Intel Core i7 4770 (Haswell) Temperatures

[trimicanzi]

Ever since I started meticulously monitoring my CPU's temperature I've noticed it going as high at 78C on games such at TF2 and Stellaris (during the late game when a ton of calculations need to happen all at once).

The worst I've ever seen it go was as high at 83 (on just the one core) during a rather hot day with a rather hefty load on the CPU.

I have no real control over the ambient temperature short of aiming a fan at it and the average outside temperate is around 35C. Even so the CPU has quite a high tolerance for temperature, Core Temp considers 80 to be 'Hot' for it, and the Tj. Max sits at 100C.

How much concerned should I really be?

Note: I use a "Balanced" power plan for my PC, which is running Windows 7.

 

[Cioby]

The 4770k is a very hot CPU, which is why I am sad I didn't get the 4790k but I was a noob back then.
So I assume the 4770 is as hot. What I did was buy a cheap good aftermarket cooler for it. Now It runs with +500 Mhz OC for over 3 years at temperatures of 50-60 in game.

Intel CPUs can work even at 95c with no damage. So either accept it or change cooler, or the cheap solution and easy to do, is to change the thermal paste on it. I did this on my old i5 and the temps went down to 40-50. Buy decent quality Arctic paste, but don't buy one that's twice as expensive unless it also has more paste.

 

[GhislainG]

The 4770k is a very hot CPU, which is why I am sad I didn't get the 4790k but I was a noob back then.
So I assume the 4770 is as hot. What I did was buy a cheap good aftermarket cooler for it. Now It runs with +500 Mhz OC for over 3 years at temperatures of 50-60 in game.

Intel CPUs can work even at 95c with no damage. So either accept it or change cooler, or the cheap solution and easy to do, is to change the thermal paste on it. I did this on my old i5 and the temps went down to 40-50. Buy decent quality Arctic paste, but don't buy one that's twice as expensive unless it also has more paste.

You can't compare if your ambient temperature is normal; it would be very difficult to only reach 60°C at 35°C ambient. I agree that 83°C isn't a concern for that CPU; replacing the thermal paste won't make much of a difference.

 

[Cioby]

If the paste is old or was never changed, replacing it could help by lowering the temperature at least 10 degrees. If done properly. And I live in a hot summer country as well.