I7 temps - 72 71 71 68 - help please

hey people ive overclocked my i7920 to 3.6ghz and seem to have gotten a nice stable clock ith a 1.2vcore. im using a noctua u12p.

ive run prime95 for an hr and those are the temps im getting (72 71 71 68) from realtemp.

so i was wandering whether you could help with the following questions:

>are these safe temps or are these fairly high?

>will running these temps burn out my processor in the long run?

>will these temps be constantly achieved when gaming? and if so are there any benefits of oc to 3.6ghz for gaming


your answers would be appreicated

Those temps are fine. I get those temps too. I've read some reports of users with 80C on load for 24/7 usage. You'll probably never get that high on normal usage.

3.6ghz - 3.8ghz is the sweet spot for gaming. Certainly there will be some improvements running at 4ghz or more, but this is the point where you'll have to consider the voltage/heat to performance costs.

One thing you can try is to get a higher performing fan if you are still using the Noctua fan that came with the cooler. The stock Noctua fan was design as a quiet/performance fan. If you get something like Yate Loons, Scythe Ultra kaze, it might get the temps a bit down.