heat issues - don't know what to do

My cpu has been running extremely hot- or i think it is. Its running at most up to 86 C on some cores while playing BF3. I don't know what to do, i switchted up the air flow and fans, the cpu fan seems to be working fine. I have a 3570 k and running at stock, seems pretty cheap of intel to screw me over with a heat issued cpu. Is it still safe to keep going? Is it not suppose to shut off when it becomes unsafe? 

Also if you could recommend me a software to measure the heat on my 7950 xfx

My cpu has been running extremely hot- or i think it is. Its running at most up to 86 C on some cores while playing BF3. I don't know what to do, i switchted up the air flow and fans, the cpu fan seems to be working fine. I have a 3570 k and running at stock, seems pretty cheap of intel to screw me over with a heat issued cpu. Is it still safe to keep going? Is it not suppose to shut off when it becomes unsafe? 

Also if you could recommend me a software to measure the heat on my 7950 xfx

razorMDshooter

Those are some insane temps. Are you sure you have the heatsink mounted correctly? Did you also check for any dust?

You should get a better cooler anyway, stock is a waste of a k cpu.

86c is not a safe temp jiggy :roll:04dcarraher

My cpu gets to 100c on prime95 all the time and it's fine. 2600k @ 1.52v w/ LLC set to extreme so on load it gets to 1.56 volts.

Same for my 6 year old qx6700 and it still works, it's on in the computer at my apt.
It's had at least 4 years of on time, and at really high voltage that everyone said was dangerous.

Keep in mind laptop cpus/gpus get to get to 100c all the time (and while they are binned higher), they live fine unless they used shoddy lead free solder like nvidia did a few years ago.

There is no reason why your temps need to be that high with half way decent cooling . Also 80C+ temps is not safe and you taking a chance of shorting the lifespan max temp before throttling for i7 2600k is 95C however Intel recomend a max of 72C for the Tcase (whole cpu) Then with the qx 6700 safe temp is 73C.

There is no reason why your temps need to be that high with half way decent cooling . Also 80C+ temps is not safe and you taking a chance of shorting the lifespan max temp before throttling for i7 2600k is 95C however Intel recomend a max of 72C for the Tcase (whole cpu) Then with the qx 6700 safe temp is 73C.

04dcarraher

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]86c is not a safe temp jiggy :roll:JigglyWiggly_

My cpu gets to 100c on prime95 all the time and it's fine. 2600k @ 1.52v w/ LLC set to extreme so on load it gets to 1.56 volts.

so lets say i didn't put the thermal paste on correctly... how would i go about checking if i did or not? and if i didn;t put it on correctly, can i just change it.

so lets say i didn't put the thermal paste on correctly... how would i go about checking if i did or not? and if i didn;t put it on correctly, can i just change it.

razorMDshooter

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so lets say i didn't put the thermal paste on correctly... how would i go about checking if i did or not? and if i didn;t put it on correctly, can i just change it.

razorMDshooter

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]86c is not a safe temp jiggy :roll:FaustArp

My cpu gets to 100c on prime95 all the time and it's fine. 2600k @ 1.52v w/ LLC set to extreme so on load it gets to 1.56 volts.

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]86c is not a safe temp jiggy :roll:FaustArp

My cpu gets to 100c on prime95 all the time and it's fine. 2600k @ 1.52v w/ LLC set to extreme so on load it gets to 1.56 volts.

I have a bad chip.

so lets say i didn't put the thermal paste on correctly... how would i go about checking if i did or not? and if i didn;t put it on correctly, can i just change it.

razorMDshooter

Simply take off the cooler, clean both the CPU's back and the cooling block's foot and re-apply the thermal paste.  A drop the size of a small pea should suffice.