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CPU temps?

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My new Sandybridge i7 (see signature) seems to be running hot - 45 degrees at idle, going up to 60 at least under load playing games. This seems to hot to me :(

Anyone have any experience of this? Cheers :)
 
My new Sandybridge i7 (see signature) seems to be running hot - 45 degrees at idle, going up to 60 at least under load playing games. This seems to hot to me :(

Anyone have any experience of this? Cheers :)

Shouldn't really be running that hot at stock. I expect that you're using the stock cooler though, which is probably why, if it is the case. You can get a cooler that's 20x better for very little money. :)
 
I've got an Arctic Cooler 7 from my Conroe, I may fit that instead, looking at it it appears to be the same to fit.

I'm not satisfied with those temperatures to be honest. I even suspect now in the cold light of day that maybe I didnt fit the stock cooler quite right right, though iirc all you have to do is push the clips in ... :confused:
 
Mine won't go above 56 at full load with DH14, so I wouldn't say yours was bad at all. Idle seems a touch high though, but you might have higher room temps or poorer air flow through case.
 
If you are overclocking just get a good cpu cooler, if not then you can get like a tx3 or something and that will reduce your temperatures at around 10-15oC load, idle will be a bit lower too. However when I had stock cooler I had 30 at idle and 70 load....
 
If Intel are still using that pathetic push pin design I would probably bet the cooler isn't attached as firmly as it could be.

As above, get a cheaper aftermarket cooler that has its own mounting kit. :)
 
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