Modern CPUs won't overheat unless thermal limits are specifically disabled in BIOS. Most decent motherboards even offer the ability to set a custom, lower limi

Modern CPUs won't overheat unless thermal limits are specifically disabled in BIOS. Most decent motherboards even offer the ability to set a custom, lower limit, and/or to set an action temperature where the system sleeps or shuts down. I have my thermal throttle set at 90c, because I know my cooler won't exceed about 80c even under the heaviest load. 90c means something's wrong.