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Originally Posted by Ssrogg
Peak CPU temp, under load (Anguish raid in Everquest), was 46 Degrees in the old case....
Eric
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This doesn't stress test your system at all and the load temps are no where near what they would be under Prime95 or Orthos with a 98-99% load on your system.
This is the reason these programs are used to test an overclock for stability and to see how well your CPU cooler does controlling the extra heat an overclock produces.
What overclock may be somewhat stable playing games won't be at all in Prime or ORTHOS. If you can get you system stable under these programs, then it WILL be stable playing games.
When playing games my CPU temps only get up to around 118F/48c, but under ORTHOS it's more like 136F/58c so there's a big diff as you can see.
This is the reason I don't clock higher is because my CPU cooler (ASUS vGuard series/ 3 heatpipes) can't dissipate the heat quick enough under ORTHOS to keep up and goes above 140F which is the max thermal rating of my CPU.
As far as games stressing your system, the one that stresses your system the most is Crysis. This game puts an extreme amount of stress on everything in your system. CPU, Memory & Graphics card.