Hello Community.
This is going to be a long thread, so please bear with me. So, I have an i7-4790s, and wanted to test if the stock cooler would be good enough for cooling, since it's at stock settings. Now, you may say that doesn't need testing, as any stock cooler would be good for a cpu non-overclocked. However, my OEM case has bad airflow, as I only have 1 case fan running, minus the cpu fan, and the gpu fan. Therefore, one could make the argument that the stock cooler is no good for that particular situation.
I decided to test using IntelBurnTest. Now, keep in mind please, that at the time of testing, I wasn't as knowledgeable in pc hardware, and didn't know what the specs meant. Out of sheer ignorance, lack of knowledge, impatience and stupidity, I followed the TJ max specs, and told myself as long as the cpu didn't reach that, I was good to go. As you all know, IntelBurnTest is a cpu test that occasionally heats up for several seconds, and then cools off for another couple of seconds. The test probably ran for 1 minute, to 80 seconds tops. Out of that time, probably 50% of the time was when it was heating up.
The max temperature on the cpu core was 86 degrees Celsius. I know because I made a thread on this site talking about it. For those who want to look at it, I will post the link shortly. Now, to validate the results, I probably ran the test 2-3 times in a row. Why? As you know, the longer it's stressed, the hotter the temperatures get; therefore, doing it several times simulates temperatures after long periods of time. With that said, after doing it 2-3 times, and 50% of the time throughout each test, it reached the mid-80's, we can say the cpu was in the mid-80's for a good minute and a half, to two minutes tops.
Which brings me to this point. If the max temperature of ONE of the cpu cores was running at 86 degrees Celsius for a good 2 minutes straight, how badly damaged is the cpu? I ran the test a while back, meaning that this question is meant in terms of long-term damage, as short-term damage would've happened already. Supposedly the advice given for my cpu is to never reach above 80(79 if you want to be exact). Meaning that I went above the advice given by 7 degrees Celsius, for a good 2 minutes approximately. I did probably run this test at other moments too, but certainly not a lot of times such as this one moment. Sorry for the long post, and hopefully next time, I pay attention to what the cpu specs mean before doing such strenuous tests. Thanks.
This is going to be a long thread, so please bear with me. So, I have an i7-4790s, and wanted to test if the stock cooler would be good enough for cooling, since it's at stock settings. Now, you may say that doesn't need testing, as any stock cooler would be good for a cpu non-overclocked. However, my OEM case has bad airflow, as I only have 1 case fan running, minus the cpu fan, and the gpu fan. Therefore, one could make the argument that the stock cooler is no good for that particular situation.
I decided to test using IntelBurnTest. Now, keep in mind please, that at the time of testing, I wasn't as knowledgeable in pc hardware, and didn't know what the specs meant. Out of sheer ignorance, lack of knowledge, impatience and stupidity, I followed the TJ max specs, and told myself as long as the cpu didn't reach that, I was good to go. As you all know, IntelBurnTest is a cpu test that occasionally heats up for several seconds, and then cools off for another couple of seconds. The test probably ran for 1 minute, to 80 seconds tops. Out of that time, probably 50% of the time was when it was heating up.
The max temperature on the cpu core was 86 degrees Celsius. I know because I made a thread on this site talking about it. For those who want to look at it, I will post the link shortly. Now, to validate the results, I probably ran the test 2-3 times in a row. Why? As you know, the longer it's stressed, the hotter the temperatures get; therefore, doing it several times simulates temperatures after long periods of time. With that said, after doing it 2-3 times, and 50% of the time throughout each test, it reached the mid-80's, we can say the cpu was in the mid-80's for a good minute and a half, to two minutes tops.
Which brings me to this point. If the max temperature of ONE of the cpu cores was running at 86 degrees Celsius for a good 2 minutes straight, how badly damaged is the cpu? I ran the test a while back, meaning that this question is meant in terms of long-term damage, as short-term damage would've happened already. Supposedly the advice given for my cpu is to never reach above 80(79 if you want to be exact). Meaning that I went above the advice given by 7 degrees Celsius, for a good 2 minutes approximately. I did probably run this test at other moments too, but certainly not a lot of times such as this one moment. Sorry for the long post, and hopefully next time, I pay attention to what the cpu specs mean before doing such strenuous tests. Thanks.
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