So I recently got a twin frozr gtx 760 and have heard reviews on my case having cooling issues with upgraded graphics cards. Obviously having a new card I wanted to install it but of course I also don't want to ruin it via high temperatures so I decided to monitor it. So below are the temperatures recorded over 30 minutes, with those max temperatures being obtained while running AC4 on max for 10 minutes. The minimum temperatures are when it is running completely idle.
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So my question is, am I safe with running this set up or should I uninstall this card and wait until I get a new case?
I also ran metro last light on max settings and the highest temperature it will go seems to be 65C on the GPU.
Those temps are okay. They're a bit on the high side, but still within safe temps. Keep it in, but get a new case when budget allows.
Ok, yea I am planning on selling my old graphics card to get a new case from corsair, one of the cheaper models obviously.
Also for a point of reference, what temps are not safe for the GPU and CPU respectively? Someone told me the i7 cores run a bit on the high side normally and shouldn't be worried until about 70c, but I have no idea what temperatures become dangerous for the GPU. Though the box brags it runs at 70C while under max load, but I am sure they were using a system that could overclock and had nice liqiuid cooling compared to my 2 fans that are in a bad airflow case with a stock heatsink.
CPUs and GPUs can get hotter than you think. The general rule of thumb is that anything below 90 degrees Celsius is okay, but the cooler the better. As long as there's a decent air flow and more air coming in than going out, you should be good. My only concern is that your CPU is a bit of an older model so you might want to research the maximum temperatures on that a bit.
Another tip is to never use stock heatsink. I use store-bought heatsink and it usually drops my CPU temperatures by about 5-15 degrees Celcius.
[QUOTE=_RJ_;44903218]CPUs and GPUs can get hotter than you think. The general rule of thumb is that anything below 90 degrees Celsius is okay, but the cooler the better.[/QUOTE]
CPUs are not as heat tolerant as GPUs. In general if the temperature gets over 65C you should start getting worried. TCase can be as low as 62C or as high as 73C for desktop parts and up to 100C for mobile parts, but that doesn't mean you should run anywhere near them.
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;44904279]CPUs are not as heat tolerant as GPUs. In general if the temperature gets over 65C you should start getting worried. TCase can be as low as 62C or as high as 73C for desktop parts and up to 100C for mobile parts, but that doesn't mean you should run anywhere near them.[/QUOTE]
Those are probably maximum temperatures advised by the company. Unless the CPU is an older model then they could get up to around 90 degrees Celcius (obviously not for prolonged periods though).
So avoid 80c for the gpu and 70c for the cpu would be the best middle man it seems.
I personally keep by parts at 50°C or below, but in general you don't want it going over 70°
[QUOTE=_RJ_;44904926]Those are probably maximum temperatures advised by the company. Unless the CPU is an older model then they could get up to around 90 degrees Celcius (obviously not for prolonged periods though).[/QUOTE]
TCase is the maximum allowed temperature period. Going over that temperature for any length of time causes constant damage to the CPU which can be detected with benchmarking programs as performance loss.
And just because a CPU was made 5 minutes ago vs. 10 years ago doesn't mean it automatically tolerates a higher temperature. Newer CPUs are much less forgiving to overheating than older processors because the lithography process is orders of magnitude smaller.
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