[Elphidieus]

Hi all...

I would have posted this on the Mac Pro & PowerMac sub-forum for its technicality, but since this is somewhat related to BOINC and SETI@home with a bunch of you guys using V4s and V8s, I would prefer asking here.

I have my V8 crunching SETI@home 24/7, with Hardware Monitor monitoring the CPU temperatures and other vital stats. After reading the Intel Quad-Core Xeon Proc datasheet, I'm a little edgy about the operating temperature of these X5365 CPUs, currently registering at 65 - 70ºC on load for each temperature diode, and fail-safe temperature set to 73ºC to disable BOINC via Hardware Monitor.

I also have smcFanControl speeding up the fans because my ambient temperature varies thanks to myself being in a tropical region, my ambient temperature can reach 33ºC at times, but down to 28ºC when air-conditioned.

My question is, what is the maximum temperature for these CPUs before they run into the risk of being fried/permanently damaged..?

[reader50]

Originally Posted by Elphidieus 

... After reading the Intel Quad-Core Xeon Proc datasheet ...

I'd go with whatever Intel lists as the max operating temp in their specs. Then nice down BOINC & the workers until the cores stay comfortably below that limit.

What range did Intel give for the quad-cores?