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| BadMouth:
I'm curious as to what the people more knowledgeable than me consider an acceptable sustained CPU temp. I've googled, but have come across answers all over the place. I built a new PC last weekend around a Ryzen 2700x. The main excuse for replacing my old PC was to speed up ripping and converting of media. Handbrake is running all 8 cores full bore (98-100% utilization) for 40 or 50 minutes at a time when converting bluray mkv rips to mp4. I had it overclocked to 4Ghz, but the temps would hover around 78° celsius, touching 80° occasionally. That scared me so I took it back down to the stock 3.7Ghz, but I'm still hovering around 72-74°. With games or other tasks, it rarely gets above 55° and idles below 40°. I'm using the stock cooler, but it supposed to be pretty decent for a stock cooler. I ordered another case fan to mount above the processor, but I doubt it will make a huge difference. Reading up on the matter, AMD built in an offset of 10° to make fans kick on sooner/trick people into running it at lower temps, so it's really only 64° (70° when overclocked). Is this an acceptable temp to be running 50 minutes at a time, 3 or 4 times a day? I'd kind of like to crank it back up to 4Ghz, but want it to last 7 or 8 years. |
| Malenko:
if you want it to last, don't overclock it. 70 is fine , 80 is kind of the max you want to run it. I don't think you're going to save much time with a 300MHz difference. Ive always used Intel chips over AMD, so Im basing it on those. Get a high efficiency water cooling rig to keep them low and improve longevity |
| shponglefan:
Rated temps for processors (CPU/GPU) tend to vary by manufacturer and even individual processors. Probably why you're seeing different answers. That said, I try to keep my temps below 70 degrees as a matter of course. Part of the reason is that modern CPUs will typically start throttling performance to avoid damage from too-high temps. So even if you push your CPU via overclocking, it could potentially be scaling back performance if it gets too hot. Which defeats the purpose of OCing in the first place. Personally, I'd go with a replacement cooler (I like Noctua brand coolers) over a stock cooler and good thermal paste. That should keep temps under control. |
| JDFan:
SPec for that CPU is : --- Quote ---Max Temps 85°C --- End quote --- So 80 is getting up there but is still within spec for the Chip. |
| BadMouth:
Thanks for the responses. It's not going over 72° since going back to the standard clock and adding the extra fan. (62° if you take into account the offset AMD built in) The air coming out of the case doesn't even feel warm, so I'm pretty sure that's as good as it gets with the stock cooler and current ambient temperature. This is just while handbrake is maxing out all the cores. For other tasks, it barely breaks a sweat even with the PWM fans running at 10-20% speed. My plan is to rip 6-10 blu rays to mkv at a time, then make a handbrake queue to convert all of them to mp4 overnight while I sleep. ....so this thing is going to be at sustained temps for quite long periods. |
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