What temperature is too high for my GPU and CPU?

[TacticalFaux]

GPU is a GTX 1070
CPU is a i7-6700

I was just wondering if someone could tell me the temperature at which I should get worried for these.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Below 85*C is completely safe for either.

[RAM AIR IV]

Try to keep it under 60*C, it will keep them running longer. But you should never run over 100*C

[ericcui1]

I'd say both your CPU and GPU are fine and no need to worry as long as the temp is at or below low 70s.

[Arya]

A modern Nvidia card has an ideal working range of between 55 and 85C. Anything within that range is absolutely fine. The danger zone is above 95 degrees, but you're never going to reach those temps with a fully working card.

As for your CPU, temps between 35 and 65 degrees under load are ideal but anything up to 85+ is safe. The zone of concern is 90+ but again you're unlikely to ever see temps that high.

My GTX1080 reaches 62 degrees during extreme-load tests, and then stabilises. That's perfectly normal and safe, given your card is slightly de-tuned I'd expect it'll run mid-high 50s. My i 76700K reaches 55 under extreme-load testing with a Phanteks PH-TC12DX cooler fitted, and overclocked to 4.5 GHz. You should have no trouble matching those temps with any decent midsize or heavyweight air cooler.

[MarioTwins]

My zotac 1070 has reached 79 degrees so far. I've never seen it go over. And I'm not to worried if it does. That's at 75% fan speed I think to

[Jamebonds1]

It is lead free soldier. So it take 217-221 º C (422.6 - 429.8 º F) to melt point, but it is not recommend to be over 80 F. Due to capacitor.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by MarioTwins:

My zotac 1070 has reached 79 degrees so far. I've never seen it go over. And I'm not to worried if it does. That's at 75% fan speed I think to

It's set to throttle @ 80*C be default, so that's probably why.

[shiel]

Originally posted by ericcui1:

no need to worry as long as the temp is at or below low 70s.

Originally posted by RAM AIR IV:

Try to keep it under 60*C

Actually constantly fluctuating temps are far more harmful than a sustained higher temp. I say this because I've heard many say that they "give their system a break to let it cool down". This is causing far more harm than good. Nice to keep your components cool for sure, but running in the 70's won't hurt anything or drastically lower the life of your components.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by shiel:

Originally posted by ericcui1:

no need to worry as long as the temp is at or below low 70s.

Originally posted by RAM AIR IV:

Try to keep it under 60*C

Actually constantly fluctuating temps are far more harmful than a sustained higher temp. I say this because I've heard many say that they "give their system a break to let it cool down". This is causing far more harm than good. Nice to keep your components cool for sure, but running in the 70's won't hurt anything or drastically lower the life of your components.

Let a system cool; for what? If the temp is not continuing to rise, then the cooling is doing it's job and is effective. The hardware has to run that hot to output that high level of performance, so while sure it's good idea to take breaks from gaming and work; letting your machine "cool down" is just wasting your productive time, you're doing nothing to prolong the life of that hardware really.

It's like saying:
> I don't want my car engine to run this warm, let me shut it off.
> Is it overheating? NO... Then what's the problem.
> Shutting it off / cooling it down is just keeping you getting from point A to point B.

However I will say this, when you are done; and I mean really done for the day, or for a long while from using your PC (Desktop or Laptop); it is a good idea to once those demanding apps are closed, allow the system to cool down via it's own active cooling, before you power it off. As powering off the device while it's still extremely hot can be part of you causing harm to it, as when extremely hot and gets powered off, there is no active cooling to bring the temps down, and the parts stay hot for ALOT longer before finally cooling off. And for most electronic components, they have a threshold of tolerance; this tolerance is lesser when the device is powered off (i.e. Storage Temps vs Active Running Temps); so in this sense, yes allow the system to cool back down before powering it off.

[shiel]

Originally posted by Bad_Motha:

Originally posted by shiel:

Actually constantly fluctuating temps are far more harmful than a sustained higher temp. I say this because I've heard many say that they "give their system a break to let it cool down". This is causing far more harm than good. Nice to keep your components cool for sure, but running in the 70's won't hurt anything or drastically lower the life of your components.

Let a system cool; for what? If the temp is not continuing to rise, then the cooling is doing it's job and is effective. The hardware has to run that hot to output that high level of performance, so while sure it's good idea to take breaks from gaming and work; letting your machine "cool down" is just wasting your productive time, you're doing nothing to prolong the life of that hardware really.

I think we are both saying the same thing...

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by shiel:

Originally posted by Bad_Motha:

Let a system cool; for what? If the temp is not continuing to rise, then the cooling is doing it's job and is effective. The hardware has to run that hot to output that high level of performance, so while sure it's good idea to take breaks from gaming and work; letting your machine "cool down" is just wasting your productive time, you're doing nothing to prolong the life of that hardware really.

I think we are both saying the same thing...

Sorry, yes I was agreeing with what you were saying.

But I wanted to word it how I did for the others who think giving the PC a short break to cool down is actually helping anything, cause it's not.

[shiel]

Originally posted by Bad_Motha:

Originally posted by shiel:

I think we are both saying the same thing...

Sorry, yes I was agreeing with what you were saying.

But I wanted to word it how I did for the others who think giving the PC a short break to cool down is actually helping anything, cause it's not.

Oh, gotcha. No need to apologize, I misinterpreted is all.