Is 98*c too hot?

[LouieH]

I've had my rig for 4 years and always noticed it runs at 98c under load however I never thought about it because I assumed it was normal however some new software I have installed seems to be worried. Is 98 c normal?
EDIT: I'm talking about my CPU

[rotNdude]

If your computer ran fine for 4 years, don't worry about it.

[LouieH]

Originally posted by rotNdude:

If your computer ran fine for 4 years, don't worry about it.

Thats fair, I'm guessing windows itself would also warn me if there was a problem.

[Nepgear]

If it's 4 years old it might be time to blow the dust off the heatsink(s). My old GPU dropped 20°C just doing that.

[_I_]

is it throttling at those temps?

[Autumn_]

Even though 98c is technically fine (for most modern CPUs), it's still a little to hot for me.
I would clean all the dust out, make a custom fan curve (or just run the fans at max for CPU), maybe even buy an extra fan for the case (if you have free space.) to get more intake, and then see if it's below 75c (I would never go above 80c, despite it being perfectly fine.)
And if it still didn't drop, then I'd repaste both GPU and CPU.

Originally posted by 99% Crit Chance:

If it's 4 years old it might be time to blow the dust off the heatsink(s). My old GPU dropped 20°C just doing that.

On my 970, I let it get dusty for a year, maybe year and a half.
Paste had dried up, and was clogged with dust.
It was at about 94c (Max, iirc.), I dropped it down to 58-60c (max) by repasting and cleaning the GPU. It needs a new dusting though, it's sitting at about 70ishc currently.

[LouieH]

Originally posted by Autumn:

Even though 98c is technically fine (for most modern CPUs), it's still a little to hot for me.
I would clean all the dust out, make a custom fan curve (or just run the fans at max for CPU), maybe even buy an extra fan for the case (if you have free space.) to get more intake, and then see if it's below 75c (I would never go above 80c, despite it being perfectly fine.)
And if it still didn't drop, then I'd repaste both GPU and CPU.

Originally posted by 99% Crit Chance:

If it's 4 years old it might be time to blow the dust off the heatsink(s). My old GPU dropped 20°C just doing that.

On my 970, I let it get dusty for a year, maybe year and a half.
Paste had dried up, and was clogged with dust.
It was at about 94c (Max, iirc.), I dropped it down to 58-60c (max) by repasting and cleaning the GPU. It needs a new dusting though, it's sitting at about 70ishc currently.

Although dust could be the problem, I'm guessing my problem is the fact I'm using the stock air cooler on a overclocked intel core i7

[The Chicagoan]

I honestly would never have my CPU at 98C that's literally 4 degrees away from when water boils at. Clean out the dust from your cooler and re apply the thermal paste. That should help with temps.

[Autumn_]

Originally posted by The Chicagoan:

I honestly would never have my CPU at 98C that's literally 4 degrees away from when water boils at. Clean out the dust from your cooler and re apply the thermal paste. That should help with temps.

4 degrees away? Lmao? You mean 2...

Originally posted by LouieH:

Originally posted by Autumn:

Even though 98c is technically fine (for most modern CPUs), it's still a little to hot for me.
I would clean all the dust out, make a custom fan curve (or just run the fans at max for CPU), maybe even buy an extra fan for the case (if you have free space.) to get more intake, and then see if it's below 75c (I would never go above 80c, despite it being perfectly fine.)
And if it still didn't drop, then I'd repaste both GPU and CPU.

On my 970, I let it get dusty for a year, maybe year and a half.
Paste had dried up, and was clogged with dust.
It was at about 94c (Max, iirc.), I dropped it down to 58-60c (max) by repasting and cleaning the GPU. It needs a new dusting though, it's sitting at about 70ishc currently.

Although dust could be the problem, I'm guessing my problem is the fact I'm using the stock air cooler on a overclocked intel core i7

Depends how much you've overclocked it, if it's a light overclock, I wouldn't advise stock cooler, but it could handle it and not reach that temp.
I say, give it a good clean out, then report back.

