I have read many posts about Intel turbo boost technology and I am still a little confused. I get how it works and I even went as far as turning it off but it didn't seem to do anything. When I disabled turbo boost in my bios it still would make my CPU jump above it's 3.3 GHz max. So because that didn't work I just went back into my bios and left it enabled hoping that Intel knows what it is doing.
Now I do a lot of BOINC processing in my spare time when I am not home (Seti@home and others). I've seen my Intel processor hit Ghz of 3.73 and I believe higher, but I don't remember exactly. My main concern is how hot my CPU is getting. I've registered temps as high as 83 degrees Celsius. Normally tho when doing processing it is bouncing somewhere between 60-77 degrees Celsius. I am assuming that is the Intel technology boosting it and then reducing it when it hits higher temps.
My actual question is, is this safe? Are temps of 80+ dangerous? For reference when I am just gaming, WoW on ultra settings, in Ashran, only make my CPU hit 60 degrees Celsius max.
On a side note, my GPU is always a very constant low temperature, so I have that going for me. Which is nice.
