Stock i7 2600k idel temps

[iamloco724]

So here is my story i built my first and only custom pc 3 and half years ago, due to some personal issues after building it and working on some problems with it i wasnt able to devote more time to it so i put the pc in storage till now, now i am looking to use this pc full time.

When i first finished the build my stock temps seemed high and they still do seem high, my question is basically are my temps good for the long term, I dont plan to overclock anytime soon or should i look into resetting my cooler or getting a new one?

Intel Core i7 2600K
P8Z68-V PRO
Coolermaster 212 Evo

 

[Absolute0]

Not horrible. What's load temp? What's ambient temp? If concerned, try reapplying thermal paste/reseating HSF

 

[ShintaiDK]

I dont see any issue.

 

[iamloco724]

Not horrible. What's load temp? What's ambient temp? If concerned, try reapplying thermal paste/reseating HSF

I just did an intel burn test 10 passes on very high, max temp on one of the cores was 66c

room temp is current 74F ranges anywhere from 70-77f

 

[Absolute0]

Hmm not bad, 74f is slightly warm room. No action is required, temp is OK.

If you want to optimize temperatures for peace of mind, you can:
1) re-seat HSF
2) try to undervolt CPU. Since you are running stock speed, you should be able to lower voltage a little bit

 

[Geforce man]

Yea the chips don't throttle until over 100c, so you're good ! 66 is a great load temp!

 

[BonzaiDuck]

ShintaiDK and others have given good responses to this.

Idle temperatures are the least significant item to look at unless their in a range where load temperatures would usually register. You can do some things to reduce both idle and load temperatures, but I don't see it as a pressing concern at all until you find out what your load temperatures will be under overclocking.

Look at it another way -- and ShintaiDK is going to climb all over me. But a spec for OEM builders for maximum desirable processor temperatures is at least 20C higher than the load temperatures shown in your screen capture. You could push your overclock load temperatures somewhat beyond that -- to just below the throttling threshold for the processor.

If you're not planning to overclock, there's nothing much you should want or need to do if the highest core's highest load temperature doesn't even exceed 55C.