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i7 950 temps

rgallie

rgallie

rgallie

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Hi

I noticed my i7 950 temps this morning where idling at around 70 degrees. Is this normal or going to be a problem. I have not overclocked it and i use a Coolermaster V8 to cool it.

thanks
 
Wow that's hot! Mine idles below 40, how far varying depending on the weather....
Edit: Oops thought you wrote 750.... mine is a different CPU so not much point comparing!
 
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OK so i've removed the CPU cooler, cleared it of dust and taken the paste of the bottom, I took the paste of the CPU and applied fresh paste, also blasted it gently with a hoover...temps now running at around 50 degrees, house is pretty warm at the moment, any thing else I can do to lower it further? CPU useage showing 0 - 1 % so don't think its a process
 
is it in a closed cupboard or something? 50 would sound about right if it was, 40 is normal idle and a sealed cupboard usually adds 5-10 degrees
 
in a space with nothing above it but a sofa on the left and the side of a wooden desk on the right with only about 3 inches either way. Its idled between 40 and 50 degrees for the last 4 hours or so....its main purpose is iTunes on the weekend, l'll play battlefield 3 tomorrow and see what happens
 
sounds about right i have a 965 stock with a h40. its in a 800d with one fan (pullat rear) idle is around 40-50 (doing full watercooling oct-nov)
 
I had better temps than that at idle using a coolermaster 212 evo on my old i7 920 and that was OCed to 4.0ghz. Would say check the voltage its given by the mobo using CPU-z and report back.
 
Mine idles at 45c + , gets to 75c during Crysis3, I wouldn't worry about it, I have had it pass 85c during encoding..... mind you. i'm not worried about it this chip at all so you might not want to listen to me :cool:

There hot power hungry CPU's

(Edit) 3.6Ghz air cooled.
 
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