Temperatures

[xRyokenx]

I am curious, what is a good temperature for things like the CPU, GPU, RAM, HDDs, etc? Also, what is too high for these components? I am sure that it varies between models and whatnot, though.

My video card has been closing out games at 60C (which seems low to me, it is ~150F). Is that really a that high of a temperature? If not... is there any way to adjust the safeguard they have in place so that it closes things at maybe 70C?

I'm putting this in Technology Talk because the main purpose of this thread is to discuss temperatures in things. ;]

[Trace]

I have heard that some nVidia cards can survive 100*C+ temps but I wouldn't want it to go any higher then 75.
My Q6600 isn't supposed to get higher then 71*C I think.

[xRyokenx]

I have heard that some nVidia cards can survive 100*C+ temps but I wouldn't want it to go any higher then 75.
My Q6600 isn't supposed to get higher then 71*C I think.

Both my 6800XT and my 8500GT had heatsink problems at one time or another and you could have boiled water on them. With the 8500GT, they did not put the heatsink on properly, and the thermal paste on it had the consistency of a piece of chalk, lol.

[Cymae]

I live in Australia, and it gets VERY hot here. I've got 3 sets of thermal sensors, and I don't let anything get over 35 degrees. Over 45 and you start losing performance. 35 is doable, and a good temperature.

[crenn]

CPU - 15c-75c (85c if you've got the balls)
GPU - 20c-95c (85c is the max you should see)
HDD - 10c-50c (I tend to start turning things off at 45c)
RAM - 10c-80c (only a guess.... I don't worry about RAM temps really....)
Chipset - 10c-65c (A hot chipset is REALLY bad)

[xRyokenx]

Thanks guys... and girl, lol. By the way, Cymae, what kind of cooling do you have that keeps everything under 35C? Whenever I start playing a game or something, my video card usually jumps up to 60+C. I need to check my CPU and all of that to see what it jumps up to.

[nevermind1534]

I don't think you can really keep a vid card that low while playing a game with stock cooling. My 8800GT with no overclock, and somewhat decent airflow is idling at 58° C right now. This and my last card both get/got somewhat hot while playing games. I've seen temps in the high 80s.

[xRyokenx]

I also just discovered that the temps were not affecting it like I thought they were.

[Cymae]

I've got 2x120mm fans, 1x80mm fan, a .....HEAPLOAD of heatsinks and copper heat conductors, and an air conditioner...the last one helps a little ^_^

[xRyokenx]

I have four or five 80MM fans and a 120mm one. I am quite sure that the AC helps, lol.

[Cymae]

the AC is off atm, my cpu's on 42, video on 33 and hdd on 35

[xRyokenx]

CPU: ~30, Video (50% Fan) 51, HDDs 44, 40.

[XcOM]

dammm,,,

last time i did a check, my CPU was on 68c (old machine clogged with dust)

and i had a set of SCSI drives, a group of 6 with one 120mm fan at the back on a box (Had them housed externaly) and they ran at about 95c (THATS CELISUS!) and that was the outside casing temp, god only knows what the working parts temp was,

That hdd temp was taken with a temp probe module and a lazer temp device, they were only about 3c out, i quoted the lowest one of the two

[Crazy Buddhist]

I have heard that some nVidia cards can survive 100*C+ temps but I wouldn't want it to go any higher then 75.

My Asus EN8500GT Silent is designed to run at up to 125 degrees C.

Processors all have different temps. Mine run at 30 degrees usually. If I load it with ORTHOS they rise to about 50 - 54 degrees. You can check on the manufacturers site the max for your own.

CrazyB

[xRyokenx]

My Asus EN8500GT Silent is designed to run at up to 125 degrees C.

Processors all have different temps. Mine run at 30 degrees usually. If I load it with ORTHOS they rise to about 50 - 54 degrees. You can check on the manufacturers site the max for your own.

CrazyB

I had an MSI one of those. With my C2D it ran Crysis on mostly low with some medium at a low resolution. Somehow I beat the game using that thing, hahaha.

[XcOM]

my dell machine dosen't have any temp probes, so i rely on the method of touching the heatsink and if it burns or feels a bit hot then its running too hot!

[xRyokenx]

my dell machine dosen't have any temp probes, so i rely on the method of touching the heatsink and if it burns or feels a bit hot then its running too hot!

That's sad... temp. probes cannot cost THAT much, lol.

[XcOM]

no they don't but its a sff and have no where to add them until i mod it

[halcyonforever]

I've got one computer that is a small ATX in a box, the APEVIA X-QPACK and it gets hotter than hell. I have had it overheat and go into safety shutdown many times. It normally goes out at about 75C max comfortable operating temperature. I put a 609mm fan on the case and that got the the load temperature down to around 40C.

I had a dell laptop that had horrible heat problems. It has a recall out for the battery bursting into flames and the CPU cover causing burns. My cooling solution was what I called getto watercooling. I sent the laptop on top of a re-freezeable cooler pack until the pack melted and then swapped it out with another frozen brick. I had a cycle going so that I could keep the laptop cool through out a whole raid session with 4 ice packs.

[SXRguyinMA]

my intel dual core says it;ll safely work @ 60C, the temp probe in my LCS (also has HDD block in loop) only gets to a max or 35C give or take, thats in-line after the rad. I'd like to put another before the rad, to see the difference, its only a 1x120mm rad

[p0Pe]

real modders have quad core temps on 23C :P

my gfx card often ran about 75C back on air... IDLE!... its on water now and currently running @ 35 lol

[crenn]

I guess I'm not a real modder then, my quad core only gets near that temp in winter when it's below 0c.

[XcOM]

HA...

I don't even know what the temps are on my machine

[SXRguyinMA]

real modders have quad core temps on 23C :P

I could do that...I'll just run some extra long insulated cooling lines and put the rad in the freezer :P

[AMD Killa]

Why insulate? It would lose some of the heat along the way, unless you are worried about picking up heat on the way back.

[FuzzyPlushroom]

I've got one computer that is a small ATX in a box, the APEVIA X-QPACK and it gets hotter than hell.

The included PSU is a brick of compressed excrement (http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&file=print&reid=79). I'm sure its inefficiency and probably questionable fan don't help.

You do have a fan in the rear fan port, right? Preferably a 120mm?

[SXRguyinMA]

Why insulate? It would lose some of the heat along the way, unless you are worried about picking up heat on the way back.

yes, just the return line. would be a neat idea though, maybe get one of those mini-fridges and rig it up :?