Definitive answer for i3 Max temp ?

[Moonpie2]

I have Googled and searched many threads but it seems there are differing answers as to what an i3 540 can safely run at.

I see 72 degrees listed a few times, but this seems an overly cautious number.
I would have expected something a little higher, like mid 80's or something.

I'm doing some SETI crunching and have had to hold my CPU back for fear of hitting 72 degrees and I just wondered..... do I have to hold it back to the high 60's ?

So, anyone know what it safe ?

Cheers

 

[Moonpie2]

So, I could easily set something like 77 degrees as my automatic shutdown temp ?

I should be able to crank a lot more crunching out of the ole CPU before I reach those heady heights

 

[Moonpie2]

Yeah it's at stock.
Usually idles at around the mid 30's.
So I think I'll be happy running it in the low to mid 70's.......... if it dies, just an excuse to get an i5

 

[Moonpie2]

Well here's what coretemp says...

So I assume that's tellimg me what the TJ.Max is for my cpu ?
But what is TJ.Max ??