1st Build - experiencing CPU Temperature problems (80c+ at idle!)

PiKe · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:32

Can't kill C2x can you due to thermal protection on them?

bliss · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:36

PiKe said:
Can't kill C2x can you due to thermal protection on them?

That's true. But would you let your Q6600 hit 90c?

PiKe · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:36

bliss said:
That's true. But would you let your Q6600 hit 90c?

Well, no

Hxc · 19 Oct 2007 at 17:02

My E4300 ran completely fanless for a while due to the mobo being really dumb about turning the fan on, the heatsink of the stock cooler kept it cool enough to not be thermally limited, I was really surprised.

MumboJumbo · 19 Oct 2007 at 19:03

bliss said:
You got lucky that you didn't kill the chip.

You wont kill it by heat unless its prolonged. Only by overvolting it at the start can you kill it like that and thats gota be a lot of volts . the q6600 should go up to 95/100 degrees before cutting off. Even then it wont die its just crashed to stop it getting hotter.