Temperatures - Don't worry so much - Overclock.net

**Retrospekt** · 12-05-08

Seems like everyday we have people talking about their max temps and how they do not want to exceed such and such temperature. Here is a news flash:

Temperatures do not matter until you throttle. There is no max temperature threshold that will affect the life of your chip until you hit your throttle temperature.

People are constantly saying "Don't push your chip past a 65c load, it is safest to keep it under that". Now I ask, why would you say that? Because you heard everyone else say that?

If you go to other forums, mainly xtremesystems, hardforum, arstechnica, none of them talk about this "max temp" mumbo jumbo. It seems like this ideology has plagued this forum and everyone is going along with it.

Overclock your chip, watch your voltages, but don't freak out so much about temperatures. Run stress software to make sure you don't throttle, but other than that, it doesn't really matter. I've had my E1200 at a 78c load for about 6 month now, it is still running strong and I reckon it will be for a long while.

XFreeRollerX · 12-05-08

+1

but if you get random shutdowns while loading, that would also be considered throttling

My chip licks 74*C once in a while at 4.4Ghz, did the same at 4.2Ghz on air....

Chip is running 11 months strong so far

mrtn400 · 12-05-08

Yeah, listen to him. Don't worry about your temps, just blindly overclock away. I mean, who cares about things like electromigration and manufacturer spec sheets? Let your CPU load at 100c and don't stress over it.

**Retrospekt** · 12-05-08

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Originally Posted by mrtn400

Yeah, listen to him. Don't worry about your temps, just blindly overclock away. I mean, who cares about things like electromigration and manufacturer spec sheets? Let your CPU load at 100c and don't stress over it.

100c is definitely past the throttle point...

The point of throttling is to protect us. It's already one very safe way to keep us from ruining our chips, so why have us strain about our temps?

That would be like wearing 2 condoms.

Havegooda · 12-05-08

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Originally Posted by mrtn400

Yeah, listen to him. Don't worry about your temps, just blindly overclock away. I mean, who cares about things like electromigration and manufacturer spec sheets? Let your CPU load at 100c and don't stress over it.

Sarcasm much?

~Gooda~

AKAeric · 12-05-08

What if my temps are this hot? Can I panic then?

XFreeRollerX · 12-05-08

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Originally Posted by mrtn400

Yeah, listen to him. Don't worry about your temps, just blindly overclock away. I mean, who cares about things like electromigration and manufacturer spec sheets? Let your CPU load at 100c and don't stress over it.

Trolling much?

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Originally Posted by AKAeric

What if my temps are this hot? Can I panic then?

*** HAX????

dcshoejake · 12-05-08

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Originally Posted by XFreeRollerX

Trolling much?

Trolling X2 much?

lenzo · 12-05-08

I mostly agree because if the cpu manufacturers raised the max recommended temps, they'd have more liability and warranty problems. The chip makers most likely err on the lower side to feel more secure.
This doesn't mean to allow it to burn up at insane temps either. Use your head.