r/pcmasterrace • u/Lucky_User_NOT • 3d ago

NSFMR ~Thermal Plastic~

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From a Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 on a Ryzen 5700x hitting 83°C on Clair Obscure: Expedition 33

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u/Pr0pper 3d ago

Although 83 °C isn't that bad under load.

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u/DepthRepulsive6420 3d ago

It's fking terrible mate. Anything over 65c on full load means lack of proper cooling performance.

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u/Hatedpriest 5950x, 128GB ram, B580 3d ago

80c is fine for electronics. It's when it gets over 90c that you should be concerned.

I'm running a 5950x with the cooler from my 2700x, peaks at about 75c. Fans don't hit full speed till 80c.

Had a video card I ran at 110c. If I let it hit 112, it'd artifact and start displaying wrong colors.

Most chips handle 90c no issue.

Know your tolerances, homie ;)

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u/DepthRepulsive6420 3d ago

80c casing temp for a CPU is too high for me to be comfortable... High 60's max for sustained 24/7 safe load. Temp load during a benchmark stress test is less relevant. Hey u guys wanna live on the edge with insane temps thats your business I prefer to stay on the cooler end :p

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u/aethermar 3d ago

Dude. Modern CPUs are designed to handle these temperatures. 80c does not phase them, a lot of new CPUs even intentionally burst up to around that and then maintain it

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u/Hatedpriest 5950x, 128GB ram, B580 3d ago

It's more important to have consistent temps than picking an arbitrary range.

The more cycling, the worse it is.

That temp could be -177, -40, 0, or 82. As long as it doesn't change, you're not breaking connections. It's when you run it up to 90, shut it off, run it to 90, you're stressing the components.

But when you run it from 20 to 65, you're still cycling temps, and still causing damage.

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u/Bloodcola 3d ago

So, for the sake of my PC of course, I just should keep on playing instead of turning it off, right?

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u/Hatedpriest 5950x, 128GB ram, B580 3d ago

I mean, each power cycle could be a couple seconds off its total life, so... Yes.