Just wondering..How hot would you take an FX CPU?

[i-blaze]

Well most u are using 8120 and Ques is well relative to my problem.
Am also using fx8120 (NOT OVERCLOCKED) idle temp 25-30c but while playing games and or rendering 3d images it ramps up to 70 like piece of cake almost every time i have stop the application/activity immediately. As we all heard and read dat 60-70c is
max temp point for this piece of silicon.

So PLZ TELL ME why don't the pc shutsdown itself why? What is the shut down temp for fx8120? Do i have to shutdown every time wen the temp rises. How check the shutdown temp?

MOBO: ASUS m5a97 evo
CPU : FX8120

plz HELP help HELP help HELP help....

 

[jaguarskx]

1C less hot than the surface of the sun.

 

[i-blaze]

help

 

[amuffin]

AMD Rates their processors temperatures a bit low then they actually are.


Best option would be a new cooler.

 

[i-blaze]

so the pc wont shut dowm itself of over heat or it will keep running till it gets fried..?
der shud b max temp to shutdown? how ?

 

[Fifth Gen]

http://s7.postimg.org/4e2uenbrf/temp.png Fk the police! Is this safe ?I was rendering with sony vegas at that time ...

 

[Windwalker95]

I get 80C on the package no OC, should I be worried?