max temp acceptable

[federiver]

i have an i7 8700 with the stock cooler, and my temps while playing a multiplayer online game are in the 90º-100º, is that ok? or i´m in the edge

[PopsicleHustler]

You're past that edge. Stop what you're doing and fix it. Replace thermal paste or the cooler.

[Skiiwee29]

thats not acceptable. Time to upgrade your cooling. 

[JammyCreedog]

Get a quality yet budget air cooler like the Cryorig H7 and some Arctic MX-4 thermal compound, 1 gram tube will do.

[NineEyeRon]

I got an i5 8600 and started with the stock cooler.

 

Firstly the noise was horrendous, it was like a plane taking off. Temps were way way high, thermal throttling aplenty dujring benchmarks and gaming.

 

I bought a pure rock slim for about $30 (IIRC) and now I don't get above 70 and I hear little or no fan noise.

[xg32]

1 hour ago, federiver said:

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see if you can change the voltage in the bios, all the way down to 1.15v, if not then a h7 will be do job, some AS5 (every penny counts on a locked cpu) or mx4 will do.

[daddrian]

Intel page says that the i7-8700 throttles down at 100*C so this means there's something wrong with the cooling and it decreases performance to not get past 100*C. Check if you have thermal paste under the heatsink. If you do, reseat the heatsink, get it off and put it back,be sure the pins are well pushed / screwed. Most likely the heatsink doesn't make contact with the CPU.

[Xx_DonutEater_xX]

Get a better cooler. Something like evo 212 should serve you nicely.

[Ic3d]

i would say wither get a 240mm aio (if you can afford one) or somthing like a coolermaster 212/ noctua NH-9UB SE2, like Xx_DonutEater_xX said

[Adam132]

You should try to keep your temps below 80 degrees