CPU temps

hey guys,, and gal that i know of.... is there a safe temp that cpu's run at while overclocked? like a rule of thumb to shoot for?

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I'm know expert here,but when I built my 1366 platform,intel reccomended to not go above 105c,how ever CPU's are cooler now,I usually try not to exceed 70-75c under full load,depends on the situations,idle I think 30-40 is the norm,and any where from 65-80c is the norm for 100% load after long use,and even cooler with a true liquid cooling rig,meaning an actuall waterblock and loops,not the simplified coolit,corsair snap ons.Most processors will shut them selves off at around 100-105c now I believe as a built in safety feature,so is quite difficult to ruin the CPU,at least that's the way the i7 920 was made.


Oops,they beat me to it.Yeah 100 is to much but the CPU should shut itself down at that range,like I said I try not to exceed 70ish range.With the built in safety allot of CPU's have now,you would have to be trying on purpose almost to destroy the CPU.

Edit:yes with the h100 you should have no problems at 4.5ghz depending on your CPU and ambient temps.

Edited by hallowed - 04 Mar 2013 at 5:25pm

yea ive been looking at the h100i and the ds/h100.. noise is not an issue to me i only have sound in my 7.1 headset.. so that cancels out most noise. the build is gonna be a Hailstorm with a few tweaks to it including 2 fan mounts on the window case for cpu and gpu. and upgrading all fans in case to 140mm performance fans. hope that is enough to keep temps a little better than the 70 mark or right on it.



other note.... im leaning more towards the ds/h100 cus the h100i is having many reviews about the software for the fan controls being buggy.

yea i prolly should have linked the reviews i was talkin about.


i use hardocp.com alot for reviews. and i compare it to newegg.com


on that note... i do understand that people on newegg can be panzy in nature on their reviews. even if it is their own fault they will mark it low. thats why i read about 10 reviews from all egg categories.

does anyone on the forum have an h100i? or ds/h100? if so how do u like it for overclock temps?

You can't really tell from one side and hardcop is not always dead on, I have issues with some of their benches, from using older drivers to older setups.

Did hardcop tell you what their room temp was?
Did hardcop tell you if their test was done in the open or in a case?
Did hardcop tell you what case?

you need to look at 10 creditable sites and then some user reviews and then see what you got.

the temps to stay under 85c, but for cpu and constant use below 70c is best.

what temps you will have is dependent on your room temp, case, specs, cpu cooling, and OC.

in short what others are experiencing in temp has got nothing to do with what you will be experiencing.

To answer your question yes, the h100 will do fine, just keep in mind you are not getting real LC perfomrance.

The noctua d14 can match/out perform the h100.

your config needs to be fine tuned a bit, why turbo and no oc? why the titan? what res are you gonna be gaming at?

Edited by DST4ME - 05 Mar 2013 at 1:58am

Ok for a stereo setup we do recommend titan, its what its made for.

If you don't know what you are doing don't oc, also its only $45 to let DS oc it and it will be under warranty with the oc.

Noctua is better then any cooling you see here till you get to stage 4 cooling, why? simple, a liquid cooling system is only as good as its rad and water block on cpu, so till you get to stage 4 cooling you are not getting great rad or water block making the perfomrance of these coolers like the h100 inferior to a real LC system.

Noctua has a great cpu block and great cooling system with the heatpipes and fans, which is how air cooling works, heat goes to the block, then the pipes and then the "air radiator" and then the fans cool the air rad.

As you see above air has no liquid in it thus air cooled.

LC works with the heat going to water block and then instead of heat pipes you have the heat transfering to the liquid so now you have warm/hot liquid, this hot liquid gets taken to the radiator when it goes thru the fins inside slowly getting a chance to cool and at the same time the rad has fans on it blowing air thru it helping the heat exchange from liquid to rad to air.

some of the sites I use, keep in mind you not only have to check a bunch but you also have to understand how things work, cause you have to look at each test bench that they are using and make sure its setup right, so its not just read the reveiew:

guru3d
techpowerup
anandtech
driveheaven


those are just a few

on the opposite side stay away from sites like tomshardware.

Edited by DST4ME - 05 Mar 2013 at 2:26am

The Noctua 's push/ pull fans will exhaust out the back.  No real option to exhaust out the top. 

Edited by bprat22 - 05 Mar 2013 at 8:49am

Yep, like a long,  skinny vapor chamber.     Totally passive with no pumps, etc needed.  Reliable. 

The bottom one for sure and probably the top one, but not certain.  Click on the image next to the Chassis Mods and it gives some idea.    The case is 9" wide so should fit. 

hrm.. on the picture for the case mods... it looks like the fans are on the outside of the case with grilles guarding the fans from foreign FINGERS!. if so then i think it might work with the noctua. also in the picure it looks like they have a air cooler installed with both of the portholes with fans...

Not sure what ram you have your heart set on, but the Noctua might mean a lower profile ram, instead of the tall heat spreader rams some want for looks.  The lower profile work just fine,  but depends how much they can offset the front Noctua fan from the mobo if the taller ones are wanted. 

Ram runs cool no matter what, heatspreaders are really not needed with ram, heat is almost never an issue with ram.

Yes there is small amount of liquid in the pipes, but there is no liquid involved that you can see or work with in air cooling.

You are good with the DS certified.

Originally posted by Solidus1833 so here is a bit of fun information about CPU coolers such as the noctua. http://www.techradar.com/us/news/computing-components/processors/how-do-cpu-coolers-work-721366 lol there is a small amount of liquid in the pipes. Now this answers my question on how cooling returns back to the cpu block.

That is pretty neat. Learn something new everyday.

using less lanes is always better, so yes 4 x 4GB is better then 8 x 2GB.

You can call DS or email them and ask them whatever brand you like and whatever size sticks you like to use, some things may cost a little extra.

I don't there is anything that does. You'll have to ask our team directly so they can better help you with it. I'm sure we could mount the fans inside as long as there is enough clearance, or we could do it on the outside.

Originally posted by DST4ME You gonna want them outside IMHO.

thats what im thinking. it might be unsightly for some people but its the performance im looking at. kind of like your rad on the back of your tower... lol man its weird lookin but its the best so iwould do it too if i was building ur spec.