I7 960 Temperature good or bad?

[bogroll123]

Hey, i recently bought an i7 960 3.2ghz.

I have upgraded the stock cooler to something that should be a little bit better that i already had here. its the Arctic cooling freezer 7 pro REV 2.

as im typing this at the moment the core temps are

37C
33/34C
37C
32C

is this a good temperature? its also 20C at the moment outside so the room is hotter than usual.

Or should i consider upgrading? i just need to know if these temps are good or not basically for a i7 960 3.2.

Thanks

 

[lee20010]

are those temps under load?

 

[bogroll123]

are those temps under load?

those are the temps right now. idle id say. just me browsing the internet.

 

[bogroll123]

Im also using an Antec 900 case, is it best to have the side of the case on or off? i currently have the side of my case off

 

[setter]

Theyre grand, idle temps dont matter a great deal. Load temps at 100% usage per core are the ones to look out for.

 

[bogroll123]

Theyre grand, idle temps dont matter a great deal. Load temps at 100% usage per core are the ones to look out for.

Ah right cheers. ill keep an eye on the temperature to see how hot it gets whilst gaming

 

[bogroll123]

Hmm i was also watching my idle temperatures for like 20 seconds and i noticed that one of the cores randomly spiked upto 42C for like 1 second then went back down to 36c? is this normal? im using Core temp to monitor it by the way.

 

[DragonQ]

Sound about right for idle.

 

[setter]

Hmm i was also watching my idle temperatures for like 20 seconds and i noticed that one of the cores randomly spiked upto 42C for like 1 second then went back down to 36c? is this normal? im using Core temp to monitor it by the way.

Yep, thats perfectly normal, get this on my 920 and 930.