 beerbumobscurum per obscuriusPremium
join:2000-05-06
Eastern PA | reply to Martinus
Re: Core i7 Temperatures said by Martinus:Well, you've made me worried. Not because of the high temps but because of the low temps I'm seeing. A bad sensor? I wouldn't worry too much about those "low" temps. Heat kills, not cold. I've seen some serious über-overclockers who use cryo liquids to do extreme overclocking - the lowest temp I witnessed was an i7-920 running 6 GHz at a temp of -60°F.
FWIW my i7-860 when idle the temps hover around 19°C - 22°C, and there has been no ill effects.
Like I said it's the heat, so you want to look at your temps under a full cpu load. Not sure what cooling you are using but IMO 70°C is too hot. Again, my cpu running 4 WCG clients generally peaks out at 46-48°C, but then I am running a Corsair H50 water cooler.. |
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| said by beerbum:I wouldn't worry too much about those "low" temps. Heat kills, not cold. I know but looking at the temps most are showing here when idle, mine looked abnormally low.
said by beerbum:FWIW my i7-860 when idle the temps hover around 19°C - 22°C, and there has been no ill effects. Good to know. Because I'm running with Intel stock HSF.
I guess the good thing is that the box is as noisy as a digital Casio watch  |
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