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Overclocked Intel Core i7 960 Quad Core Processor 3.2GHz Safe Temps

Just wondering what the safe temp for the Intel Core i7 960 Quad Core Processor 3.2GHz when overclocked.I set the blck to 150 x 24 from stock 133 it gave me a core speed of 3.765 Mhz up from 3.2 mhz.When running benchmark stress tests the temp core 0 and core 1 never went over 72 degrees cel.I this temp ok for the i7 960 3.2.What temp should I not let the cpu climb to, so not to damage the processor in case I overclock more.This is what cpu-z showes.Processors
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Number of processors 1
Number of threads 4

APICs
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Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0
-- Thread 1 1
-- Core 1
-- Thread 0 2
-- Thread 1 3

Timers
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ACPI timer 3.580 MHz
HPET timer 14.318 MHz
Perf timer 3.530 MHz
Sys timer 1.000 KHz


Processors Information
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Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 2 (max 8)
Number of threads 4 (max 16)
Name Intel Core i7 960
Codename Bloomfield
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 1366 LGA (0x1)
CPUID 6.A.5
Extended CPUID 6.1A
Core Stepping D0
Technology 45 nm
TDP Limit 130 Watts
Core Speed 3765.4 MHz
Multiplier x FSB 25.0 x 150.6 MHz
Rated Bus speed 2711.1 MHz
Stock frequency 3200 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x
L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2 x 256 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L3 cache 8 MBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes


Turbo Mode supported, enabled
Max turbo frequency 3466 MHz
Max non-turbo ratio 24x
Max turbo ratio 26x
Max efficiency ratio 12x
TDC Limit 110 Amps
Core TDP 110 Watts
Uncore TDP 20 Watts
Power @ 12x 33 Watts
Power @ 13x 37 Watts
Power @ 14x 41 Watts
Power @ 15x 46 Watts
Power @ 16x 52 Watts
Power @ 17x 59 Watts
Power @ 18x 66 Watts
Power @ 19x 74 Watts
Power @ 20x 83 Watts
Power @ 21x 93 Watts
Power @ 22x 104 Watts
Power @ 23x 116 Watts
Power @ 24x 130 Watts
Max bus number 255
Attached device PCI device at bus 255, device 2, function 0
Attached device PCI device at bus 255, device 3, function 4
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