Hi everyone,
For the first time, I built myself a computer from scratch, handpicking all the components. Just got it together night before last, using these components:
i7 950 with stock heat sink/fan
Gigabyte UD5 motherboard (with bios F7)
6 GB Corsair Dominator rated for triple channel
EVGA Geforce 285
Antec 1200 case (using all fans on high)
Samsung DVD Burner
Creative Labs X-FI card with I/O Module
I was monitoring the temps with RealTemp yesterday, and my idle temps for CPU was around 41 to 42 celsius. This was running the ram at 1066, (I chose to load optimized bios settings initially).
I read up on XMP profiles, and since this ram is technically 1600 mhz ram, I decided to enable the XMP profile in the bios. Worked like a champ, no problems...however, now my core cpu temps idle around 44 to 45 celsius.
I let RealTemp run while I played a pretty intensive game (Prototype). Looked like my cpu temps while playing that game were in the low 70 celsius range.
My question is this...I understand this processor gets hotter than most, but do these temps sound ok? Also, is it SAFE to use the XMP profile, and is that what I SHOULD be doing? Or should I just leave it at optimized, which uses 1066 MHZ memory speed, instead of the 1600. Like I said, the system seems rock solid stable with everything I have done so far, I just want to be SURE that I have it set up the best way, and don't want to overheat my processor. I'm not an "overclocker," and just need some advice from you guys that know more about this stuff than I do.
For the first time, I built myself a computer from scratch, handpicking all the components. Just got it together night before last, using these components:
i7 950 with stock heat sink/fan
Gigabyte UD5 motherboard (with bios F7)
6 GB Corsair Dominator rated for triple channel
EVGA Geforce 285
Antec 1200 case (using all fans on high)
Samsung DVD Burner
Creative Labs X-FI card with I/O Module
I was monitoring the temps with RealTemp yesterday, and my idle temps for CPU was around 41 to 42 celsius. This was running the ram at 1066, (I chose to load optimized bios settings initially).
I read up on XMP profiles, and since this ram is technically 1600 mhz ram, I decided to enable the XMP profile in the bios. Worked like a champ, no problems...however, now my core cpu temps idle around 44 to 45 celsius.
I let RealTemp run while I played a pretty intensive game (Prototype). Looked like my cpu temps while playing that game were in the low 70 celsius range.
My question is this...I understand this processor gets hotter than most, but do these temps sound ok? Also, is it SAFE to use the XMP profile, and is that what I SHOULD be doing? Or should I just leave it at optimized, which uses 1066 MHZ memory speed, instead of the 1600. Like I said, the system seems rock solid stable with everything I have done so far, I just want to be SURE that I have it set up the best way, and don't want to overheat my processor. I'm not an "overclocker," and just need some advice from you guys that know more about this stuff than I do.