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May 31, 2014 8:50:54 PM

Hey everyone, Now first off before i upgraded my system i had bad luck with high temp. Now that i got a new system i get somewhat paranoid about my system reaching (what i think are unsafe temps) now i know that if my system reaches a specific temp it will just shut off. But i picked up Wildstar today and i have been paying attention to my Cpuid HWmonitor program which is telling me my CPU( Intell i5-4670k 3.40 ghz stays around low 50s high 40s. With the max temp it reached while [playing was close to 60 on 2 out of the 4 cores.

So my question is are they temps to worry about? and if so, what can i do to lower my cpu's temp?

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May 31, 2014 8:52:55 PM

Your temps are completely safe, people OC that CPU into the 80s for temp
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May 31, 2014 8:58:56 PM

Yes idle less than 35C, games less than 65C, Prime 95 less than 80C is good

What cooler have you got on the cpu?
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May 31, 2014 9:09:57 PM

Haswell hitting 85C is not something to get excited about tho I target 75C under stress testing and 65 under anything outside of that.
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May 31, 2014 9:21:42 PM

Thanks for the answers. So when i start seeing my cpu get about 80 c i need to worry?
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a c 404 à CPUs
May 31, 2014 9:22:41 PM

Yep
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May 31, 2014 9:24:33 PM

Correct
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May 31, 2014 9:39:19 PM

I like you are Highly concerned about cpu temps. So I do not rely on stock coolers especially if I am gaming.
The advice you have received is correct but you can hedge your bet so to speak. If you are using a stock cooler
you can change to a aftermarket cooler and see improvement in your cpu temps especially while gaming. that means your temps will drop. I believe in Keeping all my components as cool as possible all the time . Some people call that overkill. That is ok with me.
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May 31, 2014 10:05:48 PM

80C for a few short peaks no worries..... 80C for hours straight, you'd wanna try and cool it down, but many serious OC'ers run at 85C 24/7 w/o issue or concern. I'm not one of them .... My 4.5 Ghz OC (45 cache / 2400 CAS 10) has core temps under stress testing (RoG Real Bench) of 67, 66, 60, 58 peaks (46 - 49 average during test.

Working on redoing my 4.6 Ghz OC (43 cache / 1600) test running now.

Adequate = Intel Stock Cooler but no stress testing w/ P95 etc

Hyper 212 = Better can over clock or run stress tests like P95 at stock....wouldn't recommend both.

Phanteks PH-TC14-PE - 7 to 10C better than above (Silver Arrow and Noctua DH14 are very close)

AIO's - Ehhh ..... The H110 can match the 3 air coolers .... slightly worse than Phanteks in cooling (1C) / slightly better (1 dBA) in noise. Don't see the attraction.

Custom Water Cooling - Thatz a whole 'nother thread :) 
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May 31, 2014 10:10:08 PM

JackNaylorPE said:
80C for a few short peaks no worries..... 80C for hours straight, you'd wanna try and cool it down.

Adequate = Intel Stock Cooler but no stress testing w/ P95 etc

Hyper 212 = Better can over clock or run stress tests like P95 at stock....wouldn't recommend both.

Phanteks PH-TC14-PE - 7 to 10C better than above (Silver Arrow and Noctua DH14 are very close)

AIO's - Ehhh ..... The H110 can match the 3 air coolers .... slightly worse than Phanteks in cooling (1C) / slightly better (1 dBA) in noise. Don't see the attraction.

Custom Water Cooling - Thatz a whole 'nother thread :) 



I was looking into watercooling for this system. But it being my first system i didnt want to mess with it. But i heard closed corse watercooling (or whatever its called) is easier to use.

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May 31, 2014 10:21:57 PM

When putting water in ya expensive system, ya have to decide if what you get out of it is worth the risk. Here's the risk.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1440506/my-corsair-h60-explo...

So to take that risk, however small it may be, you have to decide if what you get out of it offsets that risk. In my opinion, it doesn't. Water Cooling generally has 3 goals:

1. Thermal advantage - Water tends to help a bit but not as it used to.... generally you will get an extra 0.1 GHz maybe 0.2 before ya start hitting voltage limits. Some AIOs can equal or exceed by a little bit the capability of the Big 3 air coolers mentioned above, but to do that.....see below.

2. Noise - Custom Water cooled systems when properly designed are quieter....some run dead silent. AIOs on the other hand, with few exceptions (See H110 in above post) too damned loud. See at I mean here:

http://martinsliquidlab.org/2013/03/12/swiftech-h220-vs...

After CPU reaches 55% load, gotta leave the room as I find the noise annoying.

3. Aesthetics .... a properly designed WC system looks "da bomb". I think the Phanteks cooler looks great .... others don't like big shiny metal things

In summary, to my mind, the AIOs just don't offer much in any of those categories as compared to air coolers and even when they do, that small advantage is offset in a big way by one of the other categories.....

Custom water cooling is no big deal with a little guidance......A swiftech or XSPC kit and a Poseidon GFX card would make it as easy as an AIO.
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June 1, 2014 1:50:20 AM

Hmm yea ill read that risks page more later, im about to pass out rite now. but thats for the help everyone.
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