What Is The Maximum Temperature Stock Fan Core i7 920???

[Beetlebox]

The maximum cpu temperature can be taken as Tjmax (core temperature) which IIRC for the i7-920 will be somewhere around 100C. Below that temperature the cpu is operating in specification. With i7 Tjmax can be read directly from the cpu.

I think the above mentioned sticky needs updating. The diode temperature is located on the die and is NOT the case temperature.

 

[Bluescreendeath]

Using a stock i7 920:
w/ a CM N520, and at prime95 full load it doesn't exceed 57'C
w/ a Mugen2, and at prime95 full load it doesn't exceed 52'C

I believe the stock cooler generally goes to the 80s'C with the i7 920 when running prime95.

The i7 can take temperatures in the 90's before experiencing shutdowns. Temps in the 90's will cause rapid chip degradation. Keeping it under 90'C will prevent any significant chip degradation, and keeping it under 80'C is the recommended limit for reducing any noticeable chip degradation IIRC from other posts.

 

[Made Of Stars]

My i7-920 is at 3.48GHz, running core temps at about 73C, and pretty stable so far... The only mod I've made is to turn the BCLK up to 166.

Ideas on next steps to squeeze out more speed without increasing core temps much further?

 

[truexc]

Using Adobe Media Encoder CS4 to transcode 34 minutes of AVCHD 1080i 60 fps 24 Mbps footage to h.264 Blu-ray 1080p 23.976 fps 25 Mbps is the only time my i7 920 uses all four cores over 60% capacity. Right now I am using the stock cooler and seeing temperatures at 73 C.

 

[Guest]

My rig:

i7-920 with stock cooler
Asus Gene MB
Fans: rear 120mm, spot cooler on NB, psu fan
650W psu
Asus GTX260
9 GB Ram

Idle temps:
27 - 30 cpu
48 - 50 gpu
50 - 55 MB
50 - 55 SB
55 - 60 NB

Heavy load (DDO or STO max'd for a couple of hours) and room temp 77 - 80:
55 - 60 cpu
65 - 70 gpu
65 - 70 MB
70 - 75 SB
70 - 75 NB

I do keep the inside of the case very clean. I know when to clean it because the temps start to drift up a bit.

 

[sohaib_96]

Just wondering what the maximum temperature is for the Core i7 on the stock fan&cooling.

What is the safe range?

the intel website states that after 95c the place of the motherboard that houses the processor will start to deform
so till 80c would be fine to which you would rarely go

 

[Thomas_1207]

I'm Running a I7 920@ 3.3 atm its on stock van but im worried about the temp. because if the load is around 20% the temps are:

Core 1: 59 and these are the highest temps i was seeing: 69
Core 2: 63 66
Core 3: 60 69
Core 4: 54 65

These temps are with a low Load.

Then with the StressTester i was seeing Temps close to 100 (short term) anyway should i drop back to 2.9 or would it be safe to stay at 3.3?

System Specs:
Memory (RAM): 6136 MB
CPU Info: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920
CPU Speed: 3300,9 MHz
Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer INC. Rampage II Extreme
G-card: ATI Radeon™ HD 5870

 

[zirconia]

There is another overlooked setting that influences temperature : hyper-threading.

I've got quite a "stock" system : Core i7 920, on an ASUS P6T Deluxe V2, everything running at stock speed, stock cooler, typical 6-fan case (case is closed btw), about 21 room temp. Actually, the only thing not at stock setting is memory : upped voltage to 1.64V to run 3x2048MB DDR3 1600MHz DIMMs at 1066MHz but with lower latency (5-5-5-12).

Running prime95 torture test ("In place large FFTs", the worst on temperature, 8 worker threads) brings CPU temp to about 80 and individual Core remain within 84-87 after 30 minutes, while the CPU fan is partying at 2200 RPM. Stock cooling is definitely not good for heavy number crunching.

BUT... if I disable Hyper-Threading from the BIOS and run the same test (4 or 8 worker threads, doesn't make any difference), CPU temp stays around 71, while individual cores stays within 75-79 (still within 30 minutes or so, I haven't seen any difference from 10 to 30 minutes anyway)

Therefore, it seems you can get you CPU 5-10 degrees cooler just by disabling HT. Personally, I have yet to experience any human-noticeable performance drop after disabling HT, even on hardcore Photoshop CS4 batch processing (lots of filters, not too much disk access)

My advice : check with your most demanding "real uses" if HT makes any difference. If it doesn't, keep it disabled. If it does, you might want a better cooling solution.

