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2009 2.66 Quad - Is this temp normal/okay?

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AppleWorking

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I wanted to see how hot my temps would get at max so I ran handbrake for 30 minutes and Cinebench simultaneously over and over. This room does not have A/C. As soon as Cinebench started running the multi core render for a while the machine was at max temp.

CPU A 157 Fahrenheit

Northbridge 126 Fahrenheit

Remember, I set the temps to display in Fahrenheit and not Celsius. So I would assume CPU A was maxed out at 70 Celsius.

Is this okay/normal when pushing the machine to a max temp? And what in the world is the Northbridge temp? It just looked important so I listed it. lol

Also how can you tell the temp of the GPU?

Thanks
 
AppleWorking said:
I wanted to see how hot my temps would get at max so I ran handbrake for 30 minutes and Cinebench simultaneously over and over. This room does not have A/C. As soon as Cinebench started running the multi core render for a while the machine was at max temp.

CPU A 157 Fahrenheit

Northbridge 126 Fahrenheit

Remember, I set the temps to display in Fahrenheit and not Celsius. So I would assume CPU A was maxed out at 70 Celsius.

Is this okay/normal when pushing the machine to a max temp? And what in the world is the Northbridge temp? It just looked important so I listed it. lol

Also how can you tell the temp of the GPU?

Thanks
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Actually those temperatures are pretty cool for a xeon.

My mac mini's northbridge is showing at 149 in Fahrenheit at its max and 135 for the CPU A Fahrenheit.
 
Augh. Why can you guys switch to metric... :p

It's probably OK. Server processors generally have a higher max temp. They are supposed to be durable for some reason... :p

Now my Macbook generally sits in the 60-70 C range which keeps be very uneasy, but I stopped caring because I have AC for another year and a half. :D
 
jjahshik32 said:
Actually those temperatures are pretty cool for a xeon.
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Maybe for the new Nehalem Xeons. I certainly wouldn't worry about it
(assuming those are not idle temperatures and also assuming the fans
are spinning properly).
 
zmttoxics said:
Augh. Why can you guys switch to metric... :p

It's probably OK. Server processors generally have a higher max temp. They are supposed to be durable for some reason... :p

Now my Macbook generally sits in the 60-70 C range which keeps be very uneasy, but I stopped caring because I have AC for another year and a half. :D
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I keep my istat pro on "Celsius" but I just changed it to Fahrenheit just to compare it to the OP's temperatures.
 
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