Safe temps for gaming?

[deadpaww]

I'm a gamer and often play demanding games for extended periods. I currently  have an i7 7700k and a 980ti, no OC for the cpu. I have a Cool Master Hyper 212 Evo cpu cooler, 3 vents, and 2 case fans. I'm worried about temperatures and my parts being heated to the point it does damage to their life span. 

 

When idle, my cpu ususally sits at 35-45, it jumps sometimes to 45 but mostly sits high 30's. When under load of gaming, my cpu usually reaches about 70-74. Those are under more cpu intense games like pubg, gta v.

 

When idle, my gpu sits at 45 mostly. When under load of gaming, heavier gaming (pubg, gta v) the temps get up close to 80 celcius. It's the gpu that worries me as 80 seems high.

 

Though I am also worried of the cpu temps, I know the i7 7700k is known to run hot so I expected it but it was expensive, obviously I don't want it damaged. Anyway, some insight on this would be great  

 

NOTE: My case isn't big, my wires are messy and there is dust but not a concerning amount I would say. I bought an air can though, going to clean what is in there off. So, be aware my case is a bit full. I also turn fans up in the 70% range when my gpu reaches 70 celcius.

[komar]

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/489azy/is_8082c_going_to_harm_my_980ti/

Here is about the GPU.

For the CPU 70 C is fine also

[A Silver]

Anything below 90 is generally safe. Get worried when you see high 80-90

[Trulop]

for CPU temp, 80-85C is a good MAX temp range to have under absolute load, anything higher i would redo an overclock (if applied) or get better cooling.

For GPU, you shouldnt have any thermal throttling under 90C, i usually try to stay at 87C maximum or less at absolute load, so if your only around 80C your perfectly fine. 

 

The temps that your parts can get to before they start to damage is actually a good amount higher, these are just recommended safe temps to ensure no thermal throttle and longevity of your parts. Each persons opinion may differ by a few degrees so try and find the median of what people recommend and pick that, or just pick your own temperature target if that seems a bit too high. You can get cooler results by settings more agressive fan profiles on your GPU or running case fans at max to improve airflow at the cost of some more noise of course =P

[Simon771]

No worried as long as you are under 85°C.

And if your CPU would be overheating, your PC would just crash to prevent any real dammage to your CPU.

 

I'm getting around 70°C average on my i5 8600k when gaming, but there are peaks of 82°C. That's still safe.

[Cookybiscuit]

tjmax, it's what warranties are for.

[Drak3]

Tj Max minus 10C, to account for differences in monitoring softwares.

[LogicalDrm]

Both temps are fine. You can lower CPU by setting voltages to manual from BUOS. Try something like 1.15V.

 

What case and how are case fans placed?

[deadpaww]

5 hours ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

Both temps are fine. You can lower CPU by setting voltages to manual from BUOS. Try something like 1.15V.

 

What case and how are case fans placed?

It's an ibuypower mid tower case. Cooler Master Hyper 212 cpu fan, Gpu fans on the bottom, vent fan in the top back of the case, intake fan on the bottom front.

[LogicalDrm]

1 hour ago, deadpaww said:

It's an ibuypower mid tower case. Cooler Master Hyper 212 cpu fan, Gpu fans on the bottom, vent fan in the top back of the case, intake fan on the bottom front.

Add another intake fan if possible. Should help with GPU temps a bit.

[deadpaww]

5 minutes ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

Add another intake fan if possible. Should help with GPU temps a bit.

I'll look into it. Also, if I'm gaming with an average of 68-72 celcius for my cpu, does that reduce it's life span significantly? I was talking to my friend who was praising water cooling, saying how 70 is too high for my cpu, saying I need to get water cooling at those temps. I'm worried that running at these temps for extended periods will reduce by cpu life by a year or so, I want it to last as long as it can for the i7 7700k to still be relevant so I don't have to upgrade for a while but I will continue to play demanding games because, well...that's what I got it for.

[LogicalDrm]

9 hours ago, deadpaww said:

I'll look into it. Also, if I'm gaming with an average of 68-72 celcius for my cpu, does that reduce it's life span significantly? I was talking to my friend who was praising water cooling, saying how 70 is too high for my cpu, saying I need to get water cooling at those temps. I'm worried that running at these temps for extended periods will reduce by cpu life by a year or so, I want it to last as long as it can for the i7 7700k to still be relevant so I don't have to upgrade for a while but I will continue to play demanding games because, well...that's what I got it for.

No and no. It's true that running CPU at high temps and voltages will reduce lifespan, from 15 years to 10 years maybe. And temps then would be constant over 90C.

 

You also don't need water cooling. 7700K is known to be hot, when run with stock voltages, tiny coolers and overclocking. You could get better temps by getting bigger cooler and lowering current voltages. But your current temps are perfectly normal for 212.

[ThaFacialHair]

As long there is no flames coming out of the rig, I think your good.