The temperature that you are experiencing is normal. Many people seem to think that 40 degrees and above are very extreme, but in reality they are not. My 2.8 ghz hyperthreading extreme edition is overclocking at 3 ghz and it is running at 43 degrees c. It is always nice to get some nice fans in your case; I myself have three, one for the cpu, one in the front that sucks air in and one in the back that blows it out. It's nice because my computer case has an air filter in the front so I don't have to worry about any dust getting into my computer and can still effectively cool the whole system. If noisy fans aren't your thing, just as in my case, there are many solutions that you can use to go about this problem. There are many fans out there that are quieter than others, but have lower rpm ratings. This doesn't necessarily mean that they aren't productive, but if you like to overclock a lot and commonly use cpu-intensive tasks, you may want to stick to the fans that can create more airflow but are louder as a result. But the one thing that I think is key to cooling your system is the type of case you have and how everything is layed out inside of it. Many cases nowadays have special insulations that help reduce noise and have conveniently placed fans and vents that help keep temps low. Anyways, I wouldn't really worry about the temperature that you are running at right now, but it's always nice to get some cooling upgrades for your computer if you have the money and the time. Good luck and let us know if you have any other questions or problems!

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So I was reading all your comments to this thread. One of you suggested to bring the temp down to work with your case open. Well what about dust? Dust is not so good for yoru computer you know. Plus if you have fuzzy pets even if you keep them out of your room with the computer the fur has a tendency to go whereever it pleases. You are far better off making sure you have a good cpu fan and a good power supply fan. Its also a good idea to make sure that none of the dust or dust bunnies have started to ubstruct your fan vents every couple of weeks or so. Overheating will kill your computer and will cause alot of errors. I will cause a blue screen too. Its important to keep your computer cool. Also it helps to turn off your computer occationally to allow it to cool down. If you are not using your computer anyway why leave it on.

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I'm not sure about my laptop, but I wouldn't be worried about it as it has good air ventalation.

As for my server, a Pentium 4 2.4GHz, idling temperature is about 28 degrees celsius, with a customized copper heatsink, a good thermal compund, and 2 back fans.

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wow that is hot for a cpu temperature.
have you got heatsink paste on the base of the cooler ?

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I have an AMD 2000+ running at 70 degrees when the case is closed when i take off the case and am leaving open it falls to 63 degrees so i leave the case always open. you can also do something like this:you can open the case and put a normal fan in front of it
in that way the temp. will drop by 5 to 10 degrees.Also you can take off the cooler from the cpu and clean the dust that it is in the cooler.the dust can make the cpu run in higher temperatures due to low air intake

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