Using a Corsair H70, which I guess I'm not TOO over-excited about.
Anyway, running an I7-2600K at 4.4ghz on all four cores, about 1.4v to the CPU*. Currently, my hottest core is 77C (Folding @ Home maxing it out all day), but Core Temp reports that it's peaked at 80C. Must have just been for a moment, as I didn't see it. Coolest core is 72C.
I'm running an Antec 300 case, with the three-speed fans (one is on the radiator) all set to 'medium'. If I set one of the front (intake) case fans to 'high' and the rear (exhaust, over the radiator) fan to 'high', it knocks off about 4C from the CPU temps, but I don't really like the volume increase. It's not AWFUL, but...I'd rather not.
Ergo, the question. Running in upper-70s with a peak at 80C is...good? Bad? Indifferent?
* The voltage varies. I'm using the BIOS 'offset' mode of "+0.100", which appears to be what my chip needs for 4.0ghz+. Which is VERY weird to me, as it's tested out (for days, using Folding at Home, Prime95, various games, etc) rock solid at 4.4ghz with that "+0.100" setting. If I bump it down to even "+0.095", then the CPU becomes unstable in several games (system hard locks), even down to 4.2ghz (I didn't try pushing it lower to see what clock speed it re-stabilizes at). Totally bizarre to me.
Anyway, running an I7-2600K at 4.4ghz on all four cores, about 1.4v to the CPU*. Currently, my hottest core is 77C (Folding @ Home maxing it out all day), but Core Temp reports that it's peaked at 80C. Must have just been for a moment, as I didn't see it. Coolest core is 72C.
I'm running an Antec 300 case, with the three-speed fans (one is on the radiator) all set to 'medium'. If I set one of the front (intake) case fans to 'high' and the rear (exhaust, over the radiator) fan to 'high', it knocks off about 4C from the CPU temps, but I don't really like the volume increase. It's not AWFUL, but...I'd rather not.
Ergo, the question. Running in upper-70s with a peak at 80C is...good? Bad? Indifferent?
* The voltage varies. I'm using the BIOS 'offset' mode of "+0.100", which appears to be what my chip needs for 4.0ghz+. Which is VERY weird to me, as it's tested out (for days, using Folding at Home, Prime95, various games, etc) rock solid at 4.4ghz with that "+0.100" setting. If I bump it down to even "+0.095", then the CPU becomes unstable in several games (system hard locks), even down to 4.2ghz (I didn't try pushing it lower to see what clock speed it re-stabilizes at). Totally bizarre to me.