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Originally Posted by jsimon7777
Damn, overclocking has gotten weird since the days of the 300a. Thermal paste break-in? Just shoot me.
Yes, the CPU gets throttled some before 90c. More specifically Turbo Boost doesn't run as much as temperatures go up. I think you start losing performance around 40-50C with the big drop happening around 90C. I think 90C is when the base CPU speed is throttled too.
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We talking AMD or Intel? All Intel's I've seen are rated to at least 70. I'd wager if you are being throttle at that low of a temp then it's being caused by the motherboard overheating, issues with the VRM, or a BIOS setting. Hell many CPUs idle in the 40-50 range.