Prime 95 ideal temps?

Protomize · 23 Jun 2012 at 00:40

Here's my first ever PC build:

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg28/...pg&res=landing

I'm getting the Radeon HD 7850 this Monday to complete the build. I just picked up this heatsink for $13 from Micro Center. It's the Spire Thermax Eclipse II. On the stock heatsink, temps during Prime 95 reached 180F. Now, they hover around 128F. That's great for a CPU on a ridiculous load from Prime95?

Also, I didn't put too much paste right? http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg403...pg&res=landing

Gav_881 · 23 Jun 2012 at 00:50

most people play in C but thanks to google 53C is not bad at all, 70c seems to be the i've overclocked it as far as i should go mark.

use core temp as well as prime doesnt always show temps correctly

Protomize · 23 Jun 2012 at 01:07

Gav_881 said:
most people play in C but thanks to google 53C is not bad at all, 70c seems to be the i've overclocked it as far as i should go mark.

use core temp as well as prime doesnt always show temps correctly

Yep, Core Temp is what I always use. Also, my CPU has been over clocked from 3.1ghz to 3.9ghz. It's a Core i5-3450.

Gav_881 · 23 Jun 2012 at 09:48

Then there's scope to go further should you need to

doyll · 23 Jun 2012 at 15:33

So you have 20c to play with OCing if you want, but I would wait and load test both GPU and CPU to make sure case temp doesn't cause any problems.