i7 2600k Corsair A70 temp

BraveLilCrumpet · 26 Apr 2011 at 20:22

I've had my new system for a few months now but I had so send my mobo back due to the Sandy Bridge issues.

There has been something bothering me however and now I have my new B3 board I thought I'd ask to put my mind to rest.

I'm running an Intel i7 2600k stock speed 3.4GHz (no OC) with a Corsair A70.

My Idle temp is 30 - 33c. This is usually with Firefox open, Mail and a few other programs I have open in the background.
The question is, is this temp high? I've ran Prime95 and it got to a max of 52c after about half and hour or so.

Mass Effect 2 can get to the mid 40's and I've not tried Crysis yet since I've had my new mobo.

EdGey · 26 Apr 2011 at 20:29

Mine idle at around 25,24,24,25, and max temp on any core is 67 with hours of prime.

That is at 4.3GHz with the 'Thermalright Venomous X Black'

mr griffin · 26 Apr 2011 at 22:18

I've had my new system for a few months now but I had so send my mobo back due to the Sandy Bridge issues.

There has been something bothering me however and now I have my new B3 board I thought I'd ask to put my mind to rest.

I'm running an Intel i7 2600k stock speed 3.4GHz (no OC) with a Corsair A70.

My Idle temp is 30 - 33c. This is usually with Firefox open, Mail and a few other programs I have open in the background.
The question is, is this temp high? I've ran Prime95 and it got to a max of 52c after about half and hour or so.

Mass Effect 2 can get to the mid 40's and I've not tried Crysis yet since I've had my new mobo.

You have loads of headroom to overclock. Idle temps dont matter its all about the load temps. start clocking that 2600k m8. You should at least be looking at a minimum of 4.4ghz and still have a cool running system.

Run prime 95 for a couple of hours once clocked to the desired clock speeds and try and stay under 70 degrees in this warm weather and you have a safe system for 24/7 use. I have yet to find a game that will get the cpu anywhere near as hot as prime 95 - intel burn in test or linx.

oliver2601 · 26 Apr 2011 at 22:34

70c is a safe temperature at load, so you're fine...

BraveLilCrumpet · 28 Apr 2011 at 21:32

Hey guys. Thanks for your replies

I ran Prime95 for a few hours today in a warmish room and the core temperature never went above 56c - The machine was also installing/uninstalling other programs at the time too.

I'm thinking of overclocking tomorrow considering I'm not interested in that wedding stuff. At least I'll have something interesting to do

mr griffin · 28 Apr 2011 at 21:57

Overclocking your chip sounds a whole lot more fun that watching the royal wedding for sure.

apone2000 · 29 Apr 2011 at 09:10

I have the a50 hsf, it idles at 35-40 and goes to 75-80 under prime 5, so if your starting temp is lower and you have a better cooler then give it a go! Mine is oc'd to 4.6 at the mo.

RobotGirl · 30 Apr 2011 at 10:14

Mine idles around 30-40 but personally I never worry too much about idle temps .It's @ 4.7ghz , my prime temps are 65-70 but I've a corsair H50 .

Razakel · 1 May 2011 at 00:11

oliver2601 said:
70c is a safe temperature at load, so you're fine...

My build got to 80 under load at stock speeds running Prime95 then crashed. Memory test came up clear. However, it occurs whilst on the desktop, but especially doing heavy gaming - even games that don't stress the CPU but the GPU. This is a 2600K.

Which is it likely to be? 80 degrees doesn't sound like it's awful for a core temperature. Graphics card peaks at about 70 (GTX 460).