Finally! an official word straight from AMD GUYS

Antonio Matibag Jr

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Safe temperature range of APU systems

- Hello! there are a lot of forums regarding safe temperature range of CPUs but i cannot find a single thread for APUs

- Here it is, straight from the horses mouth

Dear Antonio,

Your service request : SR #{ticketno:[8200556286]} has been reviewed and updated.

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Thank you for contacting AMD!

Please be advised that the maximum safe temperature for the A8-6600k APU is 74C.

Across the Richland line-up, you shouldn’t see it past 70C.
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Good to know. This should either be stickied or make its way into a sticky somewhere... though it's title, as of now, is less than descriptive.

Antonio Matibag Jr

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exactly, all we get are a bunch of forums and threads, and i was under the impression that my apu should only sit at around 70F
 
AMD has most of these numbers posted up on their site. They've been up there for a while. It can be a bit difficult to find/navigate to, but, they are there: http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopAPUResult.aspx

In the case of the A8-6600K processor: http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopAPUDetail.aspx?id=81&f1=&f2=&f3=&f4=&f5=&f6=&
and, indeed, the max core temperature is 74C.

Cheers!

EDIT: The thing that disturbs me is that sometimes the voltages are not posted, like in the above example. Eek!