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When overclocking what temps should i aim for

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robthatguyx   01-14-2012 at 04:21:45 AM

how hot is to hot, how hot should i be running at idle , how hot is hot for a stock clock ectect

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robthatguyx   01-14-2012 at 04:46:18 AM

well im gonna be making a i5 2500k 8 gigs ram and a black edition 7970 in 3 weeks and i dont know what to aim for, i want around 4-4.5 ghz if possible, cooled with a h100

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shoda   01-14-2012 at 05:05:53 AM

You won't have to worry at all if you're cooling your 2500k with an H100. Personally, I start to worry about my temps when I stress test and the temperatures are in the high 70's. However, even then I would be fine with it since I know that I will never push my CPU high enough to those temperatures.

For example, my 2500k is overclocked to 4.5ghz and with 20 runs of Intel Burn Test my temperatures reach the low 70's. However, when I play Skyrim for hours, 4+ hours, my CPU temps never go past 55 degrees C. I am cooling it with an H100 as well, but in a Corsair 600t SE.

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robthatguyx   01-14-2012 at 05:11:18 AM

whats your ide temp? because my stock clocked amd quadcore is alwasy around 16c but i dont game on this its a strickly internet pc im using coretemp

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jsc   01-14-2012 at 05:38:24 AM

robthatguyx wrote :

whats your ide temp? because my stock clocked amd quadcore is alwasy around 16c but i dont game on this its a strickly internet pc im using coretemp


If you are on regular air or water cooling, I find that hard to believe - unless you live in the Northern Hemisphere and your computer is outside. Conventional air or water cooling cannot cool below ambient temperature. 16 C = 61 F.

Besides, idle temps do not really matter. Load temps do.

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robthatguyx   01-14-2012 at 05:45:02 AM

my house is kept at 60f all year round, how do i insert pictures into the reply?

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shoda   01-14-2012 at 06:07:39 AM

My idle temps are in the mid 20's.

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robthatguyx   01-14-2012 at 06:13:33 AM

i found out you have to have the screenshot posted on a site so im not gonna bother posting it up but as of right now im ideling at 19c

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