Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread - Page 370

On September 06 2014 06:56 Cyro wrote:
You're running your RAM at 1690mhz due to a base clock overclock of 133mhz to 141.1mhz, it seems (or maybe it was just bugged there?)

On September 09 2014 07:50 Cyro wrote:
60-70c is normal operation.

If your case temp is 25c and max operating temp is 100c.. you have 75c of headroom and you're only using 40 of it.

CPU's don't just die because their cores are running too hot - the main problems with heat are probably..

1; an upper limit on operating temperature, which you're not hitting

2; resistance of the chip (thus power consumption) increasing with temperature, which is just physics and it's not a problem with operating or a major factor in cooling or power costs unless you are a niche user (such as somebody doing mass litecoin mining)

3; The big one - degradation being dependant on load put on the CPU, as well as voltage and temperature. Intel runs those i5 CPU's are very low voltages though, and give them warranty for running at 100% load all day and night for X years at as close to 100c as you want. Overclockers have even taken the same CPU's, ran them at voltages that would degrade them 5x+ faster, and then used them (or similar CPU's) for long enough to say that you could probably use one of those at those stock voltages and those temperatures for 20 years in a system gaming 15 hours a week if you wanted to, maybe eventually requiring a slight increase in voltage or drop in clock speed to stay stable, but nothing even worth mentioning for anything even remotely resembling a regular user, even one who does not want to replace parts until long after they are considered ancient.

If you dont like stuff running at anything but really cool temperatures, you're far more likely to be concerned with GPU; they rarely run that cold and there's a lot harder and more noisy to keep cool.