Clocking 920 Safe Temps

mrtckane · 24 Jul 2010 at 21:30

i'm up to 3.6ghz with 38 idle and 47 under load, how much higher can i go?

perry081064 · 24 Jul 2010 at 21:32

on those temps so far, easily 3.8
prob 4.00

bifday2k · 24 Jul 2010 at 21:42

Is that overall cpu temp, or core temp.

Overall cpu can go upto 72c i think, may be abit higher.

Core temps you can go upto 100c

mrtckane · 25 Jul 2010 at 16:07

bifday2k said:
Is that overall cpu temp, or core temp.

Overall cpu can go upto 72c i think, may be abit higher.

Core temps you can go upto 100c

is this true? why does speedfan show me flame icons when i hit 60?

HW91 · 25 Jul 2010 at 16:14

^ probably because it uses that as a base for all cpu's which is true for most except the i7's

i7's have unusually low idle temps but also unusually high load temps, anyway I wouldn't worry with an i7 until you reach 80C

also what load? Prime95? IBT? Games? if it's games then do a Prime95 Small FFT test and see what it gets to

robin66 · 25 Jul 2010 at 17:57

HW91 said:
^ probably because it uses that as a base for all cpu's which is true for most except the i7's

i7's have unusually low idle temps but also unusually high load temps, anyway I wouldn't worry with an i7 until you reach 80C

also what load? Prime95? IBT? Games? if it's games then do a Prime95 Small FFT test and see what it gets to

This man speaks the truth...Keep it under 80c and all is golden.

bifday2k · 26 Jul 2010 at 01:17

mrtckane said:
is this true? why does speedfan show me flame icons when i hit 60?

I would'nt worry about the flame icons personally, its generally just letting u know that they are running Hot, but ofcourse we know this when its under load.

As the others have said, aslong as you are under 80c on the cores, there is nothing to worry about.

And unless u do, F@H, Rendering, lots of vid/photo editing, your unlikely to reach Prime/ibt load temps so i would'nt worry to much.

bulldog147 · 26 Jul 2010 at 01:30

Keep it under 80C (all cores) would be better.