Safest Highest temp for i5-4440

[TemmieFlakes]

Going to be folding for the next 2 weeks 24/7
Right now all cores are at 70celcius-78celcius
Is this safe?
My folding has the highest priority
I've got 1 fan which is my CPU fan running at 900rpm all times (auto ;-; would of increased it if possible but can't I've got ubuntu so no speedfan for me 😛)
and my case is a third of a tower
any more information is needed please ask thanks!

 

[Robert Cook]

78 is warm but okay. even 80 is okay. if it gets to med mid eighties then it could be an issue. does your motherboard support fan speed changes?

 

[TemmieFlakes]

78 is warm but okay. even 80 is okay. if it gets to med mid eighties then it could be an issue. does your motherboard support fan speed changes?

I don't think so

 

[Robert Cook]

Stock heat sink? if you can find any fan for sue as a case fan it could help noticeably if not do not worry too much.

 

[chrisafp07]

Personally I wouldn't run my Haswell that hot for too long but they are somewhat safe up to 90c, still not recommended. I have my cpu overclocked and even lowered my overclock and voltage to make sure my cpu never hits 70c. I'm sure it will be fine at those temps, you will probably never notice a difference because I doubt you would have thermal degradation at high 70s even for 2 weeks 24/7. If I were you I'd invest a small amount of money to cool that cpu better, it is a good cpu afterall and no need to do damage that could be avoided for 20-30 bucks. Goodluck!

 

[TemmieFlakes]

Personally I wouldn't run my Haswell that hot for too long but they are somewhat safe up to 90c, still not recommended. I have my cpu overclocked and even lowered my overclock and voltage to make sure my cpu never hits 70c. I'm sure it will be fine at those temps, you will probably never notice a difference because I doubt you would have thermal degradation at high 70s even for 2 weeks 24/7. If I were you I'd invest a small amount of money to cool that cpu better, it is a good cpu afterall and no need to do damage that could be avoided for 20-30 bucks. Goodluck!

okay thanks!

 

[TemmieFlakes]

Stock heat sink? if you can find any fan for sue as a case fan it could help noticeably if not do not worry too much.

thank you! 😀

 

[chrisafp07]

Personally I wouldn't run my Haswell that hot for too long but they are somewhat safe up to 90c, still not recommended. I have my cpu overclocked and even lowered my overclock and voltage to make sure my cpu never hits 70c. I'm sure it will be fine at those temps, you will probably never notice a difference because I doubt you would have thermal degradation at high 70s even for 2 weeks 24/7. If I were you I'd invest a small amount of money to cool that cpu better, it is a good cpu afterall and no need to do damage that could be avoided for 20-30 bucks. Goodluck!

okay thanks!

Np