[The Chicagoan]

Originally posted by Autumn:

Originally posted by The Chicagoan:

I honestly would never have my CPU at 98C that's literally 4 degrees away from when water boils at. Clean out the dust from your cooler and re apply the thermal paste. That should help with temps.

4 degrees away? Lmao? You mean 2...

Originally posted by LouieH:

Although dust could be the problem, I'm guessing my problem is the fact I'm using the stock air cooler on a overclocked intel core i7

Depends how much you've overclocked it, if it's a light overclock, I wouldn't advise stock cooler, but it could handle it and not reach that temp.
I say, give it a good clean out, then report back.

Doesn't matter. I'm American, so I use the imperial system, so google told me 98C is equal to 208.4F. 8+4 is 12. 212F is the temperature water boils at. Then when I type 100C to F it says that it's 212F. Sorry that I'm American and that we all use the imperial system here. :|

[LouieH]

Originally posted by Autumn:

Originally posted by The Chicagoan:

I honestly would never have my CPU at 98C that's literally 4 degrees away from when water boils at. Clean out the dust from your cooler and re apply the thermal paste. That should help with temps.

4 degrees away? Lmao? You mean 2...

Originally posted by LouieH:

Although dust could be the problem, I'm guessing my problem is the fact I'm using the stock air cooler on a overclocked intel core i7

Depends how much you've overclocked it, if it's a light overclock, I wouldn't advise stock cooler, but it could handle it and not reach that temp.
I say, give it a good clean out, then report back.

Its only a slight overclock because anything more kept causing a blue screen, I'll clean the system tomorrow as well, its a bit late now

[Autumn_]

Originally posted by The Chicagoan:

Originally posted by Autumn:

4 degrees away? Lmao? You mean 2...


Depends how much you've overclocked it, if it's a light overclock, I wouldn't advise stock cooler, but it could handle it and not reach that temp.
I say, give it a good clean out, then report back.

Doesn't matter. I'm American, so I use the imperial system, so google told me 98C is equal to 208.4F. 8+4 is 12. 212F is the temperature water boils at. Then when I type 100C to F it says that it's 212F. Sorry that I'm American and that we all use the imperial system here. :|

If google tells you that 208f is 98c, and 212f is 100c, then the difference is 2 degrees, because you're working it out in a different (superior) method of measuring.

[The Chicagoan]

Originally posted by Autumn:

Originally posted by The Chicagoan:

Doesn't matter. I'm American, so I use the imperial system, so google told me 98C is equal to 208.4F. 8+4 is 12. 212F is the temperature water boils at. Then when I type 100C to F it says that it's 212F. Sorry that I'm American and that we all use the imperial system here. :|

If google tells you that 208f is 98c, and 212f is 100c, then the difference is 2 degrees, because you're working it out in a different (superior) method of measuring.

Either way, you're literally making it seem as if I was 20 degrees off... Drop it, why don't you.

[Autumn_]

Originally posted by The Chicagoan:

Originally posted by Autumn:

If google tells you that 208f is 98c, and 212f is 100c, then the difference is 2 degrees, because you're working it out in a different (superior) method of measuring.

Either way, you're literally making it seem as if I was 20 degrees off... Drop it, why don't you.

Just telling you so you don't make the mistake again, nothing wrong with that is there?
People always get so upset about being corrected and I literally don't understand why lmao.

[Malygos]

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/248908-intel-responds-i7-overheating-issue-cluelessly-suggests-stop-overclocking

Yet again dont know why people around here tell others running over 90c is fine i highly doubt your cpu ran that long at temp intel themselves said to stop overclocking 7700ks when they were going over 90c because it degrades the cpu and causing long term damage. Dont belive me download xtu and run a benchmark after 85c it thermal throttles thats intels personal benchmark program. 100c is meant for spikes because intel coupdnt bother to solder the cpu’s so the temperatures were ridiculous.

[Ralf]

Yes, it's a feature, well multiple features tbh.
I can make bacon and eggs for breakfast, boil water for my Udon or coffee(it's the only reason why intel named it Coffee Lake).
Someone in mein Bezirk, mein Viertel, meine Gegend, meine Straße, mein Zuhause, mein Block has four 4socket Xeon board powered oven, last time we used it to make a cake for bday.