- Joined
- Aug 4, 2010
- Messages
- 20
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte H170M-D3H
- CPU
- i5-6500
- Graphics
- RX 580
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
Hey gang,
First, a caveat: I'm fairly green when it comes to these matters. I DO, however, read a ton before acting.
I've had my Hackintosh up and running for about a week now and have been looking into a modest overclock. Based on several recommendations, I plan on going with a Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus for cooling and I won't be pushing the clock too far.
However, in doing my research leading up to this, I've noticed that my idle and light load CPU temps seem to be on the high side, compared to what others are reporting.
Sitting here surfing the internet, my cores range from 45-48C. Is that, in fact, high? I've read in several places that, fully loaded, one shouldn't push i5 CPU temps above 70-75 for long. World of Warcraft pushes that up to about 56C. I ran mprime (console Prime95) yesterday and was at 75C with the stock cooler and speed in about 5 minutes. A DVD rip gave about the same results over a 15 minute time frame.
I have the recommended Coolermaster case, though I do need to do some cable routing to improve airflow.
Other thoughts on what I might do to keep it cool at around 3.0-3.2 GHz, which seems to be an easily attainable, but stable, OC?
Thanks to one of the best online communities I've ever participated in.
oro
First, a caveat: I'm fairly green when it comes to these matters. I DO, however, read a ton before acting.
I've had my Hackintosh up and running for about a week now and have been looking into a modest overclock. Based on several recommendations, I plan on going with a Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus for cooling and I won't be pushing the clock too far.
However, in doing my research leading up to this, I've noticed that my idle and light load CPU temps seem to be on the high side, compared to what others are reporting.
Sitting here surfing the internet, my cores range from 45-48C. Is that, in fact, high? I've read in several places that, fully loaded, one shouldn't push i5 CPU temps above 70-75 for long. World of Warcraft pushes that up to about 56C. I ran mprime (console Prime95) yesterday and was at 75C with the stock cooler and speed in about 5 minutes. A DVD rip gave about the same results over a 15 minute time frame.
I have the recommended Coolermaster case, though I do need to do some cable routing to improve airflow.
Other thoughts on what I might do to keep it cool at around 3.0-3.2 GHz, which seems to be an easily attainable, but stable, OC?
Thanks to one of the best online communities I've ever participated in.
oro