Help with X6800 Temp issue

[goose36]

Hey everyone,

I have a quick question. I recently built a system with the x6800 cpu. I wanted to screw with ocing. I noticed that @ stock this thing idles @ 29C with Zalman 9700 which is great. Load about 45-50C. I oced 10% in asus board and load temp would jump to 55-60C depending on load. prime95 would load @ upper 50's low 60's. Is this normal???? Don't want to fry this!!! Please help ease my mind.

 

[tribal0710]

If this temps are read by CoreTemp or TAT than u're safe ... anything below 70C is good for your proc to last minimum 2-3 years. If u wanna keep it ... like forever 😀 ... then u should stay with full load temps @ around 55-60C

 

[rwaritsdario]

X6800 runs a bit hotter than the other non-extreme C2Ds so you are FINE. Keep it under 75c for it to be stable and remember that is voltage what dictates the life of a CPU, not temps.

 

[goose36]

Thanks. I would imagine that games and minor multitasking shouldn't push my cpu that far anyway.

 

[rwaritsdario]

YW 8)