How bad is a system temp of 43 Celsius?

Question

I'm in arizona and where I live the AC won't be on for another month and it was close to 90F today outside.

I'm running MBM5 and it has a recorded highs for the CPU at 63C and 43C for the system.

Answer 1

The difficulty here is your definition of CPU temp. Where is this temp taken ... at the heatsink or at the core itself? The Intel spec, linked below, says that case temps need to stay below 39°C or about 104°F. Unless your case is very well ventilated, you are pushing the limits. Fortunately, the newer processors will automatically throttle down if temp limits are exceeded, avoiding a meltdown.

A direct link to the Intel E6300 Core 2 Duo specs is also included. This popular chip has a thermal specification of 61°C. If your CPU is reporting 63°C, you are technically overheating the core. At the very least, you are shortening the life of the core; at worst, your are smoking the sucker.

My suggestion would be to improve your case ventilation by adding another cheap case fan for cooler temps; $10 at most. Better yet, replace the CPU cooling with a beefier model. Otherwise, you might as well break out the marshmellows and have a cookout.

Answer 2

WOW 145.3 Farenheit. Thats hotter than your average steaming cup of coffee. Some tips to bring the temp down: Install a new fan or better yet a cooling system and check to make sure the thermal paste on the CPU is still useful. Pull the computer away from any walls and try to keep it out in the open. If you have a box or portable fan, run it while the computer is on. If you start recieving blue error screens, boot troubles or graphics card failures you are seeing the signs of hardware degradation and it would be a good idea to discontinue use until u can lower the thermal stress.

Answer 3

Well dude heat plays an instrumental role in the proper functioning of CPU,if it is overheated it will run as if there is a Virus Scan program running, in other words it makes the system slow. 90 F can be a killer for ur comp .You can do one thing i suggest u open the CPU cabinet and allow ariflow into the Cabinet from a table fan or so.Dont push it too close to the M/B ,keep the Cabinet open only for when ur PC is in use ,after use please keep open for sometime and then close, i think this will be no problem for one month.Yes also there is another Freeware program which monitors CPU and HDD heat temperatures,this program is "SPEEDFAN"you can google it and download it .Heat is the only part that Intel lags behind AMD.

Answer 4

Forty Three degrees C is 109.4 Fahrenheit. This is OK but you should stick another Fan in it. Electronics, especially processors like it cool, better conduction at lower temperatures also mean better performance. If you go into a server room the temp is kept at 65 F. Stick another Fan in your case, it will be cheap insurance.

Answer 5

I don't believe that's too bad - your PC should have come with documentation which lists the optimal operating conditions. Otherwise check/enquire with the manufacturer via their website.