Silent cpu cooler/rant/question

[coolroyboy2]

I have been reading alot of case/cooling fourms and I see people want a quiet computer but are worried about running their processers above 50c.
If you look on the AMD web site, they have a max die temp of 85-90c. Why are people so worried about keeping their temp down around 30-40c ? I bought this and was worried that my processer was going to fail. I e-mailed the manufactuer and told them I was running in the mid 50's at idle and as high as 62c playing games. They said it was fine and working just as it should, the company also said their cooler was designed to meet all the cooling needs of the cpu's it was intended to be used on.
Am I the only one that thinks that there are alot of people going a little to far with cpu coolers and their pursuit for low temps?

I do not have anything to do with the site I linked or the company that makes the cooler I referenced , I just think maybe the makers of coolers are getting in peoples heads and taking alot of our money for cooling stuff we don't really need.

 

[RyanM]

Well, you can't blame the manufacturer for producing a product to meet a demand.

Maybe some of us are going overboard wanting idle temps in the 40s and load temps barely above 50, but when you spend money on hardware, you want it to last. A cooler running CPU will last longer than an equally well manufactured hot CPU under identical conditions.

Since few of us can control the quality of juice coming into our computers, manufacturing processes, or any of the other factors that effect CPU life, keeping the temp down is about the only way we can affect the life of the product.

That's enough reason for me.

 

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: MachFive
Well, you can't blame the manufacturer for producing a product to meet a demand.

Maybe some of us are going overboard wanting idle temps in the 40s and load temps barely above 50, but when you spend money on hardware, you want it to last. A cooler running CPU will last longer than an equally well manufactured hot CPU under identical conditions.

Since few of us can control the quality of juice coming into our computers, manufacturing processes, or any of the other factors that effect CPU life, keeping the temp down is about the only way we can affect the life of the product.

That's enough reason for me.

Well, hardware life doesn't decrease linearly as temps increase. I would say it would be a some kind of a negative quadratic curve. Small decreases at the beginning, huge at the end.

I don't get why people continously shell out money for stuff they don't need. A CPU at 30 C is probably going to work a month longer than a CPU at 50 Cs, but if a 50 C CPU will last 10+ years, who cares about an extra month. By that time, that both comps will either be gathering dust in the basement or in a trash pile. Instead of spending that money on getting a new cooler just because you want to increase the lifetime, you could be using that money to get brand new and better hardware in the future.

 

[RyanM]

That's the thing - We've all either had CPUs that went bad, or know someone who did. And it happens out of a nowhere, as with any sort of electronical defect. Regardless of how little or how much the life will be extended, there's the subconscious desire to do everything possible to ensure the system has a long lifespan - despite the fact our efforts only yield limited results.

 

[Bojangles139]

bragging rights, being able to say you bought the "best" HSF and have the purchase price to prove it.

brandon

 

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: Bojangles139
bragging rights, being able to say you bought the "best" HSF and have the purchase price to prove it.

brandon

Basically, I'm spending more money than you, I'm supporting the economy 🙂