Are my CPU tems too high

[Zain Cheema]

Well I'm using a 3770k to do some heavy rendering on c4d and the temps are around 70-76 c. Is this too high especially if it is going to remain at this load for 2-3 hours. I am using an akasa venom voodoo heat sink with only 1 fan installed. Is it safe to leave it at high load for this amount of time.

 

[Danbuscus25]

it is a safe temp, but it is starting to age faster. try to keep it to 70c, by either turning the fans up, adding more, or re applying the thermal compound.

 

[nuts32605]

That sounds a little warm for a 3770K, I'd try to keep things south of 70 degrees C. Given the size of that cooler, you should have plenty of capacity to cool that. Try adjusting fan speeds or installing the second fan. What's you idle temp BTW?

 

[Zain Cheema]

That sounds a little warm for a 3770K, I'd try to keep things south of 70 degrees C. Given the size of that cooler, you should have plenty of capacity to cool that. Try adjusting fan speeds or installing the second fan. What's you idle temp BTW?

idle is 38-45

 

[Danbuscus25]

idle is a little warm too, i would try to keep it to 40 idle 70 under load.

 

[nuts32605]

OK, so your idle's within spec. Your motherboard may not be ramping up the fan speed fast enough to keep up. Make sure you've got plenty of cool air coming in the front of your case and plenty of hot air leaving the back of the case. If you've got airflow you should be quite frosty with that cooler.

 

[Zain Cheema]

OK, so your idle's within spec. Your motherboard may not be ramping up the fan speed fast enough to keep up. Make sure you've got plenty of cool air coming in the front of your case and plenty of hot air leaving the back of the case. If you've got airflow you should be quite frosty with that cooler.

second fan cannot be installed because of the ram's height so this is being used as exhaust. There is one intake fan on the front. Is my cpu dying

 

[Danbuscus25]

well, at those temps, the cpu is aging a little faster, not a lot. can you move the ram to a farther away slot, or rotate the cooler?

 

[nuts32605]

That's it! You need to *force* air through the front to push it through the little fins. Without the fan on the front you'll have to compensate by cranking up the fan speed. You're CPU shouldn't be to bothered with the temp, but go ahead and give it a big twist of fan RPM.

 

[Zain Cheema]

well, at those temps, the cpu is aging a little faster, not a lot. can you move the ram to a farther away slot, or rotate the cooler?

I cant move the ram I'm using all 4 slots

 

[Danbuscus25]

ok, can you rotate the cooler?

 

[Zain Cheema]

ok, can you rotate the cooler?

not possible cos of the vrm cooler

 

[Danbuscus25]

ok, well then i would raise the speed of the 1 cpu fan a bit then, and raise the case fans a little too.