Recent content by ChrisHerrmann

65 - 75 under stress is the the norm, you won't get any less. I played all night last night and was at 68 average, that's perfectly normal. 80 is not dangerous neither is 90. What is does is that over 90 and over time the lifespan of your processor will decrease. You cannot "fry" or damage your...

I just ran a stress test, Intel XTU, and it maxed out aty 90º. Running at 80º most of the time. Then I tried again to tighten the screws but were wasn't much there, at best symbolical. Then I ran the test again and it maxed out at 80º, running at 70º most of the time! That's a huge...

65ºC - 68ºC are not high temperatures for a CPU under stress, neither is 45ºC on idle (maybe slightly high there). It sounds to me like you're thinking you have a problem where there is none. When gaming your CPU andf GFX cores cna easily run in the 70s and 80s, even peak into the 90s (although...

thanks for that @faalin - maybe repasting would be a good idea if the elasticity of the paste is gone?

Hi all, I have an MSI Core Liquid 240R. I noticed while gaming my temperature went up to 100º C/212ºF. It had always been just below 80 max, I use CPUID Hardware Monitor to check from time to time and I had noticed more fan noise than usual, so ran a quick check. My system is only 6 months old...