Temperature Problems Overclocking the i7 920

Nightmare365WJ

Nightmare365WJ

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Ok so i overclocked my i7 920 on an asus P6T Deluxe (The setup of dreams before all the new stuff came out) anyway i did it with a stock cooler (i know stupid but i just wanted to see how hot it would get, i didnt think itd be that bad). needless to say that after it reached a some 86 c in mark vantage i decided to kill it. I just want to know if i caused any permanent damage. i mean im still using the computer so i know i didnt melt the darn thing, it didnt even blue screen, but i heard that 70 c was the absolute maximum they should ever get to so im just wondering if im gonna just have it die on me any second. basically did i just screw it up for good. any help or knowledge or experience would be great, thanks.
 
as long as you didn't get any crashes, bsods or hangs, i'd say it's fine. a new cooler is a just if you want to overclock.

the i7's sound like the new pentium 4's in terms of heat!
 
It's partially from the hyperthreading. HT adds a lot of heat stress to a CPU. I don't know how on earth the Atoms are as efficient as they are...
 
yeah i actually think now it was more at 100c because i later found out that my oc palm seems to say the temps are like 15 to 20 degrees less than true bios value. so idk. like i said it didnt even bluescreen so i guess i just got lucky haha
 
The max is 100c for the, as far as I remeber. I get up to 75c during prime95.

It's not fried. The computer would've shut itself off it was too hot or something :)
 
100c is normally the max. Intel CPUs also protect themselves from overheating and will undeclock/low the turbo on themselves in order to prevent damage.
 
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