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66 degrees C OK?

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July 26, 2011 7:39:45 PM

Hi, I recently built my first computer (thanks to the help of a few people on this forum) i then unlocked an
extra two cores on my AMD Phenom x2 955 to make it a quad and overclocked to 3.49 Ghz. (again thanks to this forum)
I then tested my system with Prime 95 for over an hour and recieved no errors. But i wanted to check my temperatures are ok.
ive got the stock heatsink + fan for my cpu plus two other fans that came with the case. according to Hardware Monitor my highest cpu temp (when using prime95) was 66 c and the lowest 48 c. Is that ok?
when i watched it only ever stayed on 66 C for 30 seconds or so, the highest temp it stayed on for a long amount of time was 64 C and the lower temps varied alot.
What do you think? is that OK?

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July 27, 2011 6:15:46 AM



I'm not familiar with that CPU but 66 doesn't sound in any way excessive to me. Were the case fans fitted when you bought it? I ask only because some folks think they're supposed to draw air into the case and not exhaust hot air out.


July 27, 2011 8:55:24 AM

OK thanks, just i read somwhere that if it goes over 55 c then you should be worried. Yeah they were already fitted one at the back, the other at the side.
July 27, 2011 11:10:16 AM

I've got the Phenom II 965 and 55 c is fine, good in fact. Phenom's can easily go up to 80-90 c with stock coolers. I've got a pretty big custom air cooler on mine and it sits around 35 idle and hit's 55 when playing games.
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