Core 2 Duo at 60C - too hot?

My Core 2 Duo is running at around 133 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit. I looked on Google, but found no help about the normal operating temp of this processor. Could someone tell me if this is too hot because SpeedFan is putting a little burning flame icon next to the reading, concerning me just a little bit. Thanks!

 

Nope 60'c Is far within the C2D TDP which i believe the limit is 105'c
In F it looks really high, but you are in normal parameters

 

Wow, you guys freakin' rock! That was quick! Thanks Mkelliny!

 

NP and welcome to NBR

 

Some Core 2 Duo's have a max of 90C and the newer ones have a max of 105C. Just google your processor model and the word "Intel Ark". It brings up Intel's spec page.

 

On that page joker referenced, look for the Tjunction or TJMax. That is the name for the highest possible temp on any Intel processor.

 

60 is perfectly safe. Before I found the topic on undervolting, my T3200 would hit 85 maxed out and never damaged itself.

 

*glances at his* my old core2 duo liked idling at the high 60s.


yeah the computer was a few years old. probably part of the reason (the rest being it was an old t7200 instead of the smaller p series

 

60c is great, my old toshiba core 2 duo runs around 80-90c idle

3+ years and somehow still alive...

 

What does it hit under load?

 

it dances along the wonderful line we know as the century mark, needless to say it gets HOT

the only system I've ever had where the CPU heat was more my worry than GPU

 

The T5600 in my aunt's notebook is usually at 71-72C under load and in the low fifties at idle........

 

yeah but the t7200 in my old laptop shares a heat pipe with a geforce go 7700 that likes to idle at 70.


heheh. I get the double whammie.

 

use the undervolting guide.. it really helped with my CPU temps.. under idle , they dropped 10-15C.. uner load it dropped 20c... the link is below.. its safe and easy to do...

http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...arket-upgrades/235824-undervolting-guide.html

 

Im doing around 40c idle on my C2D T5750 (2.0 ghz). Undervolted/controlled by Rightmark CPU clock.

 

It depends about your room temperature too, if you are at 20ºC and have 60ºC in idle, it is too much.

 

60C idle is a little warm for idle but not dangerous. When you use you CPU at load though the temps will shoot up to throttling temps which isn't a good thing.

A bit of tlc - cleaning vents and perhaps changing thermal compound on the CPU AND undervolting as mentioned above will bring that temp down 20C.

Best to keep core 2 duo's/quad at 40C or less at idle and under 80C at load. eg RMclock reports my quad at 39C at mo.

 

Under load or idle?

Idle the T9300 in my Vaio is below 30°C and under load it will tend to stay below 60°C if the room is around 20°C.

And the other question is - dedicated or integrated graphics - they will add to the temperature the fan has to "remove" too.


(Technically the fan just moves energy in the form of warm air out of the notebook)

 

Yeah what DetlevCM said.
Dedicated graphics adds to the heat exhaustion. Specially since Processors/dedicated graphics cards tend to share the same heatsink system.

 

Had to clean out the heatsink/fan for the laptop in my signature (still using it more than four years later! The S96J is just an awesome laptop) recently because the temps were skyrocketing. Managed to hit 100 degrees C under stress several times, the CPU had to protect itself by shutting down.

Used compressed air can to blow out the vents/fan and reapplied Arctic Silver 5 to CPU and GPU slots. Now I am idling at 50 degrees C, maybe a little lower. Under stress it does not break 80 degrees C.

 

You should try throttle-stop to lower your cpu's voltage and over/underclock the cpu when you want. Mines stays in the 40's range most of the time..

 

@Crimsoned

Your T5750 seems to be running quite a bit higher temps at idle than my T5750 (see sig). I'm running 30C at idle & sometimes as low as 28C (if ambient is 20C or lower). What are your RMClock VID settings & temp under load?

My VID's are 12x - 1.0250v and 6x-11x - 0.9500v. Max temp under orthos 62C. My idle before RMC was 46C & my system has discrete graphics with combined exhaust also.

It's possible you might be able to see lower temps with lower voltage settings. Yet 40C isn't hot, so this is definitely not any type of warning. Lower VID settings may even allow longer battery life too but don't get your hopes up. I figure my settings maybe provide 10-12 more minutes over stock settings.

 

I am actually at 1.0875v for 12x= 8x-11x=1.0875v, 7x=1.025v, 6x=.9875v
Keep in mind this is a stable Prime95 build, after about 21hrs of Prime95 (laptop was HOT by that time). I am sure I could lower the voltage a bit more but I'd like to keep my laptop as stable as possible.
AS5 has been re-applied. Other then that it is not elevated and sits on a desk. No cooler (yet!). I can get it to hit 30c idle, by setting up my low power consumption mode which is 1 ghz@ .9875v

If your laptop does indeed stay cooler, could you let me know:
BIOS your using
Open the CPU compartment/tell me the fan's model number
What thermal are you using.

I will test under 1.025, though last time I tested at around 1.0125 it did not pass prime 95 past 10 minutes.
Edit: NM I see why your getting better temperatures. My house temperature is typically above 25c (lowest) with 29c being highest, we like it slightly warm :>.

 

My c2duo reaches 92-94 celcius, still works fine btw...eventhough they said 70 celcius is suposed to be the max...

 

Each Core 2 duo model has their max temperature.
T5750 is 85c, others can go from 85c-105c depending on the platform.

 

usually its 105C.. but mine didn't go above 103C ever.. .. but undervolting and compressed air help a lot in downing temps.

 

I had travelmate 50 idle and 65 full load..maybe its to hot..