How hot is too hot?

Whenever I play games that are demanding of my notebook, like ut3, crysis, cod4, my core temp reads around 50-55 Celsius, is that too hot? i'm already using a notebook cooler with the fan set on high. and right now my clock on rivatuner is 610/475, is my computer at risk of overheating (and burning out the graphic card)?

 

not at that temp. that is pretty normal. i don't know how good your cooler is. but there is no need to worry there.

 

As a rule of thumb, I would say that your machine is too hot when either A) You feel uncomfortably hot using it on your lap, B) You find out you're infertile or C) the stability of the system is compromised.

 

Um... No need to worry until it hits 90 C, trust me.

 

order of priority being B, A, C

 

Yeah those temps are more than fine. CPUs can usually go into the high 80s before they shut down. GPUs can safely get into the low 100s and still be fine.

 

How do you check if you're fertile or not...

 

just give the machine a workout, and from the results, you should soon be able to determine whether it is functioning as designed

 

Ahem...

filler

 

Someone obviously slept during 10th grade health class...or is not at that grade level just yet.

 

I wouldn't worry about the temps unless it averages over 74c or above. This is typically when it becomes bothersome. around 85c is when the plastics of your notebook may begin to flex because of the heat, which can cause your notebook shell to become warped slightly, or show heat damage on the paint/plastics over time. That all depends on how durable the plastics are on the specific notebook though.

No matter what the notebook, I would say that you should only worry if it constantly averages over 80c as that is a sign that it's degrading the overall lifespan of the notebook.

 

Alittle hot but think of what it is calauting.
Also the best most things can run is room temp so lets say you run a 70F room that is 21C.

But next thing is how much is the part really getting cooling? Almost None.
Also Many gpu are design for 100C but most stop at 120C.
50C = 122F
120C = 248F

Honsetly you feel when it is to hot or your cpu will shutdown since they are only for 70C or most company will have locks like if you hit 70c it force to shutdown the computer.

 

anything over 80 could be a problem... or maybe its made this way...