James Harless :
wildfire707 :
No, that is too hot.
Modern Intel desktop processors should not exceed 72C.
Ideally you should never hit 70C when testing.
So what would have caused it to heat up that much? Over clocking from 3.3 to 4.2 shouldn't have caused that much heat should it? Do you think lowering it to 4.0 would help any? In the morning I'll run prime at stock clocks and see if it heats up that much.
Well, you did not mention what CPU cooler that you are running. The stock cooler is intended for the stock frequency with an ambient temperature of at most 29C.
If you run your computer in an air conditioned environment, you can overclock up to about 20% faster using the stock cooler. If you want to go faster than that, you need to use a better CPU cooler. My favorite cooler is the Thermalright TRUE Spirit 120M(BW) rev.A. It has a good mounting system, is a 120mm (area) tower cooler, and cools almost as well as the ever popular Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.
The most popular cooler for cost vs performance is the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, but I am not happy with its mounting system. The single support bar allows for the cooling tower to pivot if it is bumped and that can mess up the thermal compound (not often, but I have personally had it happen three times).
What cooler are you using?
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