I5 Cpu Overheating

[exile26]

Hi All
I am very concerned about the Cpu temperature when I overclocked it. I used the auto overclocking on the motherboard,it successfully clocked up to 3,4 Ghz and the system booted normally . But went I checked out the temperature, the Cpu skyrocketed to 100°Celsius on idle and the probe alarm also went off indicating it was far above the Cpu threshold of 70°C. I immediately rebooted setting factory defaults in the bios. It booted again and the temperature dropped down to 49°C on idle. Is this normal temperature readings for the I5 750, am I just paranoid and should I look the other way ignoring it?

 

[simon12]

It is definitely not a normal temp please don't ignore it. Are you using the stock cooler if so upgrade it before you overclock.

 

[exile26]

I still got the stock cooler on, any suggestions for a decent cooler

 

[simon12]

If you want around 3.6GHz the Hyper 212+ is great if you want every last MHz you can get try the thermalright venomous X

 

[saaiello]

Hyper 212 + $28

You really cant beat the performance you get with this cooler I have one in all my rigs and they all have substantial overclocks on them.

http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-RR-B10-212P-G1-Universal-Heat-Pipe/dp/B002G1YPH0/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1296745536&sr=1-1

 

[dalauder]

AUTO overclocking can be dangerous. The BIOS often increases voltages across the system when you set a new speed and these voltages are sometimes out of manufacturer limits or, at the very least, can cause unnecessary heat.