E8400 4ghz temps

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Ok just need to check if this is normal or not I am running my E8400 on a Gigabyte X48 DS5 board with 4gb of 8500 ram.

at 3.9 it runs at 57 idle and 67 to 69 while gaming is this normal temperature wise, at 4ghz it gets up to 71 under load and my question is, what can these chips go up to safely.

The heatsink is an Akasa AK-968 X4 CPU Coole using as5.
 
What vcore are you using? Have you tried reducing it slightly? It will have more effect on heat than 100mhz or so of CPU speed.
 
1.3 currently, will try and reduce it and check the temps but what I need to know is what is a safe temp for this chip to go to as it is a EO version.

Core temp and real temp are the same @ 57 idle, when I run Intel burn test even for a minute it shoots up to 80 to 90 which would suggest to me the heatsink is crap and I need a better one or it is not seated properly but it is.

Also would the chipset temps affect the overall temps as I did not remove the heatpipes on the board when I installed it and replace the stock thermal paste with as5 which I should have done, might do that this afternoon.
 
The drop in temp is because one of my push pins was not quite in on the heatsink ( I hate pushpins ) I removed it anyway and re-applied AS5.

The chip is running @ 3.9 at the moment on a vcore of 1.296 tested and stable it will go to 4ghz easy on 1.3v but will push past this when I get a better heatsink so if anyone can suggest a decent and quiet one around the £40 price which is not gigantic I would appreciate it,although it must fit in a Coolermaster Wavemaster case so cannot be massively tall.
 
Running my E8400 on a X48 DS5 myslf at 4Ghz and it idles around 37-41 C
After an hours of prime or gaming it just tips high 50's

This is with an AC7 Pro allthough may look to relace cooler soon as well.
Can provide screenshots of cpuz for settings/voltage if required.
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Edit added old pic.
 
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Thought id add my 4ghz temps using the temp sensor method (prime small ffts).

Idle sensor is stuck never goes below 38c, but most likely will idle well under 30's, very low end water cooling (swiftech h20-120). Which would equate to a TRUE or Megahalms cooler on air.

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same as mine!! temp sensor stuck at 35 + 40 on cores.. anyway this is mine on orthos small fft's, much the same as you bifday!! but using freezer pro 7 with ambient temp of 22.7c!!!


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