How hot i7 960 ?

[Raoul23]

I'm a complete computer noob when it comes to things like this. How hot should my processors cores be when in heavy use. What is a typical temp that they shouldn't get to. I'm just investigating do that I can see of my PC is overheating :)

Cheers

[YYR123]

my i7 6core when overclocked usually runs 45 degrees...... F


It's been awhile since i have looked but I used to have software that would measure that.....

Standard air cooler.....not water cooled..... Passive CPU cooling.

[Raoul23]

Wow mine is running at 67 degrees is this bad its not over clocked its the one which has 4 cores but shows 8 if that makes any sense lol

[YYR123]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/280887-28-temps-okay


check that


fans / blowing correctly / how how is your room / paste on the cpu b/t the cooler and the cpu?

[Raoul23]

I have IIRC 2 fans in the case, thermo paste on the i7 some fan that sits on the i7 aswell my room can get quite hot. As you can see I'm not that computer illiterate at these kind of things

[albee1952]

40-50C is normal. Most PC's are set to shutdown if temps hit over 70C

[Raoul23]

Originally Posted by albee1952

40-50C is normal. Most PC's are set to shutdown if temps hit over 70C

So mines too hot then??? How do I set it to shut down if it gets to hot?? Is that in the bios ??

[YYR123]

yeah but not all BIOS's are created the same so you will just have to have a look.

A good case cleaning might help your temps....."the ever falling dust"

Also you might want to invest in a better cooler......at least pull the old one off and take a look-see.


I have a cooler master V8......(big honker for sure)

[Raoul23]

Spoke to the guy who built my PC and I asked if there was a way to make it cooler maybe add another fan etc. His reply was to buy another motherboard and processor ????

Is this the only way, I hope not ???

[YYR123]

http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/...hyper-212-evo/