High cpu temps

[Semi1114]

I usually get temps between 80 and 87 degrees when gaming heavily for a year now. Did this affect the lifespan of my cpu? I currently have a stock intel cooler and am getting a new cooler master 212 evo tomorrow.

[JoshM]

Yeah thats quite high, is it at stock speed? Maybe its not seated properly, the evo should make a difference. 

[Semi1114]

I did not overclock, I just get those temps from gaming.

[MSWindowsinside]

This might have impacted the lifespan, but no one cares since CPU's last atleast 10 years before dying if you haven't overvolted it. And these temps are high but are possible since this proccesor (and all other Haswell's I assume) have crappy TIM between the Integrated Heat Spreader and the processing core.

 

The new cooler will help quite a lot in decreasing the temps though, since the stock cooler is terrible in my opinion.

Unless you want to go extreme and delid your CPU. Which I don't recommend because you might crack the core and kill your expensive processor.

[John Rem]

Yeah adding aftermarket cooler should help. But you should also check other factors. Keep in mind that air cooling can only be of help if there's sufficient intake of fresh air. Otherwise, it will only recycle the warmer air radiated by your CPU and other components inside your computer case and will heat up your CPU, no matter what heatsink you put into it.

 

Also, you might wanna check your CPU voltages. I understand that you are not overclocking your CPU. But there are cases that, depending on your CPU and CHIPSET combination, voltages are set to higher than what's really needed even when you're set to AUTO. A BIOS update can help with this scenario, or simply finding out the stock voltage your CPU can run into and manually set your voltage to that. 

[EXILE157]

I usually get temps between 80 and 87 degrees when gaming heavily for a year now. Did this affect the lifespan of my cpu? I currently have a stock intel cooler and am getting a new cooler master 212 evo tomorrow.

These 2 are great Intel Cooling Heatsinks, The Spire Thermax Eclipse II and The Noctua NH-C14.

[LogicalDrm]

Stock speeds and stock cooler are fine together. Also temps don't affect CPU lifespan unless they are extremely high at 95+C. High voltages do more harm more quickly.

[Th3 Mans1ay3r]

It wouldn't affect it at all. I have a 7 year old processor running in my parents desktop that consistently gets so hot the fail safes have to auto-off the system and it's still not dead.

 

The only time heat should effect a processor is if you light it on fire. Literally.

[hadesjoy72]

As previously stated, voltage will kill your CPU faster than heat (not saying heat is not a factor) as the built in thermal protection will shut your PC down before things get "monkey f***king a football" crazy....check your airflow in your case.  Remember that your GPU is dumping heat, as well as all other components.  Those intakes are needed to supply your CPU/GPU with fresh air.......good luck with the Hyper 212, good cooler at a good price