Case and Ambient Temps too high?

[MattO]

Would case and ambient temps of about 39-41C be considered too high?

This is the new system I built, and I am having overclocking stability problems that I think are related to heat.

A64 3000+ Newcastle with Zalman 7000A-AlCu -
DFI Lanparty UT NF3 250Gb
512MBx2 Crucial Ballistix PC3200
PNY Geforce 6800GT
Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS
NEC 3500A DVD-RW
Seagate 7200.7 200GB SATA
Antec NeoPower 480
Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Case (Front and Rear 120mm)

I am unable to overclock both the CPU and Video card at the same time. Both seem to be ok when I leave the other at stock. Motherboard has a working AGP lock. I did notice that when I pulled the side panel off and ran tests with both overclocked, it didn't crash. Thoughts that could help me? I don't want to leave the side panel off if I can help it.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

you could mod your side panel to accept another 120mm fan. or mod a blowhole in the top for the same.

 

[MattO]

I have been thinking about doing that. However, are my temps too high to begin with, or are they pretty normal for my setup?

 

[thetman]

well I'd say that your case temp shouldn't be more than 10c above your ambient temp. Mine is around 5 over and I have two front 80s intake, two side 80s intake, and two rear 80s exhaust.