Idle temperatures of 41 on a IP35 Pro + Core 2 E8400. Is that normal?

[oscarmorasu]

Hello.

I recently put together a new computer. This is what I have:

Abit IP35 Pro
Core2 E8400
Zalman CNPS9700LED heatsink
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
Antec Solo ATX Mid Tower Computer Case.
4GB RAM, OCZ OCZ2RPR800C44GK

The CPU is running at stock speed, absolutely no overclocking. When I look at the temperatures reported on the BIOS, it says 41-43 degrees. That seems too high. Just in case I removed the heatsink, cleaned it and applied new thermal compound. I also made sure the screws were tightened.

What am I missing here?

Thanks.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Try Realtemp or Coretemp.

 

[Foxery]

Idle temperatures are not very meaningful - please report load temps to get a better idea of how the system and its cooling are performing.

 

[kotrtim]

BIOS does not read temperature from CPU? CPU temperature reported by the BIOS is usually 10C lower than the one reported by CPU? I am not sure, but this is what i get. use software such as RMClock that could read temperature from CPU, and then post the result again. Just simply encode a video with encoder that supports multi-core, make sure all cores are running at 100%, the CPU temperature should be at its maximum after 10 minutes. Before doing it, please check whats the maximum temperature the CPU can take, look at the temperature reading program, once the cpu is overheated , stop the encoding, CPU should throttle when it is overheated, but anyway, just a precaution.

actually by "google"ing, you can get some answers

http://www.overclock.net/intel...-safe-temps-e8400.html

Actually if the CPU is under 72C under full load, nothing to be worried, you can just ignore idle temps, CPU is not gonna burn easily.