Importance of maintaining a normal CPU temperature

Something that is often overlooked by the everyday computer user is taking care of the CPU processor. Many times, if something goes wrong internally, such as the heat sink has failed or other fans inside the case fail, the normal temperature of the CPU can rise and overheat, causing the computer to shut down or reboot, or crash. start to be a very slow computer. It is a good idea to monitor these temperatures.

There are many brands of motherboards and also brands of CPU processors, so it’s a bit more difficult to know exactly what your normal temperature should be. Also playing into this equation is the locality of the CPU with respect to the sensor, as well as the software it is running. However, in today’s computers, it’s safe to say that CPU temperature norms should never go above 95°C and will generally work between 70°C and around 90°C.

One way to check these temperatures is by restarting your computer and going into your BIOS setup. It will show the current temperature there. You can then use the link we have listed in this article to see if you are within normal CPU temperatures depending on the brand and processor (eg AMD Athlon64 – 65C to 70C).

You may also want to install software that will continuously run in the background within Windows. If you’re like many people, they leave their computers running all the time. If you have software that monitors this and you know what your normal CPU temperature should be, maybe you can avoid a crash.

If you find that turning your PC off for a bit and then turning it back on hasn’t helped bring the temperature down, you may want to take a few steps to help keep it at its normal CPU temperatures.

* First make sure your heat sink is working properly; if so, you may want to install a more powerful one.

* Make sure your computer location is not located in a ‘hot’ location. Also make sure you have enough ventilation, don’t place the tower in an enclosed area.

* You can try other measures such as adding a heat pipe, a water chiller, or even phase change cooling.
* You can also add better internal fans to your computer, especially if you notice that the CPU gets hot frequently.

You should be aware that if you do nothing to maintain a normal CPU temperature, you could easily decrease CPU lifespan.