I did a system build today, and wanted to run the idle temp by you guys to make sure it was normal/safe. BIOS hardware monitor says ~56 C idle. Motherboad is an Intel DG965OT. CPU is a retail Celeron D 331 2.66 GHz. I used the stock heatsink/fan since I'm not overclocking. This may be painfully obvious, but just to make sure, the gray "stuff" that is pre-applied to the heatsink is thermal paste right? So I was right for just mounting the heatsink to the CPU right out of the box.
This is my first time working with a latest gen Intel processor, so I don't know what it normal for my setup. 56 C just seems a little high--can I trust its accuracy? Should I try remounting the heatsink?
This is my first time working with a latest gen Intel processor, so I don't know what it normal for my setup. 56 C just seems a little high--can I trust its accuracy? Should I try remounting the heatsink?
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