Quote Originally Posted by situman View Post
Well the chip is rated for 71c. Its already at its limit which means I am temp limited. Then again, I can't really complain when I'm at 3.78ghz, can I?
so...you are getting right at 71C when prime 95 or orthos?...i don't think 71C is the ultimate limitation...your cpu will shutdown before it exceeds the magic temperature...you will see a windows freeze and if you have the board out on the bench, you will hear a definite unloading sound coming from all the fans....Tjunction is the main temperature to be concerned with....i doubt you will ever get close to that temp before the cpu will just shutdown automatically.