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Running over 65C for prolonged periods will probably reduce the life of the chip, running over 80C for prolonged periods will probably kill your chip pretty fast.
But consider that even playing games, your CPU isn't loaded with Small FFT-like processing, the hottest that it will get is...
I haven't looked into the math or anything... :) but at 24C Ambient my load temps are 70, 70, 61, 61 at most (using Small FFT 2x Orthos)
Im not sure if there is a standard for what a load temp is, but those are the highest temps I can record (they flucuate every second).
On my OC I did some testing
All of this was at a multi of 8 and an FSB of 450
With 1:1 and ram at 900MHz 4-4-4-10
Sisoft Read: 7874
Ram at 1080Mhz 5-4-5-12
Sisoft Read: 8299
Ram at 1125Mhz 5-5-4-12
Sisoft Read: 8417
Im not sure if that last one is stable, but current is 1125Mhz...
Ive heard people say they see 4-5C of a difference, I think AS themselves say its optimal after a 300 Hour burn-in.
From my experience, after a few days of overclock testing and CPU heating and cooling, (maybe 100 Hours), temps may decrease by 2 degrees at most, its something! :)
My post...
I've OCed my Q6600 to 3.6 on air with a TRUE, it is currently running at 1.45 in the Bios and 1.41 in windows.
Load Temps (... Real load temps with 4 Threads of Small FFTs) are 70,70,61,61.
I had to play around with the voltages on other components a bit to get things stable, but for now...
Im running a Q6600 G0 with the Thermalright Ultra Extreme in an Antec 900 Case
OCed to 3.6GHz, Vcore at 1.42V with Ambient at 23C
Core Temps at Idle are
37, 37, 31, 31 with CPU at 28C
Core Temps at Load are (2xOrthos with Small FFTs)
70, 70, 58, 58 with CPU at 58C
Thats with C1E...
I have the Asus P5K Premium and ive had Zero problems with it, its been rock solid and great since the first hookup, very user friendly and good for OCing too!
The Deluxe or E, etc. model are probably very similar but a bit cheaper!