Idle Temp of 2500K 3.3 GHz

[josh3190]

Hey everyone,

Quick question, just rebuilt my PC on a new motherboard, what kind of idle temps should I be expecting? Currently sits around 37-40 deg, is this okay?

Any help much appreciated,

Thanks!

 

[EXxx]

depends on your ambient temperature, airflow case and cooling.
I would say it's maybe a little much, depends what are your full load temps.

 

[ED209]

what cpu cooler are you using and case\fans are in the PC?

i have a I7 950 overclocked to 4.2ghz (3ghz default) and mine idles around 47C and goes up to 68C when gaming

 

[josh3190]

The PC has the stock fans in it and I have an Akasa Heatsink/Fan combo, I think it used to idle around 32-35 on my old board but I suppose it may also depend on the new board being an mATX and the CPU heatsinks proximity to the back fan?

Just wanted to see what kind of temps are safe, the gf was playing Sims 4 and it maxed around 55/56,

Is it worth using a program like Prime95 to test it again?

 

[r7slayer]

The PC has the stock fans in it and I have an Akasa Heatsink/Fan combo, I think it used to idle around 32-35 on my old board but I suppose it may also depend on the new board being an mATX and the CPU heatsinks proximity to the back fan?

Just wanted to see what kind of temps are safe, the gf was playing Sims 4 and it maxed around 55/56,

Is it worth using a program like Prime95 to test it again?

Do not test on a stock heatsink with prim95! I wouldn't risk it. Prime95 is just a power virus! It just consumes so much power and ramps temps up.
Youll never see the light of day of that sort of power consumption in normal useage. Intel burn test is slightly better or aida64's stress test.

 

[josh3190]

It's not the intel stock heatsink but the Akasa one, was trying to research some tests but didn't know what was good,

Will look at the intel burn test and the aida64

Any recommendations for AIO watercooler's?

 

[wazza300]

idle mid to late 30's,load if at stock clocks around 60's I would have thought

 

[Nelly]