CPU High Temps

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I've been trying to play GTA V for the past two days and the weather has been really hot outside. I tried to play it today and my CPU (which is the i7 4790) hits temperatures at around 78 degrees.. I searched it up and someone said that the maximum "safe" temperature for the i7 4790 is 72 degrees.

Is it ok to carry on playing if it's at around 78 degrees? What will happen if I carry on playing for the rest of the day with those temperatures?

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

78C under load in gaming is fine for that CPU, dont know where they took that 72C max but that's not true, Intel CPU can handle more then that.
Intel CPU doesnt even start thermal throttling (reducing performance) until it hits 90C.

[Supafly]

Its fine.

If it was a problem it would be throttling and reducing performance so it doesn't cause any damage.

[Omega]

That person claiming 72c is the max temp took that from the Tcase on the ark.Intel website. Tcase is not the maximum CPU temp.

This CPU is fine up to 90c+.

[Supafly]

My 4790 would hit 77 whilst gaming in the summer without any throttling so your 72 should still be fine. If you're still concerned use HWmonitor/Afterburner or something so you can see temps along with how much of your CPU and GPU is being utilised.

I use HWmonitor but thats only because I have it on a second screen. Afterburner will allow you to show figures as an overlay.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

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İlk olarak Suicidal Monkey tarafından gönderildi:

Its fine.

If it was a problem it would be throttling and reducing performance so it doesn't cause any damage.

I think I'm also experiencing fps drops though.. and it's never done that before.

Kinda doubtful, Intel CPUs usually wont thermal throttle until they hit 90C.

If you are running Intel stock cooler then it's good idea to invest in $35 CPU cooler, Cryorig H7 is good one and fits into most cases.

[Sapph]

As said, it's not a problem, but it is definitely quite hot.
You may want to do some cleaning/upgrade the cooler.

[ugafan]

İlk olarak Neon Socks tarafından gönderildi:

maybe it's just GTA because sometimes it lags sometimes it doesn't.

perhaps lowering some settings would help with the lag. it's smooth on my ryzen 1700. peak cpu temperature for playing about 30 minutes was 55 degrees.

[OLDMAN🎅]

İlk olarak Neon Socks tarafından gönderildi:

I've been trying to play GTA V for the past two days and the weather has been really hot outside. I tried to play it today and my CPU (which is the i7 4790) hits temperatures at around 78 degrees.. I searched it up and someone said that the maximum "safe" temperature for the i7 4790 is 72 degrees.

Is it ok to carry on playing if it's at around 78 degrees? What will happen if I carry on playing for the rest of the day with those temperatures?

Most CPUs will begin to throttle (lower its clock speed to cut down heat) once they hit 95 to 105°C. If temperatures rise further, the CPU will shut itself down to avoid permanent damage.
http://www.buildcomputers.net/cpu-temperature.html


You are currently converting Temperature units from Celsius to Fahrenheit

105 Celsius (°C)

=

221 Fahrenheit (°F)

[Buck]

İlk olarak Sapph tarafından gönderildi:

As said, it's not a problem, but it is definitely quite hot.

it's not, it's fine. The CPU will readily let you know if it's really overheating (The OS will freeze when the CPU powers itself off, or the system will reset itself). It'll otherwise probably just quietly throttle itself with little to no fanfare (unless you have monitoring software running to alert you)
You otherwise may or may not see a performance impact when throttling occurs, depending on what you're doing at the time.

basically, if everything is working normally there is nothing to worry about it.

[Monk]

That temp is totally fine, don't worry about it and no need to mess with anything for now.
My 4790k ran heavily overclocked for years and sat in the 70-80 range the entire time with no issues.