whats too hot?

[Xenozx]

OK, back in the day, we only had a CPU temp to go off of. Rule of thumb was you didnt want this to go over 65c. Now we have diodes in the cpu cores them selves. Is it still safe to go by the old tried and trued temp method, or should I focus on core temps now?

The reason I ask is I have a X3550 (Q9450) and its clocked at 3.72ghz @ 1.4v in the bios. It shows 1.37 in cpu Z, and can go as low as 1.33 under full load.

Anyway this is the temps I get

If I go off of the CPU temp I am fine, as it idles at 35-38 and loads at 60-62. However, my cores idle at what you see above, and under full load get damn near 70c. Is this OK, or should I be worried?

also, real temp shows my temps 10c lower then rightmark does. Which should be believed?

 

[Forceman]

Try checking coretemp - it has an option to "show delta to Tjunction" (something like that). Select that and it will tell you how much room you have before the chip starts to temp-throttle. As long as you are comfortably below that (30C or so), I wouldn't worry about it too much. Great overclock on that chip, by the way.

 

[TheRapture]

Try checking coretemp - it has an option to "show delta to Tjunction" (something like that). Select that and it will tell you how much room you have before the chip starts to temp-throttle. As long as you are comfortably below that (30C or so), I wouldn't worry about it too much. Great overclock on that chip, by the way.

Great answer...CoreTemp used that way is the best at the moment....

 

[Xenozx]

Yea, I guess IM just going to have to get used to quad cores being warmer then dual cores. It makes more sense. I was hoping to get 3.8 stable, but unfortunately it looks like it would take too much voltage, so ill just settle at 3.72 which is stable.