Is my processor temperature ok??

jayadratha · Mar 23, 2014

at idle that is within avg 7% load temperature is avg 40degree Celcius.
at35-40% load temperature is within 56-58 degree celcius.
I live in India. and its summer now.
Is the temperature is ok? or I need to worry???
plz tell me if anything is wrong. Advance thanks.

IDontUnderstand · Mar 23, 2014

It's a little high, but will not cause any damage or instability.

Generally speaking processor can go up to 80 C under load.

matt20020 · Mar 23, 2014

it seems like nothing to worry about but you could possible lower it!. Mine generally runs between 30/40 degrees in idle and i live iun the uk, whilst playing games this will rise to maybe even 70 degrees c.

If you use this software you can see what the temperatures is for different components within your pc and what the fan speeds are. Also you can check the speed of your case fans and what the ambient temperature is within your case.

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

Generally it is good to keep your ambient temperature within the case as low as possible by providing good airflow this could include one fan pulling air in from the front of your case and another fan at the back blowing air out.

You can also lower the temperature of your cpu further by applying good quality thermal compound, mx3 or arctic silver 5 are usually good brands to purchase!.

If you are overclocking your cpu then you might want to get a better heatsink and cooler than the stock one that came with the cpu, good ones could include master cooler tx3, or evo coolers, or even cpu water cooling if you have the money.

jayadratha · Mar 23, 2014

matt20020 :

In my cabinate there has a 120mm fan in front and a small 80mm fan in left side, both pulling air in the cabinate. & 1 120mm fan in back and a 80mm fan which is in the bootom of graphics card(not the graphics card fan) blowing air out of the cabinate. I'm using the intel stock cooler which came with my processor i5 3550. Im not overclocking. And I used Coolermaster V1 thermal compound. click here to see how I applied it. may be slightly more than the small dot. here is a photo of hwmonitor. I used the 64bit. photo taken at around 35% cpu load. 120mm fans are connected to board. others are connected directly to smps

IDontUnderstand · Mar 23, 2014

I can we can do some tweaks to your fan set up.
What case do you have?

jayadratha · Mar 23, 2014

IDontUnderstand :

its frontech safari
check my above post for more information. :wahoo:

matt20020 · Mar 23, 2014

well the stock cooler isn't the best id maybe think about getting a better heatsink and cooler for your cpu.

I know this isnt for your country its amazon uk but it gives you an idea, im using the I5 to, with a r9 270, and i only have one 120mm exaught fan at the back pulling air out. The heatsink and cooler work to pull air though to, and it is fairly large my case width is 17.5cm and it just fits in.

but if you get this it should reduce the temperature of your cpu to around 30/40 in idle

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-Hyper-TX3-Tower/dp/B005HIRDUA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395605061&sr=8-1&keywords=tx3

jayadratha · Mar 23, 2014

matt20020 :

Will you see the reply of your 1st post again?? I have given some more info. At this point I'm little short in money. do you think the current temperature is ok according to my setup??? I will upgrade cooler later then

matt20020 · Mar 23, 2014

how do you post images in here just ive got one of my temps to show you!

matt20020 · Mar 23, 2014

and yes it should be ok for now, if you can't afford a cooler maybe just some mx3, or arctic thermal paste will do for now

jayadratha · Mar 23, 2014

matt20020 :

will you please check my reply of your 1st post in this thread again.?? I gave some more info.. and are you from India???

I uploaded to my dropbox account, and gave the link to here using the image option above in the text area.

& I just bought a cooler master V1 and used it.

do you think it is the temperature for this setup in normal???

matt20020 · Mar 23, 2014

and yes 80 degrees c is hitting its peak, id at least try putting some fresh thermal paste on to reduce this, and get a new heatsink and cooler as soon as you can!

IDontUnderstand · Mar 23, 2014

I can't seem to find a picture of it, so I'm just gonna point out the general fan directions.

Front intake, bottom intake, rear exhaust, top exhaust, side with no fan, and if you have an odd number of fan, then more intake than exhaust is preferable.

Your current temp is fine.
Clean out the dust and make sure all intake and exhaust are not blocked and you're good to go.

matt20020 · Mar 23, 2014

no its not mines running at 28 degrees now, and maybe 60 or at maximum 70 in games but normally around 50/60 in games.

thats why i wanted to show you my image but not into all this drop box stuff lol, im old school as the saying goes

jayadratha · Mar 23, 2014

IDontUnderstand :

I cleaned everything just 1 day back. And used fresh Cooler master V1 thermal compound exact like this link(Named as Small Dot)
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/What-is-the-Best-Way-to-Apply-Thermal-Grease-Part-1/1303/3
may be slightly more paste I have used. but yes slightly more.

In my cabinate there has a 120mm fan in front and a small 80mm fan in left side, both pulling air in the cabinate. & 1 120mm fan in back and a 80mm fan which is in the bootom of graphics card(not the graphics card fan) blowing air out of the cabinate. I'm using the intel stock cooler which came with my processor i5 3550. Im not overclocking.

matt20020 · Mar 23, 2014

check this out similar situation.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/364213-28-3470-temp-stock-cooler

IDontUnderstand · Mar 23, 2014

It's fine in that nothing is going to be damaged because of that temperature.

matt20020 · Mar 23, 2014

if you have any case fans in near the cpu though, make sure that the air is blowing in the same direction as that from your cpu fan!, this could cause the temps to increase as you could be blowing the hot air back in!

matt20020 · Mar 23, 2014

anyway it's upto yourself what you decide to do but I know for certain I wouldn't want mine running at 80 degrees c, i think intels recommended max temp is around 70

jayadratha · Mar 23, 2014

matt20020 :

no not that the case. infront of the cpu fan there has the rear fan which blowing out case air.
no its not 80degree celcius.
at idle that is within 10% load it is within 44-46degree celcius. and within 35-40% load it is 56-57degree celcius.
when I play game like crysis 3 for around 2hrs or so it shows 66 or so. but after closing game it falls straightly at 44-46degree celcius provided cpu load is within 7-10%

matt20020 · Mar 23, 2014

oh ok no probs, anyways if i was in your situation id use it but just not for anything to demanding like games until i had a better heatsink and cooler, because I5's under load automatically increase the clock speed whilst playing games thus increasing the temperature

matt20020 · Mar 23, 2014

thats my advise anyway

jayadratha · Mar 23, 2014

IDontUnderstand :

at idle that is within 10% load it is within 44-46degree celcius. and within 35-40% load it is 56-57degree celcius.
when I play game like crysis 3 for around 2hrs or so it shows 66 or so. but after closing game it falls straightly at 44-46degree celcius provided cpu load is within 7-10%
So now what do you think of it??

matt20020 · Mar 23, 2014

this clip gives you an idea of the size of heatsink and how it works so much better for gaming

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9VAXldDk94

matt20020 · Mar 23, 2014

well im not saying its bad, i just followed the advise from other people on here, ive just been told that stock coolers arn't the best thing to use for gaming and yes the temp will drop considerably once you've stopped playing the game, but its the peak temps that can cause damage while your actually in the game, but if u want to take the risk of using a stock cooler then do it

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