i3-6100 temperature at 55°C

[magarcia]

I just want to find out if having my i3-6100 at 55°C when under full load is good or bad?

These are my hardware specs-------I'm running the Hyper 212 with two fans 

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO  
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GT 740 4GB 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX,

Power Supply: Fractal Design Integra M 450W, 

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  

 

[Imakuni]

3 minutes ago, magarcia said:

I just want to find out if having my i3-6100 at 55°C when under full load is good or bad?

It's fine. Nothing noteworthy about it.

[Frankie]

Totally fine under full load, nothing to worry about.

[GarnetDevil]

It's fine, my 6100 is 75oC on full load btw

[Vasllo]

If it's not reaching 80~90ºC, you're completely fine.

[xGGAx]

It seems a little high, mine sits at 49C after 15 min of prime95.

[MoonlightSylv]

55c under load is great, only start worrying if it goes up to around 80-90c

[SnowyMus]

55 degrees is around the temperature I would expect under air cooling. As long as it's not near the temperature where it starts to thermal throttle, there really isn't anything to worry about, which is why it's commonly suggested that you'd want to stay below 90 to be on the safe side.

[TheProfessionalAmateurs]

My oc i6 6600k sits at 50c at load with a hyper t4 with one fan, so I would first reapply your thermal compound, using something like arctic silver 5, or ic diamond.

[magarcia]

Ok I am a bit confused some say that its fine as long as I stay under 90°c, while other say that they get around 50°c, so which is it? 

[Imakuni]

2 minutes ago, magarcia said:

Ok I am a bit confused some say that its fine as long as I stay under 90°c, while other say that they get around 50°c, so which is it? 

This isn't an exact science. You can't just look at the numbers to get a straight answer.

 

• For example, ambient temps play a big role in this (not fair to compare a guy in Antarctica running at -40C to one in Ecuador running at +40C).
• The auto voltages established by your mobo might, and most likely WILL differ from other people's readings, either being better / worse depending on the mobo and chip.
• Another random thing is "full load". That's a complete BS term that means nothing at all. One might consider "full load" to be playing GTA V, another may say "full load" as encoding a video, someone else could mean "full load" is just AIDA64 or perhaps "full load" refers to Prime95 Small FTT (or large, which would by itself be a big difference).

That's why we say: is it at about or below the 80s (90 is risky already)? Yes? Then it's fine. Don't worry about it and get back to live your life without thinking about this.

[magarcia]

1 minute ago, Imakuni said:

This isn't an exact science. You can't just look at the numbers to get a straight answer.

 

• For example, ambient temps play a big role in this (not fair to compare a guy in Antarctica running at -40C to one in Ecuador running at +40C).
• The auto voltages established by your mobo might, and most likely WILL differ from other people's readings, either being better / worse depending on the mobo and chip.
• Another random thing is "full load". That's a complete BS term that means nothing at all. One might consider "full load" to be playing GTA V, another may say "full load" as encoding a video, someone else could mean "full load" is just AIDA64 or perhaps "full load" refers to Prime95 Small FTT (or large, which would by itself be a big difference).

That's why we say: is it at about or below the 80s (90 is risky already)? Yes? Then it's fine. Don't worry about it and get back to live your life without thinking about this.

OK thanks I just wanted to make sure my computer wasn't going to be overheating