i7 920 Overclock - High Temps?

[no_1_dave]

My computer is right next to the thermostat so I just go by that as to how hot the room is. It can be very annoying though because when i'm gaming the area around my PC warms up so the thermostat doesn't switch the heating on. Then the rest of the hose ends up cold. Was frustrating in the winter lol

 

[scotslad]

My computer is right next to the thermostat so I just go by that as to how hot the room is. It can be very annoying though because when i'm gaming the area around my PC warms up so the thermostat doesn't switch the heating on. Then the rest of the hose ends up cold. Was frustrating in the winter lol

My wall thermostat (same as what your talking about) for my central heating is away at the other side of house in another area so I dont have that problem, lol, all I have here is my pc on the floor, a table with my monitor etc and a little digital thermometer that sits ontop of the table and thats it, thats how I am set up.

 

[setter]

Currently idling at 39-35-39-35, room temp of 22c. Having a pair of stock cooled gtx 470's overclocked adds a fair bit of heat into the case. Not that often i have the heating on though, as the room the pc is kept in faces the sun for most of the day. Downside to that can be a bit of glare on the monitor screen.

 

[doyll]

My real world testing

Setup

CPU - Intel Core i7 920 - 3.55GHz
HSF - Phanteks PH-TC14PE w/3x Thermalright TY-140 PWM fans exhaust ducted out top
RAM - 6GB (3x2GB) GeiL Value Plus DDR3 1600MHz 9-9-9-28
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Rev 1.6
Graphics card - ATI Radeon HD 6570 GDDR5 512MB reference model w/ Scythe Setsugen cooler
Power Supply - Corsair TX650 v2
Hard Drive – Samsung 750GB, 1.5TB, 2.0TB
Case - Fractal Design Define R2 w/2x Akasa AK-FN053 front intake, 1x *PH-F140TS quiet adaptor* bottom intake, 1x AK-FN053 back exhaust, all PWM controlled based on cooler fan rpm
*normally TY-140 but used for 3rd fan on cooler
Case is under desk

ET6 = 15% rpm @ 30c
100% rpm @ 43C
front closed
idle 720rpm @ 37,36,40,35c-20.5c ambient encoding 1320rpm @ 58,58,59,56c mobo 31,42,45c
idle 711rpm @ 35,34,39,34c 21c ambient encoding 1300rpm @ 58,58,60,57c mobo 32,42,46c

Encoding with HandBrake 0.9.6; realtime; 10 minute encoding pass.
Maximum temperature in less then 2 minutes.

Case exhaust temperture above ambient; +2.5 idle, +5 encoding

 

[dowcow]

Mine seems to be idling at >50deg per core today, although CPUTIN is 33deg. There is a conservatory, south facing, ajoining this room so feels like it is warming up in here today, but due to coal fires, dust is a major problem here and my PC makes at least two trips a year outside to the air hose for a blast out Looks like it is ready for that again, it drops the idle temp by at least 10 degrees usually...

i7 [email protected], corsair H-50 cooler with two Akasa Vipers.