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[thxraph]

8etty, 44° C, if is the temperature of you cpu, is ok. Start to make something when you overcome 50°, but you cpu will run fine up to 60°. If you overcome this temperature, better to stop it, or the hot can damage your processor.

i've got to stop some pc because of > 70° cpu, i now it is quite hot in north, where you are & same in france, but here, it is every year the "mega" summer.

keep you cpu cooled, as you

thxraph

[kraemerJK]

well, I don´t know about my cpu´s, but my office is running at around 43°C currently, and I have to switch myself off pretty soon to prevent serious heat damage.....

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[rivoli]

it depends, what kind of cpu is that?

[kraemerJK]

well, my cpu is one of the old analog low-IQ models. But it´s liquid cooled, lately we switched to Becks Gold beer coolant, which makes it run pretty fluent, especially if combined with a injection of caipirinha each weekend....

[ivox3]

Hot enough for basic egg poaching and sterilizing water.

[ivox3]

from the Heat Sink Guide. com:


This page is there to answer the common question: "My CPU is running at xx degrees, is it too hot?". Here are the maximum temperatures for the most popular CPUs.

Keep in mind that the onboard measurement facilities are often inaccurate and may report temperatures that are too low. This is especially the case with motherboards that use a thermal sensor below the CPU to "guess" the CPU temperature. The temperature values displayed by the BIOS have usually a correction value added, to compensate for this problem - but in some cases this correction value may be too low, or the sensor might not be in good contact with the CPU.

This means: If the maximum allowed temperature for your CPU is 95°C, and your motherboard reports a CPU temperature of 90°C, then you are not on the safe side.

However, this doesn't mean that you should start to panic when your Athlon XP CPU reaches 60 degrees celsius, for example. Most people tend to underestimate normal CPU operating temperatures - maybe due to overclockers bragging with their super-low CPU temperatures in forums.

Also, note that these values are for CPUs that are not overclocked. Overclocked CPUs may run unstable even if their temperature is way below the maximal specified temperature.
What happens if the maximum operating temperatures are exceeded?
If your cooler is insufficient and the temperature exceeds the maximum operating temperature, then this does not mean that the CPU is automatically damaged. With AMD CPUs, you will usually encounter crashes if the CPU is overheated; but these go away as soon as the CPU is cooler again. In the long term, running the CPU at a temperature that is too high may reduce the CPU life, since an overheated CPU is more prone to electromigration - even if it runs stable. With P4 CPUs, the CPU will turn its speed down automatically when it overheats. No damage to the CPU is possible, but the system will get slower while it's hot (which, in some cases, users might not even notice).

If you attempt to operate a CPU without heatsink at all, recent AMD CPUs will usually be permanently damaged within seconds, unless special protection circuitry is available on the motherboard. P4 CPUs will run excessively slow without cooler.

The purpose of this page is to give you a quick overview of typical maximum operating temperatures for common CPUs. In the case of Intel CPUs, values vary a bit; if you need precise information for one specific CPU model, please use the datasheets on the CPU manufacturer's website, or visit Chris Hare's Processor Electrical Specifications page - there, you will find more details, and also data for more exotic CPU types than the ones covered here.
Higher is better here
On cooling-related websites, lower temperatures typically correspond to better products. On this particular page, the opposite is true:

The higher temperatures a CPU can withstand, the less cooling is required. CPUs with low electrical power, but high temperature rating can be used with more quiet and more compact coolers. An example for such a CPU is the Pentium-M, which dissipates less than 25 watts, but may reach temperatures of up to 100°C. The worst-case example is the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.46GHz, which dissipates over 110 watts, but may only reach a maximum temperature of 66°C. Obviously, you need a large and possibly loud cooler here.

[j_man]

I've managed to cool mine down a bit

http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_nov2004/WaterCoolant.jpg

J.

[ivox3]

[-Adrian]

In the 50's under load, think my waterblock could perform better. Room temp in the high 30's though, much hotter than outside.

[dutch_designer]

Never hotter than 35 degrees.... I <3 my Zalman kit

[kirkt]

I started a render about 10 mins ago on my macBook Pro 15" dual core 2.16 GHz. The temperature monitor application is showing 82 C on CPU 1 and 78 C on CPU 2. I have no independent knowledge of how accurate these numbers are.

[Thomas An.]

mine's at 44 degree celsius(that 'bout 4670 degr. farenheit if i'm correct)..and climbing - sheesh it's hot here in switzerland

Over here its 48C with ambient (motherboard) at 32C. So there is a 16 degree differential.

*If* I turn on the AC for this floor (which I won't ) then the ambient drops to 24 and the CPU is at 39 or 40C

[Maximus3D]

wow your computers are cooled well, i'm impressed by your 35 degree temp Dutch.

I have no clue at what temp mine runs, have no such measurement thingy's that you need to see. I'm just glad it runs at all.. it's a P4 3ghz on the default cooling thingy included with the cpu so i'm sure it runs hot.

/ Max