 

[ar_meme]

Just to share. I've just setup a new system. All stock, pretty much same as Zirconia in the post above and the CPU was hitting 50C while Idle. Didn't like that. So I started snooping around the net and called Intel. They claim the temp on i7 920 is standard up to 67.9C Idle, however, their warranty booklet says to keep it under 38C. So I found one interesting post that suggested touching the Heatsink to see how it felt. Mine felt cold.
Went to the store, bough a OCZ Extreme FREEZER Thermal Compound, removed the Intel factory supplied compound and replaced it with the bought one. My temperature now: 39C IDLE. I like that.
Maybe this helps someone else.

 

[dimitry49]

Hi Frodi,

Your idle temps are high. If you have plans to OC your system I would install the Corsair H50. It is not too expensive but you get a massive difference in cooling. I am running the Core i7 920 at 4Ghz with my CPU cooler being the Corsair H50 and my system on max load. Prime95 does not exceed 68C. If you are sitting idle at close to 60C you could run into temp issues when you OC.

Dean

hey is the 68C at full load with prime 95 of the core temps? or the CPU?
I have the Corsair h50 with core i7 920 running 2.8 at 40C core temp and 28C CPU! I tried overclocking but it just gets too hot..what voltages are you using? and i have a CM 690 II Advanced with all the possible fans installed (Good fans: Noctua + Zigmatec)!

Thanks for advice.

 

[Guest]

mine got to 95C (stock)
with mem to @1600

with a render in 3Dmax, crashed... guess above 95C... guess I must clean the cooler from the dust...

when I brought it it tops 85C

now my cooler won't go more than 2100RPM... I guess this is the problem... and I don't know how to make go faster...

 

[shabusta]

HELP!!!!!!! i got stock cooling on my i7 920 me and my mate dident like the temps so we under volted,
and well yea i got it running stock speed at 1.15V max temp i got so far is 70C

i dont see this being safe 4 my cpu is there any problems that can come out of under Volting????
should this even be possible 1.15V at 2.66Ghz with turbo on! ???

plz tell me anything if not eveything i should know about what i have done or what i am doing

 

[shabusta]

DAM my MAX temp now is 62C WTF should a i7 920 2.66GHz even be running at 1.000V

 

[ian1351]

undervolting is okay, as long as your cpu stays stable
if you are mostly gaming, i suggest to disable HT, because it doesnt give you any performance and it drastically reduces temp.
im running i7 920 d0 OCd to 3.5GHZ using 1.12 Vcore with HT on, my temps are: 35-40C idle and around 60-65C load during prime95 (using haf 932 case and noctua 1336 SE2 cooler)
to further reduce temps, i suggest you take your time and tweak voltages, because every CPU is different, so Auto setting is made to work with all CPUs, which can give you some weird voltages (try to increase bus clock and leaving voltage on auto... it will use like 1.4 vcore for crappy overclock like 3.4ghz)

hope it helps

 

[shabusta]

i'm kinda new 2 under / over clocking HT?
my mate said change that 1 this 1 and never go over this or under that and always run at least a 12hr stability test

so yea fail stll 2.6Ghz stock cooling 1V max temp after 12hr stress test 64C

 

[Guest]

My rig:

i7-930 with NOCTUA NH-C12P-SE14
ASUS RAMPAGE II GENE X58 S-1366
Fans: rear 90mm, Noctua NF-B9,
SILVERSTONE 400W NOISELESS
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD5750 VAPOR-X 1GB GDDR5
CORSAIR 6GB DDR3 INTEL I7 DOMINATOR GT 1866MHZ CL7

Idle temps:
approx. 45C

Heavy load (Blu-ray recoding Handbrake 1081p to 720p):
Max core temperatures during recoding:
Core 1: 89C
Core 2: 87C
Core 3: 86C
Core 4: 82C

I find this quite high, especially when comparing to Overclockers Club review with the i7 920:
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/noctua_nhc12p_se14/4.htm
where they have idle 27C and load 49C.

Is there something I've done wrong in my system?

 

[gerry410]

Just wondering what the maximum temperature is for the Core i7 on the stock fan&cooling.

What is the safe range?

Its amazes me the way people go off a tangent when all the guy asked was a simple question. I read on the intel web site processor that stock speed temps can reach 70 and be fine.

 

[blackhawk1928]

It amazes me the way people go off posting on a board thats 1.5 years old

 

[gerry410]

LOL, didnt realize that