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binormalkilla · 01-14-09

I completely agree.......look out for the voltages. People chips are much more resilient than we think.

trueg50 · 01-14-09

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Originally Posted by binormalkilla

I completely agree.......look out for the voltages. People chips are much more resilient than we think.

Very true.

Heck, I was trying to de-lid an LGA 775 P4, and 15 minutes on a sander, then roughly cutting around to try and cut away the insulation, followed by 10-15 minutes of contact from a soldering iron, and surprisingly it still worked!

Tricky · 02-09-09

I partially agree on what you're saying, the not worrying part, but on the other hand I feel "safer" or better knowing that I'm either below or just at Intel's given threshold limit. That's just me though.

TwoCables · 02-10-09

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Originally Posted by Tricky

I partially agree on what you're saying, the not worrying part, but on the other hand I feel "safer" or better knowing that I'm either below or just at Intel's given threshold limit. That's just me though.

Here is a quote from what Intel has written to describe the Thermal Specification (as found on their Processor Spec Finder)

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Thermal Specification: The thermal specification shown is the maximum case temperature at the maximum Thermal Design Power (TDP) value for that processor. It is measured at the geometric center on the topside of the processor integrated heat spreader. For processors without integrated heat spreaders such as mobile processors, the thermal specification is referred to as the junction temperature (Tj). The maximum junction temperature is defined by an activation of the processor Intel® Thermal Monitor. The Intel Thermal Monitor’s automatic mode is used to indicate that the maximum TJ has been reached.

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Thermal Design Power: (Also referred to as Thermal Guideline) The maximum amount of heat which a thermal solution must be able to dissipate from the processor so that the processor will operate under normal operating conditions.

Notice here that they are saying that this temperature is measured right where we apply the thermal paste. So, they are saying that it's okay for that part of the CPU to get as high as 74.1°C for my CPU at stock speed and voltage. So, if it's 74.1°C on the top of the CPU, then just imagine how hot the core is.

So, taking this into consideration, I can only imagine how much this changes once I am at 4.0GHz with 1.304v, or 4.40GHz with 1.424v. Perhaps this is why most people say "try to keep your core temps below like 70°C, but never, ever, ever past 80°C, 85°C or so".

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