How hot is safe on core i5?

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ChRoNo16

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How hot is safe to be using my Core i5 4670k?


I only ask because my motherboard automagically overclocks, and im seeing temps of 160-170 Fahrenheit under heavy loads, and thats with a corsair H100 on it, and mountainmods u2-ufo case so plenty of 120mm fans moving air..
 
I'm pretty sure they throttle at 95c and most people try to keep them under 80c. so youre in the safe zone but that seems a little high for a 240 aio. your auto-OC is probably running to much voltage.
 
Agreed, that is hotter than I would expect with a H100. What clock speed are you actually running at?

Also, everything in computer land is reported in C. Reporting it in F means 99.9% of us are going to have to translate it to C to get an actual idea of things, wasting our time.
 
Throttle is 100C, termtrip is 130C or 135C. Cant remember what's the right one of the two for the last one.

Automatic overclocks increases voltage equal to turbo bins usually for a single core. That means a lot of voltage that increases temperature a lot when all cores are active.
 
Water pumps don't like fluid over 40-50C. I limit my processor to 80C personally, which should keep your fluid at a safe temp IIRC.
 
I guess I just don't know what to do, I have plenty of ait movement, maybe go back to a stock cooler?
 
ChRoNo16 said:
I guess I just don't know what to do, I have plenty of ait movement, maybe go back to a stock cooler?
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like I first said, those temps are only a little higher than i'd expect on an aio its still better than stock! maybe try using better fans and make sure the pump speed it cranked up. also, are you OCing? if so is it manual or with an auto-control app? control apps will always push more voltage than needed which will drive temps up.
re: thermal caps, I guess I am just so used to amd systems I didn't realize how hot intels were. maybe I was thinking of the throttle temps...
 
That's only 76c, for haswell that's pretty standard. You can lower vcore, improve airflow, but you won't get a whole lot lower.
 
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