Are those high temps?

Gazi

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i have i5 6600k @4.4ghz 1.27v. Afterburner usually shows 50+ under load in games, but speedfan shows peaks at 60-67 during long sessions of gaming. Isnt that quit high? I heard ppl have max 50c during load on this cpu. I have scythe mugen 2 rev b cooler and lancool k58 case. running tunned ai suit3 fan curve
 
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Perfectly normal. Be aware that you can't compare the temperatures of modern Intel CPUs with AMD CPUs or older Intel CPUs, because they measure temps differently. Back in the Athlon XP days, for instance, temperature was measured via a ribbon pressing on the bottom of the CPU, so the temperature you saw was not from the middle of the die but of the temperature in the socket. AMD FM2+ CPUs don't report temperature at all, instead using an arbitrary "thermal margin" scale which is not degrees, and anything above zero is fine. Intel designed your chip to throttle at 100c, and shutdown to protect itself at 130c as per how they measure it.

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That is not really high but rather normal. If you CPU is always at those temperatures then do not worry. Remember, notebook CPUs, XBOX, PS4 and such usually reach temperatures around 80-90 degree celsius and still run fine.
 

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they are fine, but are they normal? shouldnt it be around 55c max at peaks during gaming? i didnt test in prim, but i run 10 minute test in intelburn with very high settings, max temp on core was around 77c
 
Perfectly normal. Be aware that you can't compare the temperatures of modern Intel CPUs with AMD CPUs or older Intel CPUs, because they measure temps differently. Back in the Athlon XP days, for instance, temperature was measured via a ribbon pressing on the bottom of the CPU, so the temperature you saw was not from the middle of the die but of the temperature in the socket. AMD FM2+ CPUs don't report temperature at all, instead using an arbitrary "thermal margin" scale which is not degrees, and anything above zero is fine. Intel designed your chip to throttle at 100c, and shutdown to protect itself at 130c as per how they measure it.
 
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