Safe CPU temperatures

[Terminator7577]

On a Intel i5 7600k what would be safe temps when overclocking? 

 

First time doing an oc build.

[Mira Yurizaki]

Anything under 80C is fine. 80C-90C is worrisome. 90C+ is stop everything and tone it down.

[Terminator7577]

Just now, M.Yurizaki said:

 

Anything under 80C is fine. 80C-90C is worrisome. 90C+ is stop everything and tone it down.

 

Thanks!

[AdamBGames]

2 minutes ago, Terminator7577 said:

On a Intel i5 7600k what would be safe temps when overclocking? 

 

First time doing an oc build.

I always say anything below 85 at full load is good when overclocking, if it gets any higher than that at full load then you should dial it down as it will soon start thermal throttling

[paddy-stone]

TBH anything under thottling speed is OK, for spikes I mean.. but if it was hitting 95 for instance and staying there that would imply to me that cooling isn;t adequate and would possibly continue to climb and then throttle. If your CPU throttles, then the cooling is nowhere near adequate, and long term throttling could harm the CPU. When in relation to an OC, then I would say 85-90 while stressing 100% load is the max... you could try for more, but then if the CPU starts to throttle then the OC is not doing you any good anyway, so dial back the OC settings a bit and try again.

[steffeeh]

Here's an Intel temperature guide from Tom's Hardware.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-1800828/intel-temperature-guide.html

[Technomancer__]

22 minutes ago, Terminator7577 said:

Thanks!

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[Lord Nicoll]

34 minutes ago, Terminator7577 said:

On a Intel i5 7600k what would be safe temps when overclocking? 

 

First time doing an oc build.

100°C Is the absolute max, your chip could die if it didn't thermal throttle at this point before thermal run away occurs if it's overvolted

90°C Is, while technically safe, not really that ideal, it's best to scale back an overclock or get better cooling at this point

80°C Is about as high as I feel comfortable going, its far enough from Tjunction not to throttle but still pretty hot. 

70°C This is where I usually leave an OC, the point that stability usually starts to be effected. A chip won't die at 70°C under any normal circumstances from thermals

60°C Most high end CPUs that are OK quality with a decent cooling system on stock settings will be around this, 

50°C Usually during normal use. my overclocked i7 is around this, I'd say it's the normal use temp for most CPUs

40°C You won't get load temperatures in the 40ies unless something exotic or not stressful is involved, anything below this is fine as well. 

[gbergeron]

41 minutes ago, Terminator7577 said:

On a Intel i5 7600k what would be safe temps when overclocking? 

 

First time doing an oc build.

Under 85 when stress testing for hours,

 

Under 80 for real life usage, gaming etc..

 

Under 70 so between 60 and  70 is the sweet spot, but sometimes hard to achieve depending on your cooling solution and the frequency you want to achieve

[paddy-stone]

15 hours ago, Lord Nicoll said:

50°C Usually during normal use. my overclocked i7 is around this, I'd say it's the normal use temp for most CPUs

Jesus, what kind of cooling do you have on that thing? If you were using an air cooler or even some AIO coolers and never went over 50c then you wouldn't have any OC to speak of at all. I would say most OCs hit the 65-85 mark, if it doesn't hit that then you're not overclocking enough... or you have a very good custom loop, don't forget that not everyone wants to spend $300+ on cooling solutions for a CPU that's only $200-$300 itself.

[Sebivor]

Hi... Should I be concerned about my CPU temperatures (bottom right hand corner of my screen)?

[Lord Nicoll]

2 hours ago, paddy-stone said:

Jesus, what kind of cooling do you have on that thing? If you were using an air cooler or even some AIO coolers and never went over 50c then you wouldn't have any OC to speak of at all. I would say most OCs hit the 65-85 mark, if it doesn't hit that then you're not overclocking enough... or you have a very good custom loop, don't forget that not everyone wants to spend $300+ on cooling solutions for a CPU that's only $200-$300 itself.

It's a delidded i7 7700K with a custom loop yes, haha, but really chrome is usually in the 50's, and light gaming. Cinebench brings it up tot he 60-70 range and after hours of work doing something hard, it can hit 80 every now and then. 

[Lord Nicoll]

3 hours ago, paddy-stone said:

Jesus, what kind of cooling do you have on that thing? If you were using an air cooler or even some AIO coolers and never went over 50c then you wouldn't have any OC to speak of at all. I would say most OCs hit the 65-85 mark, if it doesn't hit that then you're not overclocking enough... or you have a very good custom loop, don't forget that not everyone wants to spend $300+ on cooling solutions for a CPU that's only $200-$300 itself.

After 16 minutes of youtube and facebook, it really isn't very high. 

[paddy-stone]

38 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

It's a delidded i7 7700K with a custom loop yes, haha, but really chrome is usually in the 50's, and light gaming. Cinebench brings it up tot he 60-70 range and after hours of work doing something hard, it can hit 80 every now and then. 

Yep, that's what I mean. Even on your delidded CPU with custom loop you can get peaks into the 60-80C range when stressed... so I am unsure of your temp guide.It seems like you were saying 50C for instance was a normal temp that every CPU should be getting. I know that's not quite what you were saying, I'm just saying it could be confusing for some people that don't know better.

 

I would say most Cpus regardless of what cooling should be hitting around 25-45C when idling (1%-40% load) ( browsing, music etc) 35-70C when gaming and such (40%-70%) load, and anywhere 55-90C when stressing the system 70%-100% load... they're not exact figures obviously, it will vary greatly depending on CPU used and coolers used etc. Plus there's no real definition of what's normal usage, that's why I tried to think of CPU load values rather than type of load, idling/gaming etc. Best thing for someone who's not sure of whether their CPU is heating up too much is to describe their Load that is on the CPU, and ask if others have a similar temp. It'll still vary to a great extent, but at least they#ll get some indication of what is "normal" I guess, lol

 

Anyway, no worries, I was just really suprised at your temps, but now I know you have a delidded CPU and custom loop it makes sense

 

[Lord Nicoll]

36 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

Yep, that's what I mean. Even on your delidded CPU with custom loop you can get peaks into the 60-80C range when stressed... so I am unsure of your temp guide.It seems like you were saying 50C for instance was a normal temp that every CPU should be getting. I know that's not quite what you were saying, I'm just saying it could be confusing for some people that don't know better.

 

I would say most Cpus regardless of what cooling should be hitting around 25-45C when idling (1%-40% load) ( browsing, music etc) 35-70C when gaming and such (40%-70%) load, and anywhere 55-90C when stressing the system 70%-100% load... they're not exact figures obviously, it will vary greatly depending on CPU used and coolers used etc. Plus there's no real definition of what's normal usage, that's why I tried to think of CPU load values rather than type of load, idling/gaming etc. Best thing for someone who's not sure of whether their CPU is heating up too much is to describe their Load that is on the CPU, and ask if others have a similar temp. It'll still vary to a great extent, but at least they#ll get some indication of what is "normal" I guess, lol

 

Anyway, no worries, I was just really suprised at your temps, but now I know you have a delidded CPU and custom loop it makes sense

 

In this case, we know OP isn't going to be render the next James Cameron epic on his system, it's probably gaming and bumming around online, pretty much what I use this PC for actually, so normal use would be similar. Really even before a delid and on an AIO, the chip was this cool, all the delid let me do was push the max OC to 5.2GHz and bring the prime 95 temps down (that's what I used to check max temps, with the AVX load and all, it handles that well)