What should the CPU temp safely be whilst gaming?

GTO656 · 31 Jul 2013 at 20:53

Hey guys, so I did get the Targus Chillmat 17" cooler today for my new notebook and it seems 2 cool the system well with 2 speed settings. Im wondering what temperature is acceptable at most and lower when gaming without damaging the notebook?

Cheers

RJC · 31 Jul 2013 at 22:26

If its a Intel CPU then usually the max temp is around 105c ~

But personally up-to 80c ~ on the cores.

GTO656 · 31 Jul 2013 at 23:14

RJC said:
If its a Intel CPU then usually the max temp is around 105c ~

But personally up-to 80c ~ on the cores.

Yeh its an i5, I use coretemp to monitor that, what about for GPU temp? also im not sure whats the best program for it.

thanks

roughavoc · 1 Aug 2013 at 11:16

My system (Sig)

55C CPU Idle
82C CPU Max (Whilst rendering and such)

60C GPU Idle
67C GPU OC-Max (100Hz core OC and 100hz Mem OC)

I use Core Temp for CPU and MSI Afterburner's OSD mode along with HWiNFO64 to monitor temps in game, although by now I know what the temps will be so I don't bother

GTO656 · 1 Aug 2013 at 18:32

roughavoc said:
My system (Sig)

55C CPU Idle
82C CPU Max (Whilst rendering and such)

60C GPU Idle
67C GPU OC-Max (100Hz core OC and 100hz Mem OC)

I use Core Temp for CPU and MSI Afterburner's OSD mode along with HWiNFO64 to monitor temps in game, although by now I know what the temps will be so I don't bother

Thanks so would anything below 70C is fine for GPU? shud I download the beta or normal version of it?

roughavoc · 2 Aug 2013 at 12:32

Baring in mind, I don't actually know what system you've got but I'd say anything up to 75C on the GPU should be fine

I'd download the beta version of MSI afterburner