Tcase and Tjunction max for Xeon E3-1231 V3?

[DS5]

I'm worried about my system running too hot during long rendering sessions or during my occasional gaming session and whether I should consider other cooling options and upgrading to a more airflow friendly case. My CPU generally hovers around 67-69C during about 85% load and 72-75 under 100% load. I've heard (by way of hearsay) that the max temperature that the cores can handle without temp throttling or shut down is 65C, however, I don't know how much I trust that information.

Thanks for your help,

DS

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

The Tcase temperature of the LGA2013D processors with TDP of 80W is 73 Celsius degrees.

The technical specification of Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1200 v3 Product Family is the following. The Tcase information is on page 71.

https://www-ssl.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/datasheets/xeon-e3-1200v3-vol-1-datasheet.pdf https://www-ssl.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/datasheets/xeon-e3-1200v3-vol-1-datasheet.pdf

The current temperature of your processor is high. Please check the current speed of the RAM in the BIOS. The recommended memories are DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V.

The Processor base frequency is 3.4 GHz.

http://ark.intel.com/products/80910/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1231-v3-8M-Cache-3_40-GHz ARK | Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1231 v3 (8M Cache, 3.40 GHz)

[DS5]

Thanks!

The RAM I have is 1.5v DDR3 1600.

The case is old and fairly confined. I'm buying a new case, better fans, and aftermarket cooler to help keep this puppy cool.