Core Temperature

[McRonald]

So I bought a Xeon X3430 and used it with a stockcooler included with my i3 530. It also has a copper plug under it(model no. e41759-002). It idles at 45c - 55c but whenever I play games such as Elder Scrolls online or Guildwars2, it reacher up to 70c - 80c sometimes 80c - 90c. Will my proccessor be okay with this temperature? My PC haven't overheated yet im just worried.

[done12many2]

If you are reaching those temps while playing games, I'd hate to imagine what your temps will be if you place a really heavy load on that CPU.

 

Bottom line is you need a better cooler.  I'm sure that you'll be fine as long as you don't push heavy workloads, but why continue to use a rig that is limited?

[McRonald]

Well, im out of luck when it comes to budget, and besides i have this rig for almost 6 years now. I only bought the X3430 because its cheap asf. (10USD) Im planning to use this with a 750ti or a 1050.. Will this make it better or worse? I know this will bottleneck but they are better than my gt730 when it comes to performance.

[Mihle]

My CPU have run at 80 C in games for 4 years, its just fine.

but you should run like AIDA 64 or something to see the temps then.