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Froggy

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So I haven't been on an air cooler since Socket A days and would like some feedback.

This is the highest I have gotten my overclock up to on air.

These are good temps on air yes?
The max temps are from when the ambient was 25C.
The ambient temp when the screen shot was taken was 20.5C.

I am used to seeing load temps of the low 50's from my custom water set-up I was running. It seems like most of you are ok with temps in the 60's on air.

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I'd say that looks about right. My E8400 starts getting warm after 1.3v. On my big typhoon it folded @ 4GHz / 1.296v at ~51-57c depending on ambient (anywhere from 23c-29c). On water, with only a 2x120mm radiator and GPU & NB blocks in the loop it goes from ~45-50c with the same ambient changes (our 3rd floor office temps swing wildly in the spring/fall when we don't need AC in the rest of the townhouse).
 
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