CPU might be overheating.

[1Cup1Tea]

Hello i am hitting 80c on my Core 2 Quad Extreme QX9770, it is running at 4312mhz with a Coolermaster 212.

[Jack Dvorak]

11 minutes ago, 1Cup1Tea said:

Hello i am hitting 80c on my Core 2 Quad Extreme QX9770, it is running at 4312mhz with a Coolermaster 212.

80c on full load? Or idle?

[1Cup1Tea]

Full load. If i game it get's to 72ish. 80c if i render video.

[SLAYR]

7 minutes ago, 1Cup1Tea said:

Full load. If i game it get's to 72ish. 80c if i render video.

The Tcase for the cpu is 56C measured on the heat spreader if it is under that it should be fine. 

 

http://ark.intel.com/m/products/34444/Intel-Core2-Extreme-Processor-QX9770-12M-Cache-3_20-GHz-1600-MHz-FSB?q=Qx9770#@product/specifications

 

You can also see if it is thermal throttling if the clock speeds are reducing under high temps.

[1Cup1Tea]

1 minute ago, SLAYR said:

The Tcase for the cpu is 56C measured on the heat spreader if it is under that it should be fine. 

 

http://ark.intel.com/m/products/34444/Intel-Core2-Extreme-Processor-QX9770-12M-Cache-3_20-GHz-1600-MHz-FSB?q=Qx9770#@product/specifications

 

You can also see if it is thermal throttling if the clock speeds are reducing under high temps.

It don't throttle at any time. 56c is really the maximum?

[SLAYR]

6 minutes ago, 1Cup1Tea said:

It don't throttle at any time. 56c is really the maximum?

The 56C max is measured at the top of the heatspreader under the cpu heatsink, not the core temp.

[1Cup1Tea]

Just now, SLAYR said:

The 56C max is measured at the top of the heatspreader under the cpu heatsink, not the core temp.

Oh, so the readings i got from core temp application are ok then? It says on that my Tjmax is 95c.