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How hot can an i7 2600k run?

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Just noticed my system seemed very quiet and temps were at 74c....had hit a max of 98c.

It seems the 2 wires on the molex for my H100 cooler are loose and had shut the pump off.

Should I worry??
 
Yes, 98c is the max the chip will run, as soon as it hits that it will either scale back the multiplier or shut the whole system down. Swap out the cooler asap and RMA the H100 to corsair.
 
So the chip should look after its self??

Ive just turned on the overheat protection on coretemp and will monitor.

The H100 molex was fairly tight in my cable management.

So no damage...?
 
You should ok, the CPU would have throttled the speed down in order to protect its self.
 
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