Oh Dear, My Celeron D is at 80C when under burn, Any danger?

[J_D]

I've always known my Cele'D has ran rather hot, but when I checked the temps just now it was 80C, its under 100% stress pretty much all the time cause I use the Folding@Home client, Is there any danger my computer will go up in flames??, its an old comp and would like to build a new one, but I still would rather not have it blow up, Do you reckon it worth a new Heatsink/fan

 

[porterjw]

While they do run hot, yours seems to be *very* hot. Did you build the system yourself? If so, I'd check to make sure the CPU fan is running and there's no dust clogging the heat sink. If it's a pre-built, you can still check, but it may be a bit trickier.

If you feel comfortable doing so, you can also re-apply thermal paste to the CPU/heatsink.

Edit: By comparison, my Pentium D 940 runs at 31-32*C at Idle and rarely goes above 44*C under load.

 

[Antiodontalgic]

Also if its really old it may be the thermal paste giving way so it doesn't have a good contact to the heatsink. Also do you have case fans?

 

[J_D]

Did you build the system yourself? If so, I'd check to make sure the CPU fan is running and there's no dust clogging the heat sink. If it's a pre-built, you can still check, but it may be a bit trickier.

It’s a Pre-built system {see sig} I have upgraded the graphics and ram obv since it was new. tbh I think I’m going to get hold of a gas can and give it a blow out, 4 years of dusty is prob just clogging it up, although its one if the strangest heatsinks I’ve seen

Also if its really old it may be the thermal paste giving way so it doesn't have a good contact to the heatsink. Also do you have case fans?

Yes your prob right, although I don’t think I can be bothered trying to get the thing off, and yes I have a rear exhaust fan, but no frontal intake fan, although there is a grill

Tbh if the CPU did die {as long as it didn't take the HDD with it} it would do me a favour then I have a need to build one, yay