Safe PC Temperatures as Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2014-05-07
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956 words · ~4 min read
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this is a question i've been asked a hundred times and based on a quick
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google search it looks like there are quite a few other folks who want the
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answer how hot can my pc run before it's
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not safe anymore okay well let's start with why you would
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care how hot it runs on lots of reasons high temperatures can cause all kinds of
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stuff in semiconductors it increases the electrical resistance
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reducing efficiency it can speed up the degradation of electrical pathways
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within the component allowing errors that cause data corruption and it can
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even if the proper safeguards weren't in place caused the low temperature solder
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that is sometimes used to completely melt
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alrighty then that's very scary can you give me the answer now Linus well hold
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on let's start with some information from the websites of a couple of
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computer hardware manufacturers you may have heard of the t-junction temperature
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the point at which it will turn down its own speed to preserve its life for the
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Intel core i7 4770k CPU is 105 degrees
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celsius the out of the box standard operating temperature of 95 degrees
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celsius for AMD's r9 290x graphics card
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is to quote AMD perfectly safe
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while powered on a wd red hard drive can operate anywhere from zero to 70 degrees
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which in their testing produces no unrecoverable errors and a gtx 780 ti
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ships at an 80 degree maximum and NVIDIA theoretically allows up to 95 degrees
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but we found that they actually limit it to around 86 degrees celsius so those
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are super scary high temperatures Linus my friend said it should be lower are
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they misinformed if it says it's okay directly on the manufacturer's website
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why is there so much confusion out there about this because it's not quite that
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simple unlike the engine in your car which uses
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a thermostat to maintain itself within a very narrow range usually with between
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90 to 100 degrees celsius most pc parts
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don't have moving parts that rely on tight manufacturing tolerances and high
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performance lubricants to keep them functioning so they don't really have an
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optimal operating temperature that means that while the hard drive with moving
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parts specified a maximum temperature for the other stuff a maximum is
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specified and a minimum is not because you can pretty much run it as low as you
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want and it'll be happier than a pig in split
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with that said lower is better if you're
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taking the appropriate precautions for most people you're not going to want
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your temperatures to drop any lower than ambient or the temperature of the
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surrounding air because below that temperature water droplets forming on
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your components due to condensation becomes a major concern water is worse
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for your hardware than high temperatures so here's the summary first check out
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the manufacturer's product page then take that information with a grain of
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salt if you're one of those people who believes in taking really good care of your stuff and you want to be sure that
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your hardware will last and be reliable keep in mind that the way manufacturers
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rate their products is based on the way they expect most people will actually
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use them they're not expecting you to still be using that CPU graphics card or
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hard drive in 10 years time and they certainly aren't giving you a warranty
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that lasts that long so they build some buffer into the numbers but they don't
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worry about those fringe cases too much so for added assurance take their number
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