Shinnio Feb 17, 2019 4 0 10 Nov 8, 2019 #1 So i today decided to overclock my i7 870 to 4ghz and im wondeering whats some good temps. Currently i do around 40-45 idle and 80 under 100% load. should i turn up my fans or should i just underclock a bit?
So i today decided to overclock my i7 870 to 4ghz and im wondeering whats some good temps. Currently i do around 40-45 idle and 80 under 100% load. should i turn up my fans or should i just underclock a bit?
Ketchup79 Admirable Aug 7, 2019 1,726 156 6,490 Nov 8, 2019 #2 From what I recall you don't want to go much over 80 on those chips, or they will start to throttle. What were you stressing/loading it with? Upvote 0 Downvote
From what I recall you don't want to go much over 80 on those chips, or they will start to throttle. What were you stressing/loading it with?
Shinnio Feb 17, 2019 4 0 10 Nov 8, 2019 #3 Ketchup79 said: From what I recall you don't want to go much over 80 on those chips, or they will start to throttle. What were you stressing/loading it with? Click to expand... I was doing Cinabench 20 so it pushed it hard af and nothing i think il see while casualy gaming Upvote 0 Downvote
Ketchup79 said: From what I recall you don't want to go much over 80 on those chips, or they will start to throttle. What were you stressing/loading it with? Click to expand... I was doing Cinabench 20 so it pushed it hard af and nothing i think il see while casualy gaming
Ketchup79 Admirable Aug 7, 2019 1,726 156 6,490 Nov 8, 2019 #4 That's probably more load than most games would push it (depending on your video card as that CPU is aging) so you should be ok. Upvote 0 Downvote
That's probably more load than most games would push it (depending on your video card as that CPU is aging) so you should be ok.