i5-6500 temps

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hey so i was wondering what temperature my cpu should be at during games or whats the max when it has the stock cooler, also what is a good temperature software?

[ARikozuM]

As low as they can go. For me, the safe point is 85C on most of Intel's chips. I don't know what's considered "safe" for Ryzen.

[Majestic]

17 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

As low as they can go. For me, the safe point is 85C on most of Intel's chips. I don't know what's considered "safe" for Ryzen.

There is no safe point on Intel chips, it will throttle if it exceeds 100C. But it won't damage.

Any safepoints are subjective. The only reason to keep the temps down, is leakage. So your power consumption goes up.

[ARikozuM]

Just now, Majestic said:

There is no safe point on Intel chips, it will throttle if it exceeds 100C. But it won't damage.

Any safepoints are subjective. The only reason to keep the temps down, is leakage. So your power consumption goes up.

I know that, I'm stating what I would say is a "good" upper limit in the case of overclocking as an example, though this thread doesn't fit that.

[Changis]

4 hours ago, Majestic said:

There is no safe point on Intel chips, it will throttle if it exceeds 100C. But it won't damage.

Any safepoints are subjective. The only reason to keep the temps down, is leakage. So your power consumption goes up.

longevity of the parts factor in as well, a cool cpu would  last longer than one constantly pushing +80c  and over

 

4 hours ago, ARikozuM said:

I know that, I'm stating what I would say is a "good" upper limit in the case of overclocking as an example, though this thread doesn't fit that.

try to stay under 80c under load and you're golden

[Majestic]

4 hours ago, Changis said:

longevity of the parts factor in as well, a cool cpu would  last longer than one constantly pushing +80c  and over

This pervasive argument has never been proven, and never will be. Laptops run >85C on the chips most of the time during load and usually it's things like hard drives, broken displays or simply them being to slow that gets them replaced.

 

4 hours ago, Changis said:

try to stay under 80c under load and you're golden

fml the 80C rule is even worse.

 

4 hours ago, ARikozuM said:

I know that, I'm stating what I would say is a "good" upper limit in the case of overclocking as an example, though this thread doesn't fit that.

Well you can get a bit of a thermal runaway, where the increased temperature increases the load, which increases temperature ...etc.

And perhaps it will remain more stable at lower temps when you start overclocking. No guarantees though.

[ARikozuM]

3 minutes ago, Majestic said:

fml the 80C rule is even worse.

Agreed, which is why ...

26 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

As low as they can go. 

 ... is the better choice.