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Intel® Core™ i7-950 Processor

paradisiac

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hi, whats the max temp for these? i have found the voltage range and every other piece of info, just not their max temp. thanks in advance.
 
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Tcase is not the same as core temperature. They will not throttle until core temperature (measured with Real Temp or Core Temp) reaches 100 °C. Personally I'd say as long as you stay under 90 °C when under full load (Prime95 or IBT, whichever makes your CPU hotter), you're fine.

Those temperatures at 3.2 GHz are high though. If you're not planning to overclock then you're fine but if you are, get a better cooler. If you already have a good cooler then I'd suggest remounting it.
 
DragonQ said:
Tcase is not the same as core temperature. They will not throttle until core temperature (measured with Real Temp or Core Temp) reaches 100 °C. Personally I'd say as long as you stay under 90 °C when under full load (Prime95 or IBT, whichever makes your CPU hotter), you're fine.

Those temperatures at 3.2 GHz are high though. If you're not planning to overclock then you're fine but if you are, get a better cooler. If you already have a good cooler then I'd suggest remounting it.
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oh, well this is good, i was panicing as it kept going over the 67 °C. so its safe up to low 90s under complete stress load?
 
paradisiac said:
oh, well this is good, i was panicing as it kept going over the 67 °C. so its safe up to low 90s under complete stress load?
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bare in mind you've got HT on, on a stock cooler, whilst running a prog "deisgned" to intentionally kick the bejeezus out of a cpu to push it till it falls over, so unsurprisingly it's running hot. :)

don't underestimate i7 chips ( 920/30/40 etc ) there tough chips, a damn sight tougher than the new i5's, if your genuinely worried, change coolers, which i personally would & do do as a matter of routine, as ive never been impressed by the performance of any stock heatsink.
 
VoG said:
bare in mind you've got HT on, on a stock cooler, whilst running a prog "deisgned" to intentionally kick the bejeezus out of a cpu to push it till it falls over, so unsurprisingly it's running hot. :)

don't underestimate i7 chips ( 920/30/40 etc ) there tough chips, a damn sight tougher than the new i5's, if your genuinely worried, change coolers, which i personally would & do do as a matter of routine, as ive never been impressed by the performance of any stock heatsink.
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its not my pc its a friends, he has been getting BSOD issues, which i think i have solved, just concerned about temps, but he will no doubt shell out on a cooler for it. any suggestions, for a decent £30-£70 cooler?
he has a coolmaster case, but not sure on the model.

would something like http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-039-AR&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395 cover any of the ram slots?
 
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That one big advantage of these coolers. All the space is taken at the back. So it wont creep over the memory slots. I have the crazy tall OCZ reaper with a H50 on mine, so it's all good.

This looks like an ace cooler btw. Only one review but it's positive. OTT if it is just to fix some BSOD issue though, and the fix would be hypothetical. If you have a plug-in energy meter, worth checking the power consumption of the rig, although 600W PSU should be OK.
 
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olivier renault said:
That one big advantage of these coolers. All the space is taken at the back. So it wont creep over the memory slots. I have the crazy tall OCZ reaper with a H50 on mine, so it's all good.

This looks like an ace cooler btw. Only one review but it's positive. OTT if it is just to fix some BSOD issue though, and the fix would be hypothetical. If you have a plug-in energy meter, worth checking the power consumption of the rig, although 600W PSU should be OK.
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its running hot too, aswell as the BSODs :( if his is easy enough to fit might get one of these when i order my phenom.
 
paradisiac said:
its running hot too, aswell as the BSODs :( if his is easy enough to fit might get one of these when i order my phenom.
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The H50 and that other closed loop require you do install a backplate on the motherboard. Basically it will take a long time to install if your case doesn't have a hole where the backplate is.
 
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The H50 and that other closed loop require you do install a backplate on the motherboard. Basically it will take a long time to install if your case doesn't have a hole where the backplate is.
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once the rear side of the case is off you can see the back of the mobo around the cpu socket so its all good, i checked before i suggested yesturday :)
 
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