What is the highest temperature CPU can reach?

[Eldin]

If you remove all cooling from CPU and just turn on PC.
What is the maximum temperature it'll reach and how long will it take to reach that temperature?

And what exactly will happen?
Will it just stop working or it'll start melting or catch on fire?

And same questions for GPU.

[r.linder]

Depends on the CPU, but they almost always shut off the system before it melts or catches fire if throttling is unable to stop it due to lack of a cooler.

Current generation Ryzen goes to 95 C before it throttles, Intel can go up to 100 C last I checked.
Most GPUs will throttle around 83~88 C.

[Eldin]

Is throttling regulated by OS, BIOS or something else on the Motherboard?

What if you could somehow disable throttling, what would be the maximum temperature?

And I don't mean maximum working temperature. CPU could be dead. I just want to know maximum possible temperature. While electricity goes through it and it's generating heat, it's good.

[Wichtelman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU9yjwMlbRI

[r.linder]

Escrito originalmente por Eldin:

Is throttling regulated by OS, BIOS or something else on the Motherboard?

What if you could somehow disable throttling, what would be the maximum temperature?

And I don't mean maximum working temperature. CPU could be dead. I just want to know maximum possible temperature. While electricity goes through it and it's generating heat, it's good.

You can't disable throttling, and doing so would be really bad if the CPU does go above throttle.
Even with Ryzen, the throttle temp is really unsafe.

[Eldin]

Escrito originalmente por Escorve:

Escrito originalmente por Eldin:

Is throttling regulated by OS, BIOS or something else on the Motherboard?

What if you could somehow disable throttling, what would be the maximum temperature?

And I don't mean maximum working temperature. CPU could be dead. I just want to know maximum possible temperature. While electricity goes through it and it's generating heat, it's good.

You can't disable throttling, and doing so would be really bad if the CPU does go above throttle.
Even with Ryzen, the throttle temp is really unsafe.

I don't think that you understood my question.

I'm not asking about CPU that would be used for running a PC.

I'm asking, if you let it run like this[imgur.com] for a longer time without any throttling, what is the maximum temperature it could reach?
And would it start melting or something?

[Ralf]

370ºC?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf0VuRG7MN4

[Eldin]

Escrito originalmente por Ralf:

370ºC?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf0VuRG7MN4

This is the kind of answer I was looking for.
Thanks man :)

If someone finds more stuff like this or have some more information, please post it here.

[Komrade]

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Escrito originalmente por Ralf:

370ºC?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf0VuRG7MN4

This is the kind of answer I was looking for.
Thanks man :)

If someone finds more stuff like this or have some more information, please post it here.

Are you trying to use your CPU as a stove?

[UTFapolloMarine]

pretty interesting topic! i remember grabbing a new PSU and pairing with an old office pc, destroyed the whole board! cpu survived though haha

[Eldin]

Escrito originalmente por vacationS:

Escrito originalmente por Eldin:

This is the kind of answer I was looking for.
Thanks man :)

If someone finds more stuff like this or have some more information, please post it here.

Are you trying to use your CPU as a stove?

No. I'm just curious.

But that would be fun to try :)

[Magma Dragoon]

I've read they heat up something like 10x faster than the heating element in a stove. Don't recall where though.

[UTFapolloMarine]

Escrito originalmente por Eldin:

Escrito originalmente por vacationS:

Are you trying to use your CPU as a stove?

No. I'm just curious.

But that would be fun to try :)

exaclty find a CPU large enough to fit a small pan, see if it can cook an egg!

[Eldin]

Escrito originalmente por POUusnavy:

Escrito originalmente por Eldin:

No. I'm just curious.

But that would be fun to try :)

exaclty find a CPU large enough to fit a small pan, see if it can cook an egg!

Metals are good heat conductors. If you could put some kind of metal stand with small bottom part so it can be placed on CPU, and large top part so pan can stand there, then it could work.
Or if the top part of that stand is something like a small pan, you could put egg directly into it and cook it.

[UTFapolloMarine]

Escrito originalmente por Eldin:

Escrito originalmente por POUusnavy:

exaclty find a CPU large enough to fit a small pan, see if it can cook an egg!

Metals are good heat conductors. If you could put some kind of metal stand with small bottom part so it can be placed on CPU, and large top part so pan can stand there, then it could work.
Or if the top part of that stand is something like a small pan, you could put egg directly into it and cook it.

not that we would want to eat it though? im sure my electric stove has a CPU somewhere maybe go strip it for the i9? sure thats what it is if it can cook up potatoes and stuff

[Magma Dragoon]

Escrito originalmente por Eldin:

Escrito originalmente por POUusnavy:

exaclty find a CPU large enough to fit a small pan, see if it can cook an egg!

Metals are good heat conductors. If you could put some kind of metal stand with small bottom part so it can be placed on CPU, and large top part so pan can stand there, then it could work.
Or if the top part of that stand is something like a small pan, you could put egg directly into it and cook it.

There are some videos of this on youtube, takes a long time since they can only get a little over boiling without the CPU shutting itself off.