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Phenom II X4 970 black edition max temp

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Hey,

What are the "healty" and MAX temps for the Phenom II X4 970 BE?

My friend currently OC'ed it to 4.2 GHz and it ran 44 C in idle.

 

When will it crash. Where is the MAX SAFE temperature?

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Its max operating temperature is (supposedly) 62 degrees C: http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AMD-Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition - HDZ970FBK4DGM (HDZ970FBGMBOX).html

Unfortunately there is not a great AMD official site for this stuff (pls make a site like ARK for yourself AMD), so this is third party info. I know max temps in this gen for AMD were not very high, so this seems believable.

 

But the 62 degrees is max temp when it will thermal throttle, make itself slower to produce less heat. It won't crash/BSOD at that point.

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Some quick googling, and ~62c is safe and ~72c is throttle temp

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I know my 955 BE when I OCed would get pretty toasty at idle. 44C idle doesn't sound too bad for that 970. He will easily get that thing frying if his cooler can't keep up. From what I'm reading its recommended max operation temp is 62C. All the reviews I'm skimming through on newegg also say 62, and people under load with an OC are reporting around 50C-55C.

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My 1090t gets weird around 56C.

 

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