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i7 Skylake 6700 (Not K version) temp

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I just built a new rig with a 6700 Skylake CPU.
I am using the stock cooler and just wondered what are the upper limits for this CPU temp wise?

I've always been a AMD fanboy and this is my first Intel chip.
My old phenom 1090t was supposedly a 52 limit but I ran that well in to the 60's on a freezer 7 pro when encoding long HD files. hit 69 once last summer during a hot 28 degree day :p

Looking on Intel data sheet it states TCase of 71 but when running Intels CPU diagnostic utility it never went over 50 and stated I was 50 degrees away from max temp (meaning 100).

I am not overclocking and I only hit above 70 when encoding long HD files, rest of the time the system is pretty much idle with a dual HD TV tuner (using ~3%) and some web browsing @ around 24 degrees

So what is the max for the 6700, 71 as Intel data sheet states?, or 100 which intels diagnostic software states?
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You don't need to worry about the temperature until it gets into the high 70s and into the 80s.

Personally I'd fit an aftermarket cooler, as the stock Intel cooler is pretty poor.
 
After your post I did some tests, I ran Prime95 as full heat/cpu stress, for 30 minutes, along with recording 3 HD streams and watching a 720p 50fps recording.
I only hit 76 after 30 minutes running those. (two cores hit 75 and 2 hit 72)
I could certainly do with better cooling, but I'm sure this set-up will suffice for now based on your recommendation of keeping it below high 70's low 80's

 
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Borealis said:
Personally I'd fit an aftermarket cooler, as the stock Intel cooler is pretty poor.
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This.. The stock 6700 vanilla cooler is all ally and when you start using it with anger the temps can get up there. I always swap them out for one of the mass of copper cored 4790k coolers and get much better results. :)

I wouldn't put a great deal of faith in the synthetic stress tests as they can cause overvolting due to AVX instructions and some scary looking temps.
 
Cheers fella for your input, any suggestions on an aftermarket cooler? bear in mind I am a bit anal about noise, so sub 20dB would be really appreciated.
Anything around £30-£40 would be good, I have thought about an AIO cooler but not sure I would want to risk it as my sys is on 24/7 for TV recording purposes.

I just purchased a aerocool shark extreme 140mm fan which was supposed to pump out 14dB via the 7v adapter cable, but measuring via a meter it was actually 28dB, So it may have cost £8 but it went straight in the bin, not worth sending back when the postage would be £2+
 
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Stock cooler is perfectly fine with a non overclocked chip. For heavens sake. If the stock cooler were not fine then intel would be replacing tens of millions of chip a year via warranty. Overclocking a different matter. But at stock speeds. A stock cooler is fine. (Clue is in the name)....

P.S. Prime 95 is nasty for your chip. I would use Aida64 to test. But if your not overclocking... then you have nothing to test.
 
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I agree the new versions of prime with AVX 2.0 get things really warm.

The stock cooler is absolutely fine and perfectly safe to use, my main gripe is the fan when it gets up to high speed. Like I said earlier, those temps are fine. I wouldn't be concerned until it's pushing 80+.

All the Intel stock coolers I have, come with a copper base. Sounds like Intel have made the stock jobby even cheaper to make if it's all ally with no copper.
 
I ran my 2600k overclocked for about 5 years with temps hitting around 70c. It was still going strong until I upgraded last week.

I think they start throttling around 83c.
 
Cheers for all the replies everyone, I think I will upgrade the cooler anyway as it's summer and the ambient is much higher right now,
The PC is in a south facing room with 3 Velux roof windows and the temp gets hot in here, especially in the summer.

Oh, my case is an NZXT 340
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/nzxt-source-340-midi-tower-case-black-window-ca-152-nx.html

So any other suggestions on coolers would be good, (Under £40 ideally and it needs to be quiet)
The case has a cut out for the socket so at least I wont have to take the whole board out to change the cpu cooler :D
 
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I upgraded to a 6700 (non-k) rig over the weekend and used an Arctic Cooling Freezer i32.

It's semi-passive in that the pwm fan completely stops at low temps, when the fan does spin up it's almost silent.

I've upped the power limit in the bios so the chip can draw what it likes - hwmonitor shows it drawing ~80w under the top Prime95 setting (normally the chip is limited to 65w and it wouldn't turbo under Prime95) and the chip peaked at 77.
 
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