Quote Originally Posted by Hughyhunter View Post
You have to remember that even the most stressful game (like crysis for GPU or FSX for CPU) isnt going to raise the temps on the proc as much as prime.
There are some who're using they computers for more than gaming. It is fairly easy for number crunching software to exceed the Prime95 level of load, as it is nothing really impressive in the first place.
60 is a lot for any electrical components.
Not really. For silicon technology, 60C is nothing.
but prime takes a cpu to the ultimate hottest place it's ever been.
Nah. It is very easy to exceed Prime95 load level by 5-10C, and there are some apps. which can give 15-20+C higher (for 65nm Quads, depending on speed and voltage)