ivy bridge 3770k running hot

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had my computer for coming up on 2 years, for the longest time my computer froze periodically throughout the day and it took me a year to figure out that the CPU was being undervolted through the auto voltage in bios. i have it set to almost 1.1V in bios, Everything is stock speeds and im reaching 64C playing battlefield hardline as im writing this. Yesterday i overclocked it to 4.2GHz with the same voltage and reached 68C so i reversed it. 64C at stock seems kind of high...
I have a Asetek 510LC cooler on it and i dont think it should be running that hot. Should i change the voltage?
 
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The 3770k has a Tcase of 67.4 C. http://ark.intel.com/products/65523/Intel-Core-i7-3770K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz

Tcase is the temperature that Intel recommends as the highest safe temperature for running all day, every day. You can push beyond that, though, and be perfectly safe as long as you aren't going much higher for very long.

There's another number called TJmax, which is when the CPU will force your PC to shut down when any SINGLE CORE (not the whole CPU) reaches that temperature. It's usually about 100 C, so definitely don't go that high.

The only other consideration that matters is the point of "thermal throttling." Your CPU will slow down when it gets close to TJmax. You'll want to avoid that, but it...
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The 3770k has a Tcase of 67.4 C. http://ark.intel.com/products/65523/Intel-Core-i7-3770K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz

Tcase is the temperature that Intel recommends as the highest safe temperature for running all day, every day. You can push beyond that, though, and be perfectly safe as long as you aren't going much higher for very long.

There's another number called TJmax, which is when the CPU will force your PC to shut down when any SINGLE CORE (not the whole CPU) reaches that temperature. It's usually about 100 C, so definitely don't go that high.

The only other consideration that matters is the point of "thermal throttling." Your CPU will slow down when it gets close to TJmax. You'll want to avoid that, but it usually won't happen until you hover around 90 C.

From what you describe, though, your perfectly safe.
 
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