February 24, 201313 yr I shouldn't think so, not at at 90 degrees so briefly. You were perhaps barely using enough voltage for the past year. And a minor variable has pushed you over the edge.
February 25, 201313 yr Like others have said a brief hit at 90 shouldn't hurt the chip. I try to use the following when it comes to temps and the i5: 0-70 Safe 70-80 Safe. Attempt to lower the temperature 80-90 Approaching unsafe levels 90-100 Dangerously hot IBT is notorious for placing an amazing amount of stress to get the highest temps possible to verify stability and your cooling solution. P95 will give you more of a real world stability. I only use IBT to check my cooling config and use P95 for stability. If I can stay under 80 on max I know my CPU will be happy on anything else. If your chip is stable in P95 at that clock/temp, especially with a $30 HSF, then I wouldn't worry about it. I did notice your VRM is set to 370. VRM Freq overshoot can cause issues like heat, degradation, lockups, and can lower your max clock. I have never seen any major gains in bumping VRM freq past 350. Also the 124 BSOD is not just vcore, especially with Sandy chips. I could be C states, PLL or other settings. I use to get 124's on my OC until tweaking the C States per the guide. Here is a guide and good read on 124: http://www.overclock.net/t/1120291/solving-fixing-bsod-124-on-sandybridge-read-op-first
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