i7 Temp Question

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InfernoUk

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Hey ive been trying to get my i7 to run at 4.0 stable for a while and recently got it there with the setting that allows a x21 multiplier, i just wondered with the info in this picture is it going to loose any life span or get damaged as the temps are high but it wouldnt be running at 100% load ever?? thanks for help im no good with temps and could do with professional help. Thank you for your time and feedback.

 
Core i7's are known to run hot but 91 degrees is abit too hot, I wouldnt like my cpu getting upto those sort of temps too often. What cooler are you using?

Does it defiantely require 1.4v volts to be stable at that speed, getting the voltage down to 1.35 would lower your temps a lot, also try a 20x multiplier and 200mhz bus, try and keep temps below 75max if possible or invest in a new cooler
 
The max is 95deg I think, and you're just 4deg off it (and it doesn't look lile it's been running at 100% for very long at that). Too high mate.
 
Asus Triton Cooler, ran 3d mark 06 and hottest it went was 82. my Chip dosent like 20x200 i can get 3.9 stable though. i may drop back down to that ill try 1.35v but i think it does need 1.4
 
thats exactly what i was thinking all thats demanding i use it for is new release games otherwise its really basic stuff like word and internet and old 2005 games, o and also some small video encoding that wont take it to 100% right?

id like some more opinions just to be sure
 
Looks good, managed to get the vCore down abit aswell, what cooling though btw, and how is case ventilation? Temps are still toasty but will not instantly kill the chip, I would personally try my hardest to get temps to max out at 75 at the most whilst priming.
 
ill try take it down a bit more tomorrow, asus Triton air cooler, hot room and average case ventilation at the moment

edit: what should the life span be i have never used intel processors before and i need this one to last 2-3 years
 
Yeah get some proper ventilation in there, upgrade the fan on your triton to something like this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...820&name=Scythe Kama PWM 92mm Fan - 4-Pin PWM

The scythe pushes an extra 20cfm compared to the stock fan, should shave 4-5 degrees off if not more whilst remaining quiet. What thermal paste are you using, some MX-2 should get a couple of degrees off if your using stock thermal pad from your HSF.

If you do all of the above you should be taking atleast 10degrees off your load temps.

And processors should be outlasting a lot longer than 2-3years, in real terms your processor will become redundant long before it should be failing, unless your pumpung a lot of volts through it or highly overclocked. However I wonder if there wil be any i7's randomly dieing over the next year due to the temps they are running at, who knows!
 
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playing farcry 2 with full detail my cpu dont go any higher than 40 degrees according to everest ultimate...however my gpu gos upto 75 degrees...this is all at stock....i havent had one bsod yet so things are good
 
x21 multiplier is from using turbo boost and speed step but with a fixed voltage so it dosent fluctuate depending on loads on the cpu. some processors like this way more than a 20 multi or a high base clock it seems
 
Ah right, I've only tried clocking mine up to 3.6GHz so far was wondering if I could get it up to 4GHz, I figured it was probably something to do with the turbo boost but the only way to enable that was to enable the speed step! So just setting the CPU voltage to say 1.35V should lock the CPU into turbo boost mode?
 
my voltage is lower than that and mines locked i think its pretty much any non auto voltage im not 100 % on that though

edit: also like me your temps many be to high to maintain a stable 4.0, 3.9 was almost 30 degrees cooler for some reason
 
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