how long is too long?

[HybridSquirrel]

I was stress testing my oc today with prime 95....and i accidently let it run for...oh...8 hours. I got home at my CPU was at like 75c. I kinda freaked out, as I have never run it for more than an hour at a time. Should I be worried about this at all?

 

[busydude]

I was stress testing my oc today with prime 95....and i accidently let it run for...oh...8 hours. I got home at my CPU was at like 75c. I kinda freaked out, as I have never run it for more than an hour at a time. Should I be worried about this at all?

You should be worried if you see a firetruck parked on your lawn. Other than that you should be fine.
If your system is working fine without crashing, there is no need to be worried.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

Alright, yeah i've been using it since I got home. Was just worried about the temps causing some damage to it. It usually is never that hot, I rarely see 55c on load.

 

[Tsavo]

You should be worried if you see a firetruck parked on your lawn. Other than that you should be fine.

Win!

 

[yh125d]

People used to recommend running P95 for like 24 hours to test stability (which was stupid), but it's nothing to worry about.