Acceptable Temperatures for Intel Core i7 920

[Raistlin117]

Right now I am running a stock intel core i7 920 on an Asus P6T Deluxe V2 with a scythe mugen 2 cpu cooler. At idle, my temps are about 28, 28, 36, and 30, and at load, with games, 40-50, and, with encoding/transcoding, about 60. (all degrees Celcius) I am just wondering whether these temps are safe to hit consistently; I want to know the risks involved with leaving the cpu at 60 degrees for an extended period of time.

Thank you for your help.

 

[Upendra09]

idle and gaming temps are low and normal respectively

encoding is lightly high but if you don't do it often then you're fine

 

[someguy7]

You could encode 24/7 from now to 2020 at those temps and have no issue.

 

[lilotimz]

thats perfect, mines running at 34-40C across my 4 cores... its a OEM cooler that thats bigger than the avg intel cooler (still crappy,but does it job well.. $3 lol)

my max is about 50-60 , highest ever in the summer was a 63

so your pretty good

now my old celeron d idled at 57 and maxed at 90..... damn i miss those days where my computer will by my personal room heater on those darn cold days