB (2GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Vengeance)
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 2GB 16X PCIe
I think thats all the juicy stuff.
@Framework,
I have the same CPU as you (except mine's the 980 @ 3.8 GHz) and it's currently around 42 °C. I'm not sure how high it gets under load. I've had a feeling for a while that I did something wrong when I built it but I can't think what.
I have the same CPU as you (except mine's the 980 @ 3.8 GHz) and it's currently around 42 °C. I'm not sure how high it gets under load. I've had a feeling for a while that I did something wrong when I built it but I can't think what.
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On a high load, my computer's internal temperature does get to around 40°C, and it has not complained about it at all, not even through performance reductions. The GPU actually gets to about 50°C when I'm doing heavy rendering or CUDA work.
-Albatross
-Albatross
My GPU sits at about 48°C and sometimes gets up to 70 when I play games. I'll probably be getting a new one in May, but if I do it might be a Fermi, in which case the heat problem would just get worse.
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My GPU (XFX HD 6850) sits around 34°C idle, and under heavy load on a warm day, it hits about 58-61°C. As you would imagine, the GPU would contribute to the temperature inside the case. I was planning on having two XFX HD 6850's with Crossfire, but I fear it would knock up the temperature of both GPUs and CPU.
Wazzak
Wazzak
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My laptop's around 20-30°C most of the time, though it sometimes gets up to 60-70 degrees (apparently mostly independent of what I am actually doing).
I don't even get concerned at 60C. My GPU temps used to be 90C on average when playing Crysis, and my CPU would be hovering around 65-70C. I haven't had any problems with the computer up to now, despite 2 years of heavily intensive gaming. You're set, and so long as it isn't a laptop (it doesn't sound like it), you've got plenty of headroom for overclocking as far as I'm concerned.
Seriously? I thought 90°C was the point at which the GPU starts freezing (slowing itself down) and the same for the CPU about about 60. Then a GPU would be getting damaged at about 120°C and a CPU at about 70 or 80.
My CPU has shutdown at 85C before, and that's when I was testing overclocking. But my record was 100C on my two GPUs when they were operating in a much smaller case than I have now.
At the same time, I've vamped up the voltage on my CPU to 1.7V (recommended max of 1.5V) before and it came out just fine. Again, this was when I was testing overclocking, and I have water cooling on it at this point, but it seems that a lot of the warnings that I see plastered all over the place aren't really anything to be worried about. I'm sure that it adds to the wear and tear of the hardware, but when you need to replace a computer every 3 years to prevent yourself from severely falling behind, I'm not entirely sure that's something to even worry about.
Finally, I've known AMD chips in general to forego this "freezing" safeguard that you're referring to. I know that Intel and NVIDIA do it, but AMD doesn't really seem to bother with anything but a simple shutdown. But for cheap, I guess that's what you can expect.
At the same time, I've vamped up the voltage on my CPU to 1.7V (recommended max of 1.5V) before and it came out just fine. Again, this was when I was testing overclocking, and I have water cooling on it at this point, but it seems that a lot of the warnings that I see plastered all over the place aren't really anything to be worried about. I'm sure that it adds to the wear and tear of the hardware, but when you need to replace a computer every 3 years to prevent yourself from severely falling behind, I'm not entirely sure that's something to even worry about.
Finally, I've known AMD chips in general to forego this "freezing" safeguard that you're referring to. I know that Intel and NVIDIA do it, but AMD doesn't really seem to bother with anything but a simple shutdown. But for cheap, I guess that's what you can expect.
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What sucks is my laptop gets to about 85 degrees C during high loads. I get scared when it sounds like a jet is about to take off. Good thing I got a fan to put under it.
On a side note, more recently I've been getting blue screens on my laptop. I'd be playing a game under a heavy load and within about an hour or so of sustained heavy load, my display driver would fail. Then without warning, around 5-10 minutes, I would get a blue screen. I still don't get what was happening.
I don't think that (normal) software is able to overheat the processor. I'd rather think that the ventilator is somehow broken.
@chrisname
The CPU freezes when it's getting to hot :D
@chrisname
The CPU freezes when it's getting to hot :D
Incremental: My laptop hits around there as well. What are the specs on your graphics card?
Not too sure where to find it but I think its
Radeon (TM) HD 6490.
Being that this was my attempt at creating a gaming laptop using specs from HP, I didn't really pay out of pocket for the best.
Radeon (TM) HD 6490.
Being that this was my attempt at creating a gaming laptop using specs from HP, I didn't really pay out of pocket for the best.
How long has it been since you've updated your drivers? The Catalyst Control Center should automatically do it for you, but if it doesn't, you really need to update.
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