A lot of users want to know what is the maximum temperature processors can work at, seeing that all processors currently heat up a lot and many coolers available on the market are unable to cool them down correctly. I once checked a computer and the CPU temperature was 100 degrees celsius! I can’t believe that it has reached boiling point of water! The computer did auto shutdown once in a while. The motherboard was smart enough to do that otherwise it’d have burn the CPU and motherboard.
To start off, the temperature of a processor can be gauged via a sensor on the motherboard, under the processor. Almost every motherboard comes with a program for reading this sensor; you can find on the Internet many programs for this purpose, such as SpeedFan.
Another way of checking the CPU temperature is through the motherboard setup, under a menu called “System Health”, “Sensors” or similar. You can also setup an alarm for the CPU temperature (whenever the CPU reaches a trigger temperature the system will sound an alarm) and also for the fans (if the CPU fan stops the system will sound an alarm).
In my opinion, setup option is not so good compared to using software such as SpeedFan because when you’re in CMOS, your computer is idle and doing nothing. When you boot up Windows, the temperature might be a little higher when idle because you have Windows running.
I found a site that has a table of the maximum acceptable CPU temperature, that is, the value of the processor can withstand without burning out. The lower the working temperature of your processor, the better.
[ View Maximum CPU Temperature table ]
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you are a fucker Knysliux001 of you wont put your computer inside the fridge..the author is just trying to say that its better that the processor will not over heat which will reduce the wear and tear…
uR AN idiot whos gonna be in a freezing enviornment he meens everyday conditions like a cpu that runs at 70f is better than 170f duh
I must to contradict yours statement that “The lower the working temperature of your processor, the better.” Because there is a limit for AMD processors at about 0°C when internal CPU memory stops working normally. Nobody have observed the temperature point where Intel chips stops working (it is only known that they still work in -13°C). However if you’d cool CPU or any other part of your PC too much and some warmer air would enter the condensation will begin…
Speedfan is fucking awesome.