Thread: Overclocking my CPU

Originally Posted by Imisnew2

So.... IF I were to OC a CPU...

What are considered "Safe" temperatures for multi-core CPU's?

It's not about the CPU. It's about your laptop enclosure.

There are also at least a dozen other temperatures in your system you would want to monitor. And in a laptop, everything is SO close together than a 5C increase in your CPU will probably equal at least a 5C increase in your HDD temp. And your HDD is one thing that is very heat dependent. An extra 5C could cut its life from 5 years to 2. I say this from years of experience watchings HDD's in external enclosures die young, while outlived by their counterparts inside a well cooled case.

Find out what temp your CPU runs at under full load now. Write that number down, and there is your answer.

In my desktop I can get my CPU 20C hotter than usual while keeping most other temps exactly the same. You can't do that in your laptop.

Veovis... I have other computers (desktops) and was discarding the previous part of this thread (Notebook) and was asking what a safe temperature for my CPU would be...

I read on the 'interwebz' that the "max" for CPU's temp should be 80C... but that's the very max... And that the avg temps for not loaded/loaded should be around 40C/55C.

And my CPU already gets up to 76C under load.... so (47C not loaded)

As for other temps... I'm just trying to educate myself here... so I DON'T do something stupid

Oh, and thanks for the info Veovis... about the enclosure... and the drastic affect heat has on HD's.

Heat is the #1 enemy of all electronics. If you overclocked it at all I would suggest a laptop cooler...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...=laptop+cooler

and...

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?p=265407

If your laptop will even have a BIOS able to be overclocked.

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Originally Posted by Imisnew2

Veovis... I have other computers (desktops) and was discarding the previous part of this thread (Notebook) and was asking what a safe temperature for my CPU would be...

I read on the 'interwebz' that the "max" for CPU's temp should be 80C... but that's the very max... And that the avg temps for not loaded/loaded should be around 40C/55C.

And my CPU already gets up to 76C under load.... so (47C not loaded)

As for other temps... I'm just trying to educate myself here... so I DON'T do something stupid

Oh, and thanks for the info Veovis... about the enclosure... and the drastic affect heat has on HD's.

IMIS..Temps depend on the Processor...MY i7 throttles down at 100C!!!

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I think most are 80C.

Unless the laptop was designed for overclocking, it's generally bad to do so. As Veo has said, laptops have a very distinct heat profile, and the layout and cooling are designed with stock temperatures in mind. A laptop cooler MAY help, but you're running a huge risk of frying the machine.

Originally Posted by Imisnew2

Veovis... I have other computers (desktops) and was discarding the previous part of this thread (Notebook) and was asking what a safe temperature for my CPU would be...

Well then you will need to specify what CPU you're talking about.

Originally Posted by Veovis

Originally Posted by Imisnew2

Veovis... I have other computers (desktops) and was discarding the previous part of this thread (Notebook) and was asking what a safe temperature for my CPU would be...

Well then you will need to specify what CPU you're talking about.

And on that note I will have to get back to you later...
As the desktop is not sitting here beside me.

(All I know is it's an Intel Core 2 Duo)

On a C2D I wouldn't want the coretemps exceeding 60-65C at load. Just my preference... some would push further.

I think thermal shutdown happens at 85C for Core2's.