65c core temps to high?

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watertown28

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I am running my cpu at 3.5 ghz atm ( c2d 6700 ) and at load speed fan/everest both are saying my core temps are at 65c load and the cpu temps is at 59 c. What kind of heat can these babies take?
 
watertown28 said:
I am running my cpu at 3.5 ghz atm ( c2d 6700 ) and at load speed fan/everest both are saying my core temps are at 65c load and the cpu temps is at 59 c. What kind of heat can these babies take?
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65 is OK I wouldn't push much higher than that or you will lose life on your CPU. The core slowdown threshold on a C2D is 85C but they are not recommended to go above 68C.
 
i was worried when my temps ideled at 58C. i personally dont like my cpu ideling above 50. i now idel at 33C. i would recommend a better hs.
 
watertown28 said:
got a 9700 zaleams HS on it I dont know if there is anything much better then that besides water but i dont liek idea of liquid flowing over my electronics :p
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I would guess, Tuniq Tower 120 or Thermalright Ultra 120 would be better ;) Besides, it's also dependent on your case airflow and how well is the hsf mated to the cpu..
 
This thread has some bogus info, a Core2 running at 65c LOAD is PERFECTLY good to go! And is actualyl quite good if running at 3.5ghz, but I can tell you, you might be running hotter than you think, try TAT or CoreTemp .95 and report back what temps you see then....use ORTHOS to load the cpu.
 
Carter54 said:
65 is OK I wouldn't push much higher than that or you will lose life on your CPU. The core slowdown threshold on a C2D is 85C but they are not recommended to go above 68C.
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1. You won't "lose life" on your cpu at 65c
2. You can run the C2D quite happily at 70c-75c as long as everything is stable

OEM "quiet" boxes run very warm, you would probably think it was going to burn up, but they don't. When Intel says 85c max, they mean it. 75c is nothing to these cpu's.
 
Three different temp programs, only 2 are right. You guys that think you are running air cooled at 60c or less loads, at 3.2ghz or more, you might want to check again, most likely you are alot hotter than you think.

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TheRapture said:
1. You won't "lose life" on your cpu at 65c
2. You can run the C2D quite happily at 70c-75c as long as everything is stable

OEM "quiet" boxes run very warm, you would probably think it was going to burn up, but they don't. When Intel says 85c max, they mean it. 75c is nothing to these cpu's.
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I agree and they actually stress the CPU's much hotter than 85c but that is where they set the core slowdown threshold. Intel's "recomendation" is not to run their chips higher than 68.8C.

The reason for this is the sort bin ratings on these chips, they do a chain resistance test on the structures to check for high resistance at all ranges in the sort bin. If you end up with a low bin chip in other words very fast but runs hot it will fail at a lower temp than a high bin chip. The recommendations are set to protect all of the chips in a batch. The temps on a chip are very independent and each chip needs to be felt out where it can run under stable conditions. Just like anything there is a process variation on these chips.

I agree with your conclusion that stability is the ultimate test and you can run your system as hot as you feel comfortable and can maintain stability.
 
what about volts? At what voltage will it decrease the life of the chip to under 2 years? I had my cpu at 3.44 but moved it down to 2700 at lower than default voltage b/c I want to make sure the chip doesn't die anytime soon.
 
Jared701 said:
what about volts? At what voltage will it decrease the life of the chip to under 2 years? I had my cpu at 3.44 but moved it down to 2700 at lower than default voltage b/c I want to make sure the chip doesn't die anytime soon.
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Chances are it's going to last far longer than you're ever going to have it anyway, i wouldn't worry. I'd say, on average, anything below 1.55v for the CPU isn't going to reduce its lifetime substantially.
 
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