Personal computing discussed
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JustAnEngineer wrote:Mine runs at 55°C to 57°C running Prime95 with 2 CPU fans and 1 chassis fan on high (even after 45 minutes). With my normal noise-optimized fan profile, it runs closer to 70°C.
keltor wrote:Overclocked 4770k @ 4.9Ghz using watercooling (ok it's not actually water but antifreeze.) - run to a fridge unit.
I am stable at 36C max running the cpu at 100% during a Linpack torture test. Idle is 15C. Room is between 23 and 22C. I'm pretty damn happy with it.
keltor wrote:Overclocked 4770k @ 4.9Ghz using watercooling (ok it's not actually water but antifreeze.) - run to a fridge unit.
I am stable at 36C max running the cpu at 100% during a Linpack torture test. Idle is 15C. Room is between 23 and 22C. I'm pretty damn happy with it.
sparkman wrote:Or do modern CPU's do fancy throttling to make temperature damage impossible?
JohnC wrote:sparkman wrote:Or do modern CPU's do fancy throttling to make temperature damage impossible?
Yes. At the very worst your PC will simply reboot itself.
Waco wrote:With the automatic throttling built into modern chips it's nearly impossible to actually damage them from heat without really trying.
morphine wrote:Keep in mind that even if it's not throttling, when running very hot it will heat up the area around the CPU socket, damaging VRMs and other power circuitry, the board and socket itself, etc.
Also, the lifetime of the CPU will probably be severely diminished.
Waco wrote:but I know there are a great many servers and HPC systems that sit with their CPUs running near throttling temperatures 24/7 for years on end