whats too hot?

**eMoo** · 22-02-08, 04:23 PM

Not an overclocking qustion, but figured you guys would know best, what temp is too hot for a P4 3.2ghz? When playing games my mobo monitor tells me it is exceeding 75oC. how hot can it get before its gets damaged?

**PhillTheQuad** · 22-02-08, 08:14 PM

some intels run pretty hot
in the bios,theres a max temp cut out setting
check wat stock setting is (75c i guess) it may go 80-85 without probs
but id look at a better after market cooler.
something with copper insert.
will make u feel better

**nauseous** · 26-02-08, 06:44 PM

have you checked the heatsink is clean of dust?

**Redwight** · 26-02-08, 09:20 PM

It's too hot if the PC crashes or locks up after starting to push some heavy use at it. My old P4 HT 3.2 chip used to crash at 65 degrees on the stock heatsink; or after fitting a bigger aftermarket unit never.
The current chip is a Pentium D that regularly report it's 75 degrees C at idle yet the heatsink (the same one at that) only reaches 45 deg at idle and I've seen it reach a heatsink temp of 75 degrees and still running hard. If it crashes it's time to turn the fan back on because at the moment I'm actually running it silent.

**treble** · 23-03-08, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by nauseous

have you checked the heatsink is clean of dust?

good point there. i live in red dirt country and my cpu fan gets clogged full within 6 months.

**ssrattus** · 23-03-08, 11:04 AM

how accurate are those monitoring applications anyway? I had a motherboard once that had a bios update that dropped the displayed levels by 10 degrees or so...

**Redwight** · 03-04-08, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ssrattus

how accurate are those monitoring applications anyway? I had a motherboard once that had a bios update that dropped the displayed levels by 10 degrees or so...

When you use a diode inside the chip then they aren't exactly calibrated. It's a case of at least you can see if the chip's running hotter than normal.

**MAKEDONIJA** · 03-04-08, 11:49 AM

buy zalman good fan ull cpu will be ok

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**imfstr** · 12-08-08, 01:46 PM

my pc is a p4 3.0ghz and the max it gets is 40c but thats on a stinking hot day and the fan is loud as, should i look into a bigger fan

**intelliGEORGE** · 12-08-08, 10:55 PM

Anything above -30 degrees is TOO hot.

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nauseous Premium Member iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 5 Spent time on board: 18:13:12	have you checked the heatsink is clean of dust?

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Redwight Senior Member iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 132 Spent time on board: 1 Day and 11:16:10	It's too hot if the PC crashes or locks up after starting to push some heavy use at it. My old P4 HT 3.2 chip used to crash at 65 degrees on the stock heatsink; or after fitting a bigger aftermarket unit never. The current chip is a Pentium D that regularly report it's 75 degrees C at idle yet the heatsink (the same one at that) only reaches 45 deg at idle and I've seen it reach a heatsink temp of 75 degrees and still running hard. If it crashes it's time to turn the fan back on because at the moment I'm actually running it silent.

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ssrattus Super Moderator iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,202 Spent time on board: 3 Weeks, 5 Days and 5:04:18	how accurate are those monitoring applications anyway? I had a motherboard once that had a bios update that dropped the displayed levels by 10 degrees or so...

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MAKEDONIJA Senior Member iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 364 Spent time on board: 3 Days and 22:58:49	buy zalman good fan ull cpu will be ok ImageShack - Hosting :: 45371299no7.jpg

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imfstr Junior Member iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 5 Spent time on board: 1:38:47	my pc is a p4 3.0ghz and the max it gets is 40c but thats on a stinking hot day and the fan is loud as, should i look into a bigger fan

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