cpu heating?

[aimex64]

Well this is another heating thread, recently ive noticed that after i play BF2 or CSS on high res, my CPU temp will go to about 70C...burn?

[Sniper1432]

Re: cpu heating?

I highly doubt playing at a high res makes your temp go up, I play at a high res and have an overclocked CPU and it never overheats

[[GCA]Tim270]

Re: cpu heating?

What about your fans?

[The Laughing Man]

Re: cpu heating?

What are you using to monitor the CPU temps, and no 70C isn't burn. The C2D won't even self throtte until 80C and it has a thermal limit of 85C.

[System]

Re: cpu heating?

Thats still like crazy high for a C2D. Me thinks your cpu fan isn't on...

[megawhompertoo]

Re: cpu heating?

unless you're doing a virus + spyware scan in the background, no reason a c2d should hit 70C unless your cooling is inadequate. yes, it will damage your processor over time; it may only last 5 years @70C instead of 10 years at 50C.

do clean your case, make sure your fan is turning, and get some aftermarket cooling if you feel like shelling out $20 to get your temps way down. i reccommend arctic cooling freezer 7 pro, or if you've got more dough, anything that has "thermalright" written on the box. personal fav is the si-128 w/an arctic cooling fan attached.

[aimex64]

Re: cpu heating?

ok sounds good

[=98=]

Re: cpu heating?

60c should be the max that a CPU goes to. Anything over that will damage it in the long term, and possibly the short term.

[aimex64]

Re: cpu heating?

well heres the thing, i use speedfan to measure my computer temps. (TAT doesn't work for me, theres an error). I guess that my CPU temp was named "core 0 and core 1" on the list of temperatures...the fan is turning, maybe i can get it to increase in speed?

[The Laughing Man]

Re: cpu heating?

Maybe speed fan is wrong? If it is indeed running at 70C then the CPU cooler is gonna be pretty warm to the touch. Run the PC for a while, wait till speedfan tells you it's at 70c then pop the case cover off and have a gentle touch of the the cooler fins. Be careful if the CPU is really running at 70c then they are gonna be hot. If it's cool to the touch or even just a little bit warm then chances are speed fan is reading the temp wrong.

Also some motherboards will have temp monitors built in to them that can be viewed through the bios. Run the PC up until it says 70c then shut down, restart, enter the BIOS and have a look and see if you can find it. The temp will be a few degrees below what it was when it was running Windows but if it's running at 65C in the Bios then you have a problem.

[Jakg]

Re: cpu heating?

I highly doubt playing at a high res makes your temp go up, I play at a high res and have an overclocked CPU and it never overheats

Erm, thats not sensible - if your cooling is good or crap/ thermal paste application makes more difference than load.

Seriously, just because your usng an OC'ed CPU his PC can't be overheating?

What are you using to monitor the CPU temps, and no 70C isn't burn. The C2D won't even self throtte until 80C and it has a thermal limit of 85C.

....my GPU won't throttle up to 130°, you think it means that that temperature is safe?

The Intel guidelines for the biggest hottest Core 2, the QX6700 say don't go above 72, and the standard ones say don't go over about 65. Just because it throttle at x° doesn't mean that temps safe.

[Trevortt]

Re: cpu heating?

70c for a CPU is rather high, i would clean out your case of any dust and make sure all the fans in your case are running to speed and buy new ones if needed.

Buy a can of compressed air, works like a treat.

To enable you to have a cool case i recommend, a fan at the front pulling air in, a fan on the side pulling air in, a fan on the rear exhausting air & a psu with a fan also exhausting air.

[aimex64]

Re: cpu heating?

well lol thats the problem, i might of mistaken the core temperatures for something else, i think "temp1" might be the cpu, and that never goes above 60

[Stormy{CAN}]

Re: cpu heating?

Go here,

http://www.almico.com/sfhandleconfig.php

register, then look up your motherboard and try one or two user configs. They will have the different readings already renamed. Either that or go into the bios, make note of the temps that are reported there and then match them up with the readings in Speedfan; then go into Speedfan's configuration settings and uncheck the ones that don't match anything.

The thing with Speedfan is that it gets its readings directly from the monitoring chip on the motherboard (not filtered by the bios) and reports back ALL readings that the chip can support, whether there is a sensor on the motherboard for that reading or not. So there is a very good possibility that a couple of the readings you are seeing are what are known as phantom readings (on my old NF7 board there was one reported as -120°C, to give an example).

[The Laughing Man]

Re: cpu heating?

What does 'temp 1' say when you first boot you're PC. Also did you try checking your BIOS temps too see if they kind of match up with what Speedfan is telling you?

The Intel guidelines for the biggest hottest Core 2, the QX6700 say don't go above 72, and the standard ones say don't go over about 65. Just because it throttle at x° doesn't mean that temps safe.

They're actually closer to 75C, dig around in the datasheets and you'll find just about everything you need to know about them in there.

http://processorfinder.intel.com/det...px?sSpec=SL9S8