question about temperature

[Tim_B]

i recently overclocked my cpu (skylake 6600k) and got it to run stable at 4.2Ghz without touching the voltage. However i have noticed that whenever i play a CPU intensive game such as Arma 3 the temperature can rise to 70-85 celcius.

could this harm my cpu or should it be able to handle it without a problem? I use my pc a lot and am afraid of frying my cpu or something.

thanks in advance!

 

[antoine21839]

i recently overclocked my cpu (skylake 6600k) and got it to run stable at 4.2Ghz without touching the voltage. However i have noticed that whenever i play a CPU intensive game such as Arma 3 the temperature can rise to 70-85 celcius.

could this harm my cpu or should it be able to handle it without a problem? I use my pc a lot and am afraid of frying my cpu or something.

thanks in advance!

85°C is a bit hot, but it's not going to burn your CPU. It may decrease it's longevity, but it wont burn.
You should increase your fan's speed a bit.