What are "safe" temperatures on the CPU and GPU?

Going by the specs in my sig, what would be the safe temperatures?

On the CPU I get max temps of 80-88 or so.

GPU anywhere from 65 to 75.

Also, what programs will show temps while actually in game. I'm looking for something similar to the fraps counter. I'm curious as to what the temps go down to when the fans turn on fully.

 

take a look > http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...rket-upgrades/263039-nbr-cooling-central.html

 

Safe temperatures are usually specific to your CPU and GPU models. Although the general guidelines provided in the above mentioned thread are ok as a general rule but not exactly specific.

Although I checked and noticed your chip is 32nm, typically on desktops, the smaller the chip the less heat it can safely take, I'm not sure about notebooks but I would assume a similar rule.

 

Your CPU runs pretty hot for that laptop, did you put on the ICD7 yourself and when did you apply it? Your GPU is good though, usually I've found that temps are reverse from what you have. In my experience, generally, the GPU is rated a bit higher than the CPU and shouldn't be past 90 deg C while the CPU (though also rated above 100 deg C), usually shouldn't go past 80 deg C.

 

use HWinfo32 & keep the sensors running in the background

HWiNFO & HWiNFO32 - Hardware Information and Analysis Tools

 

Your temps are safe. Everything below 90C is worth no concern.

 

On a bad day i can get up to 85c on my AMD Radeon 6970m on default fan settings.
Usually i am hovering around 70c (+ -) and idle temps are around 45c to 50c.

Considering notebook hardware can support the temps its no biggie.

 

No, it was applied by Sager. I'm going to be looking at it after I buy some ICD7. Keep in mind, my temps are during heavy loads such as 3dmark. When playing SC2 the CPU doesnt really go above 80.

EDIT- And I already use HWinfo. I need something that I don't have to alt tab for. When I do so, my temps go down into the 60s.

 

there is a max column in HWinfo32 & that would give u an indication on what was going on while you were in the game just keep it running in the background & check the maximum temp column & thats the max u hit while gaming

 

msi afterburner can do that in a graph, as hwmonitor

 

I had 95ºC before on my laptop, on both GPU and CPU. And I had no throttling. So you may relax.

I ofcourse ended up RMA'ing to fix it, and gladly they fixed. Now I barely reach 80's

 

If those are fully stressed Prime + Furmark temps, I wouldn't worry about it. You will never push it that hard in normal use, even heavy gaming.

 

I get 85 to 88 on the cpu while gaming. I'm starting to doubt they applied enough thermal paste.

 

85-88C seems a little too high for the CPU, but still acceptable in my book, i would start worrying if it goes over 90 C, if you are concerned about the temp, perhaps consider investing in a good notebook cooler?

 

On the CPU I get max temps of 80-88 or so.

GPU anywhere from 65 to 75.

Also, what programs will show temps while actually in game. I'm looking for something similar to the fraps counter. I'm curious as to what the temps go down to when the fans turn on fully.

 

Umm....HWMonitor?

Mr. Mysterious

 

MSI Afterburner can show the GPU temperature in-game. (Not all cards are supported.)

 

ATI Tray Tools (assuming you have an AMD gpu) can display several overlays on the screen while gaming, just about anything you can imagine, including temps.

 

Ok, I contacted Sager and apparently 88-90 is fine. They said I needn't worry unless it reaches 95. And with my 555 overclocked I max out at 80 GPU 88 CPU.