Quick Question CPU temperature

[Molando]

Thought I would put this in a thread by itself.
I have been sent through my overclocked bios information, and noticed that they have turned off the CPU temperature monitoring.

They are the experts, but a little worried, what is a good temperature for the system to be running at?

Tempted to turn it on for a few hours, push it, then happy to turn it off again if it is under that temperature.

Is there any benafit for turning it off, I thought it was needed to make sure you did not fry the chip.

Regards,

Jonathan/Molando.

[korda]

Is there any benafit for turning it off, I thought it was needed to make sure you did not fry the chip.

I don't think there is any benefit from turning off the CPU temp monitor - but there are other temperature alarms that will turn off your system if it overheats, so you shouldn't be able to fry your CPU.

They are the experts, but a little worried, what is a good temperature for the system to be running at?

Depends on what CPU and cooling you have, and I'm sure others on here know a lot more than me.
I have an Akasa Freedom Tower CPU cooler, and my Core i5 750 @ 3.8ghz reaches about 75 degrees under full load. At idle it's below 40 degrees.

I think CPUs can take up to 100 degrees under load, so make sure it's a safe margin from that.

Hope this helps!