i7-3770k OC Temps

[AtaruMoroboshi18]

Alright, just want to check about these temps for my OCed CPU. I've recently been playing Metro Last Light and I've realized that it's an incredibly demanding game for both my CPU and GPU and pretty much my whole system. Here are my specs:

Mobo(ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3): http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z68VGEN3/

CPU(i7-3770k, OCed from 3.5Ghz to 4.4Ghz on air): http://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-3770K...words=i7-3770k

CPU Heatsink/Cooler/Fan(Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus):http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-...evo+cpu+cooler

Chassis/CPU fans(A pair of S-Flex's Es mounted to the above CPU Heatsink and two GT AP-14 mounted to the side and back of my chassis, big thanks to user "`br4dz-" for recommending these fans, I can only hear the fans when my room is almost completely silent)

RAM(Corsair Vengeance(2x4GB) CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9): http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengea...Z8GX3M2A1600C9

Main System SSD(Crucial M4 64GB): http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-In...M4-CT064M4SSD2

Main Gaming SSD(SanDisk Ultra Plus SSD 256 GB): http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-...SSDHP-256G-FFP

Main Storage HDD(Seagate Baracuda 7200.11 500GB HDD): http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-ST3500...te+ST3500820AS

SLI GPU #1(GeForce GTX 670 Windforce OC 3X 2048MB): http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GV-N6...+GV-N670OC-2GD

SLI GPU #2(ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II 2GB): http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-GeForce-G...TX670-DC2-2GD5

PSU(Seasonic X-850(SS-850KM Active PFC F3)): http://www.amazon.com/Seasonic-ATX12...0+Seasonic+PSU

Now my question, when I play Metro Last Light, I play it with the settings almost completely maxed out with everything pretty much as high as it can go. When I do this, my CPU temps hit 77 degrees. How good or bad is this? I pretty much just left everything at stock and simply upped my CPU to 4.4ghz and I've never actually had an issue with my system. Is 77 degrees okay or should I be worried?

 

[guskline]

Alright, just want to check about these temps for my OCed CPU. I've recently been playing Metro Last Light and I've realized that it's an incredibly demanding game for both my CPU and GPU and pretty much my whole system. Here are my specs:

Mobo(ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3): http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z68VGEN3/

CPU(i7-3770k, OCed from 3.5Ghz to 4.4Ghz on air): http://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-3770K...words=i7-3770k

CPU Heatsink/Cooler/Fan(Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus):http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-...evo+cpu+cooler

Chassis/CPU fans(A pair of S-Flex's Es mounted to the above CPU Heatsink and two GT AP-14 mounted to the side and back of my chassis, big thanks to user "`br4dz-" for recommending these fans, I can only hear the fans when my room is almost completely silent)

RAM(Corsair Vengeance(2x4GB) CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9): http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengea...Z8GX3M2A1600C9

Main System SSD(Crucial M4 64GB): http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-In...M4-CT064M4SSD2

Main Gaming SSD(SanDisk Ultra Plus SSD 256 GB): http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-...SSDHP-256G-FFP

Main Storage HDD(Seagate Baracuda 7200.11 500GB HDD): http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-ST3500...te+ST3500820AS

SLI GPU #1(GeForce GTX 670 Windforce OC 3X 2048MB): http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GV-N6...+GV-N670OC-2GD

SLI GPU #2(ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II 2GB): http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-GeForce-G...TX670-DC2-2GD5

PSU(Seasonic X-850(SS-850KM Active PFC F3)): http://www.amazon.com/Seasonic-ATX12...0+Seasonic+PSU

Now my question, when I play Metro Last Light, I play it with the settings almost completely maxed out with everything pretty much as high as it can go. When I do this, my CPU temps hit 77 degrees. How good or bad is this? I pretty much just left everything at stock and simply upped my CPU to 4.4ghz and I've never actually had an issue with my system. Is 77 degrees okay or should I be worried?

Not bad. I have the exact mb with a 3770k OC to 4.5Ghz with 670FTW in SLI. I have a CM HAF 932 Adv case and was able to fit a Kraken K60 AIO cooler on my cpu. It really keeps it cool.

 

[hawtdawg]

77 is pretty high for anything other than a stress test imo. You should consider delidding. I run my 3770K at 4.5 with 1.35v and ibt max only gets it to about 74C, it stays in the 50's or lower during anything else. delidding dropped me nearly 20C

 

[dma0991]

Is 77 degrees okay or should I be worried?

77C max is quite reasonable for your use case, given that the Core i7 3770K has a TJMax of 105C. While it is better to have it as low as possible, in a more realistic condition it is best to know that it shouldn't be too near to its TJMax.

 

[AtaruMoroboshi18]

Alright, so I'm okay with the temps then? Well, if I were to get the temps down what would you guys recommend? Best cooling system or trick?

 

[dma0991]

Alright, so I'm okay with the temps then? Well, if I were to get the temps down what would you guys recommend? Best cooling system or trick?

Temps are within the reasonable limits of a CM Hyper212+. You can obviously get lower temps with a much larger heatsink, if you're willing to splurge on a Noctua NH-D14 or the revised and more expensive version, Noctua NH-D15.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

The OP can find my responses to another Ivy Bridge colleague in a thread called "Temperature Check" or something similar.

 

[n0x1ous]

I must have a good one. Mine tops out @ 64c. 1.25V

OP - set Manual voltage and lower until unstable then bump it back up. Rinse repeat