OC Q6600 temperature

[diduknowthat]

So I just overclocked my Q6600 to 2.8ghz and it idles at about 38ºC. After running orthos and prime95 (at the same time, so I was loading 3 cores), I hit a maximum temperature of 65ºC. However in heavy gaming I've never broken 55º. Is it a safe temperature to stay at? By the way I'm at stock voltage. 6600

 

[2048Megabytes]

65 degrees Celsius is very hot for a Q6600 processor to run at. From what I have read you should not run this processor at more than a maximum of 62.2 Celsius as it could damage it.

I would try and keep the temperatures with the Core 2 Quad 6600 at no higher than 52 degrees Celsius to be safe.

 

[Geoff]

It won't damage it if it only hits 65C under full load stress testing if you mainly play games. I actually had mine up to 73C before I stopped the stress test (of course I didn't leave it at those specs). So I downclocked mine to 3.0GHz for the time being until I get a better cooler.