95ºC & live (Duron 650)

[Heimdall]

I forgot to connect the fan of my not very good heatsink.
I was playing Unreal for 15' without problems. Then I restarted to
test something and the bios told me a problem saying to look
the power section. My Duron 650 running at 650 was at 95ºC.
UFFF! :Q
Turn off quickly,
I began to blow over the heatsink.
After that I've been using my PC normaly for several days.
I have to retire the heatsink in order to see if the chip
core is a little burned.
This chips can work very hot.
Maybe for overcloking a lot it's necesary to cool a lot for a good
stability but I think there is no problem for running at 65ºC or even more.

 

[Specialist]

That's not true you were very lucky.
After 65C it's dangerous!
You could burn your CPU!

 

[RobsTV]

I agree 100%
The proof is in the tests, and with these new AMD's, they can easily withstand temps up to at least 70C.