How much do CPU temps matter?

[Shadow_Storm56]

Just curious of what others think, as I said before I had heard that the chip I was buying was ran really hot so I did a delid, this broke the chip because I was too agressive and cracked the PCB part. I got a new chip and as expected with a slight overclock it runs hot but only under max load. What some people told me is that it is ok for a CPU to run in the 90s or 95 for long peroids of time as they are designed to run at high temperatures. This makes sense as lots of electronic chips are designed to run pretty hot so what I am wondering is what others think? I do not plan to delid this one and if I were to drop my clock from 4500 to 4300 it would keep it 90 or below under max load. I am running on water but as we all know intel puts an insulating penut butter layer between the chip and IHS so while that still helps a lot it does not do the same as a delid. So is hot ok? 

[Jurrunio]

the CPU will degrade noticeably faster than those running it cool.

 

waht CPU is this and how much voltage are you shoving into it anyway?

[Enderman]

If you care about longevity and not having it die randomly in 5 or 10 years, then you should try to stay below 85C.

It won't throttle itself until 100C but it's not good for it to be that hot.

[Shadow_Storm56]

20 minutes ago, Enderman said:

If you care about longevity and not having it die randomly in 5 or 10 years, then you should try to stay below 85C.

It won't throttle itself until 100C but it's not good for it to be that hot.

5 years is a good long life for me, plus I likely won't run it at max alot

 

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, Shadow_Storm56 said:

5 years is a good long life for me, plus I likely won't run it at max alot

 

Ok then you're probably fine going to 90 or 95C.

It's just not ideal.

Don't go near 100 or you will get reduced performance and possibly random shutdowns.