64C a little hot for i7-3770K on P95

[HBchevelle68]

I overclocked for the first time yesterday. I ran Prime95 for a little under 6 hours (I ran while is was in class) I had set the multiplier to 41 and it ran nice and stable for the time it ran. I had a negative offset of .1 and the voltage was consitantly at .978 (CPU-Z) i used real temp and my average max temp was 64C.

System:

CPU: i7-3770K
MOBO: Asus Sabertooth z77
HEAT SINK: Corsair H80i
GPU: EVGA 550ti 2GB
PSU: Corsair HX650
RAM: 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X 1866 (running at 1600 right now)
SSD: Kingston HyperX 120GB
HDD: 1TB Western Digital Black
CASE: Coolermaster Haf X

My question is just for 4.1 GHz does this seem a bit warm? Or am I in the clear to try 4.2 next?

 

[steddora]

Those processors are naturally warm blooded. You're not going to a big jump in temperature with just a multiplier increase. When adding voltage; the temperatures will jump a LOT more. So the secret is to find the perfect frequency/voltage to keep your chip nice and cozy. I'll advice not breaking 80C too often with that chip however my personal preference is to stay below 70C on any of my processors.