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[Otis11]

ok guys i have had an upgrade i have gone from a 3570k to a 3770k im really wanting to run 4.5ghz but im a little worried about temps.
Im getting on average 75-80c with 100% with wcg with cpuid using 1.272 but i was wondering wold you guys run this overclock or wold you back it off
i can run 4.2ghz with a max core temp of 72c
ps this is for games as well so i can leave the clock speed alone
what do you think?

Honestly, it's probably smart to back off of it a bit, 80C is pretty high... and I think everyone else here will pretty much agree with that...

But since you asked (), yes, I would run it like that... I've run chips hotter than that until failure, but then again I'm not shy about the possibility of killing chips. At that temperature though, you WILL see degradation.

[rubber5]

ok i will back it off then thanks cant really afford to replace a £280 cpu at the mo lol
i cant believe some peapole don't mind killing cpu's i cant understand how they can afford it