Too hot???

[CDC Mail Guy]

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Prescott 3.6 CPU in a Asus board overclocked to 15% Everything is working GREAT, and OC temps are around 51-52C. Scythe HSF was better than the Zalman! Is this "stable", or running too hot.

 

[Cogman]

Don't think so. I think that below 60 is usually stable on any cpu.

 

[CDC Mail Guy]

Thank you...just a tad concerned as I am having no problems

 

[Markfw]

is that idle or load ? That CPU is known as one of the hottest ever made.

 

[ForumMaster]

Originally posted by: Markfw900
is that idle or load ? That CPU is known as one of the hottest ever made.

that's a good question. if that's idle, it isn't good. the prescott was known by the nickname "nuclear furnace" and it generates a lot of heat. i suggest you lower the OC if that's at idle.

 

[CDC Mail Guy]

Uh-oh...that's not good then, because that's idle temp. Until I get a good watercooling setup, I'll back off of the OC. Thanks for the advise.

 

[stevty2889]

As long as your load temps are below about 67c you should be ok, otherwise you'll be throttling, and getting performance lower than stock speeds..

 

[CDC Mail Guy]

Thank you all. Just to be on the "safe side" and err on the side of (Maybe extreme) caution, I have decided to wait for OC. For some reason, even though I had my CPU and GPU both overclocked, I was not experiencing any difference in my gaming(?) No higher FPS...