Not really sure if these temps are good for a 3570k and an evo 212, so was looking for a bit of feed back from people with experence if possible. It's at stock clock speed 3.4 GHz. Any idea what I could push it too would be nice as well.
idle temps: 29 degrees
max temp at for load: 44 degrees
Those temps are totaly fine.
They are realy normal for intel.
i assume we talk about the 3570K
Yip yip the 3570k. Was a little iffy with grabbing the evo today. Wasn't too sure what to expect but damn did I need a new cooler.
edit: ran a few test to push it to see what it would peak out at and it was 44 max on one core. Most 40 over all and goes between 25 - 29 on idle.
Thats realy totaly fine.
Start to worry wenn the cpu gets close to 90C .
Been wanting to see what I can get out of this thing now is a better time than ever to give it a bit of a push.
Thanks for the reassurance, always worry about putting too much thermal paste on.
Just remember that thermal paste is much better at conducting heat than air, so it is better to have too much than too little, just not so much that spills all over the motherboard, especially if you're using an electrically conductive paste (most aren't these days) because it will short out your board.
As for the temps, I prefer not to let mine go above 72c, I try to keep it under 68 if possible, for no particular reason than longevity. Silicon does degrade, and much faster when heated. While Intel does spec their CPU's to 90c, I wouldn't let my CPU go anywhere near that. I don't CPU's will degrade in any meaningful way by running at 90 for short moments under normal usage, but I just prefer not to. It's peace of mind; makes me feel good having a chill CPU. However, if you were mining or some other 24/7 100% workload, I'm sure the CPU running at 72c will last noticeably longer than the one running at 90c. Again, normal use, I don't think it will matter.
Have it running stable at 4.1 Ghz max temps float between about 60 - 65 degrees max load. Going to see where I can push it too later but happy with the bump so far. Was playing up a bit with some programs so had to tweak it a bit.
Been able to push it too 4.8 but decided to reduce it back a bit to keep temps down. Was hitting around near 80 max load at 4.8.
Hmm 80C on max load 4.8GHz is still pretty good exaly.
But the performance bump between lets say 4.5Ghz and 4.8Ghz isnt realy that noticable in the real world.
Yeah I know they are not bad, especially since this is with the evo 212 with one fan. I was really just seeing what I could push it too, I did have it at 4.9 at one point but it needed a little tweaking to keep it stable and temps where getting a little high. I like to have temps as low as I can so dropped it back to 4.4 to keep them in the 60's at the most.
you could also add a second fan push pull on the otherside of the cooler,
but im not sure if that is going to improve something.
Probably not that much.